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deadbird

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A few years ago, I drove from the the US to Canada for a vacation on a Visitor visa. Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact entry and exit dates. Doing some visa stamp archaeology on my passport, I was able to find the date of entry to Canada but couldn't find a return US entry stamp. I guesstimated my entry and exit days to Canada for the "Travel History" section of the express entry application, but it's possible that I may be off by a day or so.

How big of a concern is this?
Shall I order CBSA notes and try to determine the exact dates?
Does CBSA even know the exact date of exit from Canada?
 
deadbird said:
A few years ago, I drove from the the US to Canada for a vacation on a Visitor visa. Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact entry and exit dates. Doing some visa stamp archaeology on my passport, I was able to find the date of entry to Canada but couldn't find a return US entry stamp. I guesstimated my entry and exit days to Canada for the "Travel History" section of the express entry application, but it's possible that I may be off by a day or so.

How big of a concern is this?
Shall I order CBSA notes and try to determine the exact dates?
Does CBSA even know the exact date of exit from Canada?

A letter of explanation regarding this will be fine.
 
deadbird said:
A few years ago, I drove from the the US to Canada for a vacation on a Visitor visa. Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact entry and exit dates. Doing some visa stamp archaeology on my passport, I was able to find the date of entry to Canada but couldn't find a return US entry stamp. I guesstimated my entry and exit days to Canada for the "Travel History" section of the express entry application, but it's possible that I may be off by a day or so.

How big of a concern is this?
Shall I order CBSA notes and try to determine the exact dates?
Does CBSA even know the exact date of exit from Canada?

To be honest, even I had multiple trips to the US with missing stamps. I had the entry stamp to US but not the return in most of the cases.

However, I roughly remember how many days I stayed each time and put those dates. I now got my PPR.

They do have the history of your travel. For your satisfaction you may want to draft a LOE, but i dint do one for this.
 
try to get your travel history online using I94 and travel history
https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/

enter your passport details and click on travel history , normally they record it and available for you
 
wskamel said:
try to get your travel history online using I94 and travel history
https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/

enter your passport details and click on travel history , normally they record it and available for you
Unfortunately, the I94 history doesn't list this crossing to Canada, probably cuz it was a land crossing. Additionally, back then they didn't have the electronic system. Oh well.
 
did you try it ? sometimes they list it , i traveled to Canada twice in 2015 by land and it appears in my history
 
wskamel said:
did you try it ? sometimes they list it , i traveled to Canada twice in 2015 by land and it appears in my history
Yup, it doesn't show. This was back in 2012. They were still updating their electronic systems back then.