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Citizenship- missed flagpole day

mumbai1985

Hero Member
Feb 25, 2014
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Back in 2013, when I became pr, it was not mandatory to go to US border. I just took a u turn.

I cannot think of a way to enter it in the physical presence calculator as destination country is Not Applicable as I never left Canada and never reached US border. There was no refusal slip/ cbp documentation.

I think I'll leave it for now.
 

Quink

Hero Member
Oct 28, 2014
854
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Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-12-2014
AOR Received.
30-04-2015 (EP and UCI)
Med's Request
07-05-2015
Med's Done....
12-05-2015 (ECAS updated 20-05-2015)
VISA ISSUED...
IP update 26-8-2015, DM 14-9-2015, READY FOR VISA EMAIL 21-9-2015
LANDED..........
30-09-2015 (PR Card received 13-01-2016)
I make day trips to Seattle sometimes, and when I put them in the physical presence calculator it said that I had zero days absent from Canada. This is 14+ hours outside of Canada, but because I woke up in my own bed and returned there on the same calendar date it doesn't count as an absence.

Of course I did mention it, however if I accidentally missed one I'm sure it wouldn't matter as it wouldn't affect my eligibility unless I was right on the exact 1095 days when I applied (which is why people recommend you leave a decent buffer). If they find out about it because of a stamp in the passport or some other record that the US border has kept and shared with Canada, they'll just ask you about it in the interview.

Or perhaps they'll actually use logic and realise that you had a US entry on the exact same day as you landed as a PR, and they'll figure it out all by themselves. They're not robots. ;)
 

edwsqa

Star Member
Sep 3, 2019
67
28
Hello Guys,

I made the same mistake and missed adding the day of flagpole in physical presence calculator.

Did you guys faced any issue realted to this ? I already have my citizenship file In Process and I have some 1230 days out of 1095 required.