Smile_Canada said:
that is what i am worried about now, i never kept track of my day trips. And only declared my vacation for more than 1 days.
Since i-94 is not complete report, i even have no clue how many will be trips like this. but i can recall for sure i have few trips i came late but how much late don't remember cud be few minutes before 12 could be few minutes after 12. But that for sure was not more than couple of hours trip. I have no choice but to wait for complete FOIA report to get full picture
Now this seems to be completely unfair, to go out of country for 2-3 hours and be accounted for complete day of absence.
Also i know FOIA and CBSA report both show time too along with date, so it doesn't seem to be difficult for CIC to determine actual no of hrs person was out of country.
Avoid getting bogged down in minute details.
Details reflecting credibility and overall impressions are far, far, far more important.
A few errors, small in scope, should be NO big deal, not a problem; CIC is often far more forgiving of small mistakes than many give CIC credit.
Discrepancies suggesting reason to doubt credibility, however, can loom large.
As I have noted in another topic you started, frequent travel in and of itself tends to at least draw attention.
Avoid justifying explanations: Simple factual explanations are often warranted ("I overlooked a short trip in June 2013" for example). Explanations which essentially present an arguable justification, on the other hand, rarely do any good; most actually tend to be counter-productive.
For example: trying to justify the failure to report day trips based on how short the trip was is not likely to fly. CIC's instructions and FAQs and other information clearly identified that day trips were those trips in which the individual exited and returned to Canada
the same day. The more plausible posture is that you simply overlooked occasions on which the return to Canada was after midnight. If the number of these is not too many, odds are good CIC will not be overly concerned. If the number is significant (and in particular, if the number reduces your calculation to 1094 or less days APP), you are likely to get RQ. Other factors will determine the extent to which it is then a residency case and if so, how difficult of a case.
In the meantime,
follow the instructions in the request you were given and submit a response on time. If you cannot timely submit a response as requested, submit what you can
on time, explain what you do not have and why, and what you are doing to obtain that documentation.
It is probably a good sign you were issued a CIT 0520 rather than a Residence Questionnaire (CIT 0171).
What matters now, though, is the nature and extent of discrepancies which will be identified . . . whether they are few and small enough for CIC to otherwise be satisfied . . . or whether they are of such number or size they lead CIC to make your application a full-blown residency case. And again, credibility is likely to be among the biggest factors in how this goes.
In any event, again, follow the instructions and make a timely submission as best you can, and beyond that probably a good idea to prepare,
just in case, for RQ (CIT 0171).
