Hey everyone, I read all comments in this post with the hope to find someone sharing their experience of getting citizenship with frequent travel. But could not find any. Is there anyone who can share what challenges they faced during the citizenship with extensive travel history. For some people, who asked questions related to commuting from Vancouver to Seattle. I have been doing that for past two years. My husband lives in surrey and I stay in Seattle for three days and go back on midweek. I am
Planning to commute daily for two to three times a week now for next two years to be able to accumulate 1095 days. Reply me if you would like to connect. Again any response on citizenship experience with frequent commute will be much appreciated. Thanks!
Make sure you have ample proof to support your physical presence in Canada, from taxes, to leases, to utility bills, to bank and credit card statements.
Make sure you accurately register each and every entry and exit, have I94 or FOIA proof for it. Dont believe any who says give them a ball park dates and let them figure it out.......the burden is on you to prove your stay. I have seen cases where they miss even a single trip to US and they are issued RQ.
Have sufficient padding on top of 1095 days, I had close to 150 days. I know person who did Seattle and Vancouver commute he did whole extra year before applying. So have solid number of days before applying not just bare 1095.
Few questions do and will come up, even though there is no requirement of stating your intention to reside in Canada after citizenship, they do evaluate how strong are your ties to Canada. Having spouse or kids or property in Canada helps. Keep in mind some people get grilled on this and some do not, working in US or outside of Canada and having extensive travel history raises your probability.
Keep in mind though I have not seen any commuter case rejected for just being commuter, if you can prove your physical presence then you will eventually get through. Just have sufficient documents to back your self up .....even if you have to defend your case in front of a judge.
I have seen many commuter case without hassle, some do get sucked into timeless wrap of RQ and then going in front of judge. That just extends your timeline by another year or two. So have ample proof and you should be fine, you might not even need it. Like me, I collected and bunch load of documents and I was expecting some kind of RQ, got Decision Made now got Oath invitation recently.
