Do officers verify passport stamps during the interview?
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Yes, almost every officer will review all the stamps and cross check them against the physical presence calculator output submitted with the application. If there are too many stamps, and the officer is lazy, they may ask you to mail a colored photocopy of all the pages of your passport(s), so they can review it later.
There was no point in sending a translation of all the pages with your application as they didn't ask for it. Now if you have stamps in any language other than English or French, you may need to get them translated again for the interview. Not sure if the officer will have your translation that you mailed.
Alternatively, although not recommended, you could risk showing up without a translation hoping that the officer has your original translation that you mailed with your application. But if they don't, then be prepared for processing delays because they will ask you to mail those in.
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The review of passport pages and application declaration are more on confirming whether there are discrepancies or not.
Both must tally. I think the interview is more on detecting and catching citizenship fraudsters. If everything tallies and are legit, your good.
Both must tally. I think the interview is more on detecting and catching citizenship fraudsters. If everything tallies and are legit, your good.
They definitely do. They actually spend time verifying that more than anything else. They're not calculating the days spent outside of country, but rather making sure your Stamps match what's on your form. If it's a match, then the calculated days are right, if it's different, then be ready to explain why (I made a typo, the Officer caught it and corrected it on the spot). With 50 Stamps, Expect to spend some time watching the officers going through it all & asking when they deem it necessary. If your Stamps match the form & calculator then you have nothing to worry about (Unless if you've got a single +180 days then you will need to explain).
Hi , I made typo mistake of entering the wrong month instead aug i entered it as july and also i did not put the entry for my landing which i did on same day will that be an issue , kindly adivse what to do ??/
I responded to your similar query elsewhere, noting that minor and isolated mistakes are usually NO problem.
There is additional information in this query, that your mistake was entering the wrong month. It is not clear to me precisely what the mistake was or how it affects your presence calculation. If you reported an entry date in July when in fact you actually entered on the respective date but in August, that is, you actually entered 31 days later than you report in the presence calculator, that is a fairly substantial error.
How this will affect your application will depend, most of all, on whether you had a margin over the minimum which will accommodate losing 31 days. That is, if your mistake does indeed mean you were in Canada 31 days fewer than you report in your presence calculation, and deducting that 31 days drops your total presence to less than 1095 days, that will be a BIG problem.
Beyond that, if you had a margin over the minimum large enough that this does not mean you are ineligible, how it will affect your application otherwise depends on many other factors and circumstances, on how strong your case is otherwise, how credible you are otherwise, and so on. This is probably a mistake big enough to warrant submitting a correction via the webform (after you have AOR of course).
I had 30 stamps. The officer just had a quick look(10 secs) and told me that they all are fine and that she already checked them before. I dont know if she did or was just tired.
Also note she already knew that i missed two one day trips.
Also note she already knew that i missed two one day trips.
In which case see my post in the other topic where you queried this as well, that is that minor mistakes in isolation rarely cause any problems. Again, IRCC is well-acquainted with the fact that applicants make mistakes and will accommodate them.
Yes. In my case, the officer checked every page of my passport and verified every stamp. Then she click small box in another paper.
But nowdays i see because of those kiosks u just scan ur PR card and officer usually dont stamp the passport anymore..does someome has any experience of missing stamp during interview as i saw my last entry to canada last october was not stamped...ur response will be highly appreciated...thanks
I missed two stamps, and yes the officer noticed that, and I showed my boarding pass for those journey.
No need to. You already have a proof if asked about that travel.
Keeping a years old boarding pass is a bit overkill honestly.