SenoritaBella said:All flight manifests are shared with CBSA, so you can bet your bottom dollar they have the records. They actually refer to it, the new forms have a question to authorise access to these records.
I attended a workshop a few years back and one of the booths had posters/information about privacy and confidentiality. I was shocked to learn just how much information is recorded on everyone daily. Did you know that when you book a flight(or make reservations) the airline is required to run your name through some databases(I'm guessing 'do not fly lists', etc) before you can be cleared for take off?
So if you are travelling from Canada to Australia, every country you land or whose airspace you will flyover(e.g. the US) is provided a flight manifest. This makes absolute sense considering people have lied on applications forms about their travels yet CIC discovered it. e.g. one case last year of a guy who spent a few years in Italy but left it off his application and CIC uncovered it. This also explains why people can get away with security at one airport but be detained on arrival.
calvinwang2012 said:Hi dear Senior member, could you reveal some more information about the case you mentioned that a person got caught by CIC because he did not mention his stay in Italy? Did he have stamps in his passport? There should be some clues that led CIC to discover his "secret stay"...
Empirical-Scientist said:Italy stamps both entries and exists -- rest assured.
applicant314 said:Italy is part of the Schengen area. If you want Italian stamps, you need to fly from outside the Schengen area directly into an Italian airport. If you fly into another airport, e.g. Amsterdam, they stamp your passport there. If you have a passport of a Schengen country, they won't stamp it at all, regardless where you enter.
As far as I know, the Schengen area does not have a database that tracks travel movements, so they won't be able to provide you with a record of movement.
calvinwang2012 said:Then how could I prove to CIC of my entry/exit from Italy?