EU citizens - how did you answer "have you ever held immigration status...?"

[Paul48]

It turned out that this question was a bit confusing

Do you currently, or have you ever held immigration or citizenship status in a country or territory other than Canada (this includes your country of birth)?

Among the options, there are "visitor", "student", and "worker".

I'm unsure how to include all the visits to EU countries; as an EU citizen, have I held the immigration status as a "visitor"?
Obviously, there's free movement within the EU so no passport or visa is required.

And even more tricky, prior to becoming PR in Canada I had been studying and working for 2 years in an EU country that was not my country of citizenship. Again, I have no "visas" for that, but should I mention it as "student" and "worker"?

I'd love to hear from someone who had a similar situation with an EU passport.

 

[Seym]

Not a UE citizen but :
All the "visits", if we're speaking here about vacation, can be skipped.
Just list that other country as a student or worker, or if you want, list it twice for both statuses, for the period you spent there.
IRCC is well aware of the privileges of UE citizenship and will understand that your birth citizenship means what the other status in the other country is, and that you don't need to copy paste your privilege to live in all others UE countries.

If that put your mind at ease with me answering without coming from UE, every single PR of Canada (or work permit holder, or simply with a visa to Canada...) has a "visitor" status to Mexico, Saint Pierre And Miquelon and other places. 99% of the people in this forum who got their citizenship, including everyone I know, didn't need to list their "visitor" status in Mexico in the question you're asking for, saying you went there for a vacation in the physical presence calculator is enough, IRCC being well aware of the effects abroad of having that Canadian status... Same logic for UE.