How to write dates in Residence calculator

[sushmet]

Hi,

I want to make sure I am putting dates correctly in residence calculator. I had two absences in last 4 years. First, I came to Canada after a long break after getting PR (but before being out for more than 3 years) and later made brief visit. For example:

Considering I will Sign application on November 25, 2014, my period of consideration will be Novenber 25, 2010 to November 25, 2014. I easily meets the 1095 days, however need to ensure I am writing dates correctly.

So as an example below, I entered Canada on May 25, 2011 (as per my passport stamp), So in the leave of absences I will write

25-Nov-2010 TO May 24, 2011 (I entered Canada on May 25 at ~ 4pm so I am not writing one day before that day as a absence).

Then I made brief visit to my home country as follows, I left Canada on August 14, 2012 and reached my home country on August 16, 2012 (as per stamp on my passport) and again left my home country on September 6, 2012 and reached Canada on September 7, 2012 (as per Canada entry stamp). So I am writing period of absence in Residence Calculator as:

August 15, 2012 TO September 6, 2012

AM I correct in writing above dates or needs correction? Please remember even if half days are NOT counted still I qualify for application. I AM ASKING ABOVE QUESTION IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE I AM PUTTING DATES CORRECTLY AND NOT TO MAKE SURE WHETHER I HAVE ALREADY MET 1095 days.

Thanks in advance.

 

[keesio]

Hi

CIC wants the dates you actually left and returned to Canada as per on the flight.
So for the first trip you mentioned, that would be:

<date left Canada> to May 25, 2011. They want the actual date you left Canada on that trip. Don't worry, the calculator will not count the absences before November 25, 2010 but they still want to know the actual date your left.

And if you returned May 25, 2011 at 4 PM, then you need to put down May 25, 2011 as your return date.

Same goes with the other trip you mentioned. You were out of Canada August 14, 2012 to September 7, 2012. The date and times CIC will use is the time of your departing flight from Canada as the time you left Canada, and the arrival time of your flight back to Canada as the return time. That is why one of the best proof you can provide to CIC are boarding passes.

 

[sushmet]

Hi

CIC wants the dates you actually left and returned to Canada as per on the flight.
So for the first trip you mentioned, that would be:

<date left Canada> to May 25, 2011. They want the actual date you left Canada on that trip. Don't worry, the calculator will not count the absences before November 25, 2010 but they still want to know the actual date your left.

And if you returned May 25, 2011 at 4 PM, then you need to put down May 25, 2011 as your return date.

Same goes with the other trip you mentioned. You were out of Canada August 14, 2012 to September 7, 2012. The date and times CIC will use is the time of your departing flight from Canada as the time you left Canada, and the arrival time of your flight back to Canada as the return time. That is why one of the best proof you can provide to CIC are boarding passes.

I am confused here. In my first case,I should list a date even if its falls outside 4 year window? So in Nutshell if I understand it clearly I should list all the absences after getting my PR Even if those dates fall OUTSIDE 4 years window? What about absences between your First entry to Canada till you become PR?

 

[thecoolguysam]

Hi,

I want to make sure I am putting dates correctly in residence calculator. I had two absences in last 4 years. First, I came to Canada after a long break after getting PR (but before being out for more than 3 years) and later made brief visit. For example:

Considering I will Sign application on November 25, 2014, my period of consideration will be Novenber 25, 2010 to November 25, 2014. I easily meets the 1095 days, however need to ensure I am writing dates correctly.

So as an example below, I entered Canada on May 25, 2011 (as per my passport stamp), So in the leave of absences I will write

25-Nov-2010 TO May 24, 2011 (I entered Canada on May 25 at ~ 4pm so I am not writing one day before that day as a absence).

Then I made brief visit to my home country as follows, I left Canada on August 14, 2012 and reached my home country on August 16, 2012 (as per stamp on my passport) and again left my home country on September 6, 2012 and reached Canada on September 7, 2012 (as per Canada entry stamp). So I am writing period of absence in Residence Calculator as:

August 15, 2012 TO September 6, 2012

AM I correct in writing above dates or needs correction? Please remember even if half days are NOT counted still I qualify for application. I AM ASKING ABOVE QUESTION IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE I AM PUTTING DATES CORRECTLY AND NOT TO MAKE SURE WHETHER I HAVE ALREADY MET 1095 days.

Thanks in advance.

use the online residency calculator and enter the dates when you actually exited/entered canada regardless of what time you landed in home country. The online calculator will take care of everything.

 

[CanV]

How is the one day gap (due to travel and transit times) accounted for in the address history? The OP mentioned he/she left Canada Aug 14 and arrived at home country Aug 16, where does Aug 15 go in the table?

 

[keesio]

I am confused here. In my first case,I should list a date even if its falls outside 4 year window? So in Nutshell if I understand it clearly I should list all the absences after getting my PR Even if those dates fall OUTSIDE 4 years window? What about absences between your First entry to Canada till you become PR?

If there is a trip where part of the trip was in the 4 year window, CIC wants you to list the date you left Canada for it. Listing Nov 25, 2010 for the date left is actually false because that is not the real date you left Canada for that trip. You left earlier. And CIC wants that date. thecoolguysam is right - the calculator will handle it all. just enter the real dates. Why risk misrepresentation if it won't impact you?

If there are trips where you left and returned back to Canada all before Nov 25th 2010, then you don't need to list those.

 

[keesio]

How is the one day gap (due to travel and transit times) accounted for in the address history? The OP mentioned he/she left Canada Aug 14 and arrived at home country Aug 16, where does Aug 15 go in the table?

CIC only cares about the dates in Canada when they left and returned. They don't care about what the date was in an applicants home country and how time zone differences may impact it. They just care about the date in the Canadian airport the plane arrived at.

 

[frd2010]

CIC only cares about the dates in Canada when they left and returned. They don't care about what the date was in an applicants home country and how time zone differences may impact it. They just care about the date in the Canadian airport the plane arrived at.

I second that.