Missed flight and travel history

[roissingue]

Hi there. I'm planning to apply for citizenship soon, and I have a question about the travel history section.

Back on December 18th, 2021, I missed a flight to Paris (from Toronto) due to a delayed connecting flight. I was rebooked for the next day.
As I was already in the international zone, I had to go through immigration to leave the airport.
I flew to Paris the next day.

I recently requested my travel history report through the Privacy Act and found out that they had indeed recorded the entry, even though I technically didn't leave Canada.

My question is: How should I record this incident in my travel history for my online citizenship application?

Thank you

 

[CABA]

Hi there. I'm planning to apply for citizenship soon, and I have a question about the travel history section.

Back on December 18th, 2021, I missed a flight to Paris (from Toronto) due to a delayed connecting flight. I was rebooked for the next day.
As I was already in the international zone, I had to go through immigration to leave the airport.
I flew to Paris the next day.

I recently requested my travel history report through the Privacy Act and found out that they had indeed recorded the entry, even though I technically didn't leave Canada.

My question is: How should I record this incident in my travel history for my online citizenship application?

Thank you

on a safer side exclude that day in case they tie it back with CBSA records. It's only a matter of 1 day in case you are planning to submit your application at the exact 1095 days

 

[roissingue]

on a safer side exclude that day in case they tie it back with CBSA records. It's only a matter of 1 day in case you are planning to submit your application at the exact 1095 days

Thank you for your answer.
I already plan to leave a few weeks of buffer time before applying to be on the safe side.

It's more about the section where you disclose all your travels outside Canada. Do you think that I should put a separate row, from 2021-12-18 to 2021-12-18 (same day) to reflect this "entry"?

 

[dpenabill]

Hi there. I'm planning to apply for citizenship soon, and I have a question about the travel history section.

Back on December 18th, 2021, I missed a flight to Paris (from Toronto) due to a delayed connecting flight. I was rebooked for the next day.
As I was already in the international zone, I had to go through immigration to leave the airport.
I flew to Paris the next day.

I recently requested my travel history report through the Privacy Act and found out that they had indeed recorded the entry, even though I technically didn't leave Canada.

My question is: How should I record this incident in my travel history for my online citizenship application?

Thank you

It appears that technically you had left Canada. Just like arrivals in Canada, a traveler is not actually "IN Canada" until border control has granted the application to enter Canada (this is true for citizens as well). Which side of the immigration portal a traveler is on matters. It's just one day.

It's more about the section where you disclose all your travels outside Canada. Do you think that I should put a separate row, from 2021-12-18 to 2021-12-18 (same day) to reflect this "entry"?

Edit: I misunderstood the situation. So you came back into Canada. OK. Yeah, apparently you left and returned same day. Report just like any other day trip.

 

[roissingue]

It appears that technically you had left Canada. Just like arrivals in Canada, a traveler is not actually "IN Canada" until border control has granted the application to enter Canada (this is true for citizens as well). Which side of the immigration portal a traveler is on matters. It's just one day.



Edit: I misunderstood the situation. So you came back into Canada. OK. Yeah, apparently you left and returned same day. Report just like any other day trip.

Thanks for the input.
That's what I thought... I was hesitating because, in CBSA travel history, there's no Exit (as I didn't board).
Also, should I put "France" in Country (as I was supposed to travel to France)?

 

[dpenabill]

Thanks for the input.
That's what I thought... I was hesitating because, in CBSA travel history, there's no Exit (as I didn't board).
Also, should I put "France" in Country (as I was supposed to travel to France)?

hmmm

Yeah, it does not fit real life except it is a real life twist in circumstances. You left but didn't leave, and it appears you returned meaning you had to leave.

It should be very unlikely this sort of thing will cause any issues at all . . . regardless how it is reported it in the presence calculation travel history.

That said, for those of us with a bit of paranoia haunting our bureaucratic nightmares, easy to apprehend a risk that the CBSA travel history showing entry that date suggests an exit from Canada sometime before that, and not that same day. Do not want anyone making that erroneous inference.

In the box for purpose or reason, perhaps a very brief explanation will settle it. Maybe "passed through immigration, missed flight, returned next day" . . . but in YOUR words, very short . . . just something to alert whoever reviews the travel history that it was a same day event. Could add, if room in the box, "did not actually leave Canada" or something to such effect. Just to be sure.

If CBSA travel history of exits from Canada was certain to be more complete, which is the direction things are going but are not quite there yet, this would be no problem at all . . . the absence of the exit in CBSA travel history would confirm no exit.

With any explanation at all, this really should not be any problem.

 

[roissingue]

Hi @legalfalcon.

Do you have any opinion or short advice to give about this specific matter?

Thank you

 

[legalfalcon]

Hi there. I'm planning to apply for citizenship soon, and I have a question about the travel history section.

Back on December 18th, 2021, I missed a flight to Paris (from Toronto) due to a delayed connecting flight. I was rebooked for the next day.
As I was already in the international zone, I had to go through immigration to leave the airport.
I flew to Paris the next day.

I recently requested my travel history report through the Privacy Act and found out that they had indeed recorded the entry, even though I technically didn't leave Canada.

My question is: How should I record this incident in my travel history for my online citizenship application?

Thank you

IRCC does not care about your travel; what matters is whether you meet the residency requirement.

Where you travel becomes important to conduct criminal and security screenings. If there is a discrepancy in your travel details, just add a letter of explanation giving details of the incident and your actual travel details. No big issue.

You did end up travelling to the intended location, just a day later, that's all.

 

[legalfalcon]

Hi @legalfalcon.

Do you have any opinion or short advice to give about this specific matter?

Thank you

See above.