Need help filling in RQ

[kenR]

I just passed the test 2 weeks ago and was issued a RQ.

My arrival date in Canada is 11 years ago and I have been staying in another country for quite awhile. Also, I have traveled around the world for vacation and transit at various countries.

I have 3 passports worth of documents and am currently doing colored photocopies of them.

For the RQ, Do I have to fill in every single places I have visited and transit? That would make up to at least 30-40 entries.
(I have been in Canada the past 5years)


Also, for the 'Home and family ties' section, Do I have to provide passport copies/birth cert/proof of residence of all my family members?
As well as address of all the places I have lived or rented in the past 11 years? My memory isn't that good to remember where i stayed a decade ago

 

[OKK]

I just passed the test 2 weeks ago and was issued a RQ.

My arrival date in Canada is 11 years ago and I have been staying in another country for quite awhile. Also, I have traveled around the world for vacation and transit at various countries.

I have 3 passports worth of documents and am currently doing colored photocopies of them.

For the RQ, Do I have to fill in every single places I have visited and transit? That would make up to at least 30-40 entries.
(I have been in Canada the past 5years)

Also, for the 'Home and family ties' section, Do I have to provide passport copies/birth cert/proof of residence of all my family members?
As well as address of all the places I have lived or rented in the past 11 years? My memory isn't that good to remember where i stayed a decade ago

Could you share your timeline including your local cic office???what triggered your RQ???
ANSWERS are mentioned below:
1. You have to provide details of every single trip/stamp/entry/exits/transits FROM THE TIME YOU 1ST CAME IN CANADA, which you indicated 11 years ago. You also have to provide copies of every single page of all the passports you have.
2. You only have to provide DETAILS of your family only since the time you came to Canada, again for past 11 years. For your immediate family members you also have to provide their immigration status.
3. Yes you have to provide detail of every single address you ever lived at in the past 11 years (since the time you ever came to Canada). Best way is you must had filled your taxes for past 11 years you been here i hope you did....check the address on your notice of assessments. That will be you official address for the period.
And in supporting documents you will be submitting everything you can possibly think of for example: pay stubs, utility bills, credit card bills, bank statements, CBSA traveler history, PCH from health Canada, notice of assessments, etc etc.

RQ form is pretty much self explanatory...Good Luck buddy

Do share your exam day experience/ timeline /your cic office and what triggered you RQ???.....Any feedback provided from you will be very useful for all the other members.

 

[kenR]

Exam experience is pretty efficient IMO(Kitchener branch). Got a letter to go for the test 2weeks before the date. Exam was pretty easy as long as you studied the guide provided. Was only unsure of 1 question.

After passing my test, they viewed my passport and my application form, and found out i forgot to declare that i was out of the country for JUST 1 STAMP, they said there was an 'error on my file' and sent me the RQ.

One single mistake, MUCH MORE work to do

What documents of my family members do I need?
Do I need to declare which hotels i stayed in during my vacation?

 

[OKK]

Exam experience is pretty efficient IMO(Kitchener branch). Got a letter to go for the test 2weeks before the date. Exam was pretty easy as long as you studied the guide provided. Was only unsure of 1 question.

After passing my test, they viewed my passport and my application form, and found out i forgot to declare that i was out of the country for JUST 1 STAMP, they said there was an 'error on my file' and sent me the RQ.

One single mistake, MUCH MORE work to do

What documents of my family members do I need?
Do I need to declare which hotels i stayed in during my vacation?

WOW.....how long was the duration of that trip???the one you forgot to mention...and was majority of your trips were to US??
Well RQ don't exactly say that you have to provide any documents of your family however if you want you can attach copies of your children/ spouse/ parents (immediate family only) citizenship/PR. And if you have all the paperwork to prove your short trips then yeah why not...the more you provide the better it would be.

 

[kenR]

Was out of the country for about 3-4 weeks. I go for a 3-4weeks vacation every year and I just happen to forget to declare it in 2011.

 

[OKK]

Was out of the country for about 3-4 weeks. I go for a 3-4weeks vacation every year and I just happen to forget to declare it in 2011.

did you just forgot to mention the exit/entry or did you miscounted your days too???reason i am asking this could be a whole different ball game...the reason i am asking a friend of mine was exactly in the same shoes as you are.

 

[kenR]

I missed out on that trip and did not declare. Even factoring that, I would still fulfill the residency requirement as I have only been out of Canada about 5months total from the past 5 years.

 

[kenR]

I declared exiting Canada in 2009,2010 and 2012.
Missed out on my 4weeks trip in 2011.

The officer stated that it is considered 'an error in my file' and 'my application will be delayed'

 

[OKK]

I declared exiting Canada in 2009,2010 and 2012.
Missed out on my 4weeks trip in 2011.

The officer stated that it is considered 'an error in my file' and 'my application will be delayed'

but was that trip included or excluded in your 1095 days???

 

[OKK]

if your 1095 days include those weeks you were out of Canada then your application eventually will be refused. Thats what happened to my friend exactly the same case but he was given an option by CIC official at the time of exam/interview to either withdraw his application as his days were less then 1095 or wait to see the judge. He chose to withdraw the application did everything all over again instantly he received RQ from sydney currently he is still awaiting

 

[kenR]

I cannot remember if i included it. I can't seem to check my status online, I keep getting

"We received instructions to remove this application(s) and address information from the Internet."

I have called for weeks few months ago and cannot even get through even once.

 

[OKK]

I cannot remember if i included it. I can't seem to check my status online, I keep getting

"We received instructions to remove this application(s) and address information from the Internet."

I have called for weeks few months ago and cannot even get through even once.

Did you requested not to see your status online???They don't take it off by there self. If you had included your absence days as presence in Canada then your application simply will be refused by Citizenship Judge after all that wait. What i suggest is you should fill up your RQ gather all the documents send everything off. You should order your GCMS notes i will provide you all the detail at the bottom of this reply how to retrieve them. Once received read all your application and if you had made the mistake then seek some professional help and see what they suggest you. If that will be the case then you probably will be better off withdrawing you application and do it all over again.

Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP). If you want to order it on your own there are two ways.

a) If you have a friend / relative in canada it would cost you just $5 and you will get that in around 30 days.

b) If you don't have a relative or friend in Canada then you can get it from websites and it would cost around $25-$40 and you will get in six to eight weeks..

Check this

a) If you have a relative / friend in Canada

As you have a relative / friend there it would cost you just $5. Its very easy. Your relative / friend will order this on your behalf and he will be the requester. It can be done by email and your relative / requester can send scan copies of everything. Your relative / friend will receive CAIPS / GCMS notes in his email.

First fill the following form but your relative / friend will sign it as he is the requester.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5563E.pdf

Then you will have to fill this consent form and sign yourself

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5475E.pdf

Now according to latest IMM5563E form you can even pay fees online if you are not living in Canada and there is no need to fill any credit card form. Pay fees online, get receipt, fill it and then scan and attach with application. Its very easy. Go to section C of the following form then follow other links given below.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5563E.pdf (See section C)

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/index.asp

https://eservicesak.cic.gc.ca/epay/lineofbusiness.do

After payment take 2 copies of print out of receipt. Keep one copy for yourself and attach other with application.

Ask your relative to provide copy of his Canadian passport or PR card and copy of his recent bill or bank statement as a proof that he is currently living in Canada

Ask him to scan everything and send everything by email to

atip-aiprp @ cic.gc.ca


b) If you don't have a relative / friend in Canada

try these websites. You will get in around 6-8 weeks.

a) http://www.caips.ca/
b) http://caipsnotes.com/index.shtml
c) http://www.caipsretriever.com/2006/03/immigrants-life-in-toronto-canada-ii.html
d) www.lawpoint.ca ($25 only)

 

[kenR]

Sorry I am bad with abbreviation, what does "GCMS" stands for?

 

[OKK]

Sorry I am bad with abbreviation, what does "GCMS" stands for?

Privacy Impact Assessment Summary – Global Case Management System (GCMS) - Phase II
The Global Case Management System (GCMS) is Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC’s) single, integrated and worldwide system used internally to process applications for citizenship and immigration services.

The most recent Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) on GCMS was submitted to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) in December 2011. As the system continues to evolve, updates to the PIA will be completed if there are major changes in the functionality of GCMS that impact privacy.

GCMS stores only the type of personal information required to process citizenship and immigration clients. The type of personal information collected includes, but is not limited to, client identification (i.e., family name and given names, gender, date of birth, country of birth, etc.), contact information and history, educational and employment information.

GCMS provides a level of protection that reflects CIC’s need for information availability and integrity, Government of Canada requirements for protected B level information, and the requirements of the Privacy Act and associated Treasury Board policies.

Some low level privacy risks have been identified as part of this assessment and most have been mitigated. The remaining risk relates to the granting of authority by Library and Archives Canada to delete information from GCMS. They have recommended that their appraisal of the system’s information and subsequent coverage of a Records Disposition Authority (RDA) be completed only once the system has been fully implemented for all immigration lines of business. GCMS will cover all immigration lines of business by 2013/2014.

 

[OKK]

I missed out on that trip and did not declare. Even factoring that, I would still fulfill the residency requirement as I have only been out of Canada about 5months total from the past 5 years.

Residence in Canada

To become Canadian citizens, adults must have resided in Canada for at least three years (1,095 days) in the past four years before applying. Children under the age of 18 do not need to meet this requirement.

You may be able to count time you spent in Canada before you became a permanent resident if that time falls within the four-year period.
3 years have to completed in 4 years period NOT in 5 years....and if you had included those weeks when you was absent from Canada your application will be simply refused.