Question about residence calculator with 1095 days

[LostinCalgary]

So I have this idea in my mind that keeps bugging me time and time again. Just for reference I applied with 1096 days, but my interpretation of the calculation is that you can apply when the residence calculator says that you have accumulated 1095 days. I know the application says that you must be eligible to apply the day before you sign your application, and I think that the residence calculator considers that point when counting your days. I hear a lot of people saying that you have to apply when the calculator says 1096 days, but I differ and I explain why.

Here's my rational.

1095 days = 4 years of 365 days each. Say for example that you landed on January 1st, 2011. So the 365 days of the year would be December 31st 2011.

Residence calculator asks you to count the period from January 1 2011 to January 1st 2015, not to December 31 2014. So the calculator is already counting the 1096th day which is the day you can submit your application. You completed your 1095 days on Dec 31 2014, the calculator generates that information on the 1096th day saying you have accumulated 1095 days.

Even the CIC website says, only the four (4) years preceding the date of your application are taken into account, (so that would be Jan 1st 2011 to Dec 31st 2014)

I know the rules change tomorrow, but I've always been curious about that and I have too much time in my hands right now. Does that make sense to anyone else?

Cheers

 

[MUFC]

The calculator shows that you are eligible when the number of days is at least 1095.

But you have to sign the application the day after the 1095th day of physical presence.

So you can send and sign the application only on the 1096th day.

 

[LostinCalgary]

The calculator shows that you are eligible when the number of days is at least 1095.

But you have to sign the application the day after the 1095th day of physical presence.

So you can send and sign the application only on the 1096th day.

But the calculator also asks you when are you going to sign the application right at the beginning of the calculation, and it uses a period of 4 years and 1 day, not 4 years exactly. So the 1096th day would be the day the calculator says 1095.

 

[MUFC]

But the calculator also asks you when are you going to sign the application right at the beginning of the calculation, and it uses a period of 4 years and 1 day, not 4 years exactly. So the 1096th day would be the day the calculator says 1095.

That was a small bug in the calculator because it still have showed that the applicant is eligible with a signature on the 1095th day.

In reality the applicant is eligible to apply with a signature on the 1096th day.

Please don't tell me that you have signed the application on the 1095 day?

 

[yukon]

Just noticed the Residence Calculator with the new 4/6 rule now asks you to declare even day trips outside Canada, which earlier you didn't have to in the 3/4 rule.

 

[LostinCalgary]

That was a small bug in the calculator because it still have showed that the applicant is eligible with a signature on the 1095th day.

In reality the applicant is eligible to apply with a signature on the 1096th day.

Why is it a bug if it's generating your 1095 eligibility on the 1096th day? (So you are technically signing for 1095 days on the 1096th) Again the period used by the calculator is (was) 4 years and 1 day, not 4 years.

Please don't tell me that you have signed the application on the 1095 day?

Like I said I applied with 1096 days (on the residence calculator), verified against CBSA records, flight tickets, passport stamps etc. But a few weeks ago I came across that scenario when I was not sure about my days and the idea keeps bugging me. It seems to me that most people agree with what you said and the fact that the majority thinks that way goes against my thinking, but it still does not make sense to me.

Thanks for your reply.

 

[AINP-BDR]

its not bug, either it counts only first day or last day.

it was in instructions clearly.

example, if you enter into Canada on Jan 1st and left on Dec 31st... calculator will count only either of one day not both days.

 

[MUFC]

My point is that the calculator accepted the signature to be done exactly at the minimum of 1095 days.

But on the other hand there was a clear message that the signature must be done one day after that, hence on the 1096th day as the earliest.

So if someone have signed exactly on the 1095th day, he/she might be in trouble just for one day.

 

[janoo]

You need 1095 days and now you have applied forget about every thing and
back to your work and am sure the officer have some experience and have some
common sense officer can approve if there is a day difference etc... they have the
authority......

 

[MUFC]

You need 1095 days and now you have applied forget about every thing and
back to your work and am sure the officer have some experience and have some
common sense officer can approve if there is a day difference etc... they have the
authority......

Here the problem is that the online calculator was a little bit misleading exactly those to wanted to apply with a signature on the 1095th day.
According to the calculator it's fine.
But according to the requirement that the signature must be done actually the day after there is a discrepancy.