The date when you leave Canada? (Another Country entry stamp date? OR flight?)

[flamingteeth]

Might be a stupid question.

When you calculate the date when you are absent, you use the date when you have an entry stamp to another country or the date of you flgiht?

For instance, my flight takes off at Aug 31st 2013, and it arrives in Asia on Sep 1st, 2013 and I have a stamp for that?

Which date I should use in the calculation?

It might be minor for most of the guys, but if you travel a lot, there will be an issue.

Thanks for this.

 

[steaky]

I would use Aug 31, 2014.

 

[BobyM]

You are calculating your physical presence in Canada. So you should use the dates you leave Canada and the dates you arrive in Canada.

Might be a stupid question.

When you calculate the date when you are absent, you use the date when you have an entry stamp to another country or the date of you flgiht?

For instance, my flight takes off at Aug 31st 2013, and it arrives in Asia on Sep 1st, 2013 and I have a stamp for that?

Which date I should use in the calculation?

It might be minor for most of the guys, but if you travel a lot, there will be an issue.

Thanks for this.

 

[flamingteeth]

You are calculating your physical presence in Canada. So you should use the dates you leave Canada and the dates you arrive in Canada.

Thanks, I got it. I will use the date when my flight takes off.

 

[admontreal]

It's not a stupid question.

I was in the same situation, my flight took off on June 23rd and I arrived in Asia on June 26th, I had no stamps because I was in international transit in 2 airports for very long layovers. I decided to be the most possibly honest and wrote the June 23rd date. I told myself It was not worth it to get in possible trouble for a day !

 

[ondang2]

What if you use the entry stamp like sept 1? Is that a big? It happened to me twice, my flight was march 25 and arrived march 26 so i used March 26 in the calculation bec. Im still in canada on March 25 hopefully its not a big deal for them....

 

[flamingteeth]

It's not a stupid question.

I was in the same situation, my flight took off on June 23rd and I arrived in Asia on June 26th, I had no stamps because I was in international transit in 2 airports for very long layovers. I decided to be the most possibly honest and wrote the June 23rd date. I told myself It was not worth it to get in possible trouble for a day !

you are right. As long as you leave some room for your application, i.e. not apply on 1095 days, you will be fine for the residence requirement.

 

[sjakub]

What if the flight was supposed to take off late on, say, 15th and land in another country on 16th, but it was significantly delayed
and the boarding happened after midnight so, technically, on 16th? Depending on the exact timing of the C-24 bill every
single day could matter...

 

[admontreal]

As long as you tell the truth (in that case the 16th) you'll be fine.

And again this is another consequence of not having exit control. In my country of origin your entry and your exit are both registered electronically (passport scanning) and stamped on your passport. You just can't be more clear!

 

[flamingteeth]

What if the flight was supposed to take off late on, say, 15th and land in another country on 16th, but it was significantly delayed
and the boarding happened after midnight so, technically, on 16th? Depending on the exact timing of the C-24 bill every
single day could matter...

I think I read something like this in another forum. I think (not sure) when the CBSA inquires your exit log, they ask Air Canada for the exit log, which will be the check-in time of your flight. As long as you checked-in you will be considered out-of Canada.

Therefore, to be safe, you may put the earlier date as the date when you leave Canada

 

[admontreal]

Actually it is a project (a phase of the Beyond the Border Plan) which is supposed to come into effect on June 30th, 2014.