travel history...please help!!!

[yarn128]

Hi everyone...thank you for allllll the help in the previous question...I have one more question regarding my file

Since I was a student earlier, I travelled a lotttttt from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan (almost once every three months)

In the regional forms, they have asked us to provide travel history since I have turned 18.

I am trying my best to find all the dates and history of travel. However, there are just sooo many times I have travelled.

So what would be the advice in this case?

- Should I just put down the estimated dates?
- Should I just put down the dates I remember and leave out the rest ?

Please let me know if you anyone knows the answer..it will be a hugeeee help!


Thank you

 

[yarn128]

sorry I forgot to specifiy...my husband is in Canada right now, and he is sponsoring me there.

I have been living in Saudi Arabia for some years now, but I am a national of Pakistan.

 

[wilson]

sorry I forgot to specifiy...my husband is in Canada right now, and he is sponsoring me there.

I have been living in Saudi Arabia for some years now, but I am a national of Pakistan.

You can get the dates of your exit and re-entry in Saudi Arabia from your passport - Immigration stamps for departure and arrivals. Copy down all such dates on a sheet of paper and then chronologically arrange it. So it is only a matter of more or less one hour work to prepare the travel records.

 

[Bangkokcanuck]

You can get the dates of your exit and re-entry in Saudi Arabia from your passport - Immigration stamps for departure and arrivals. Copy down all such dates on a sheet of paper and then chronologically arrange it. So it is only a matter of more or less one hour work to prepare the travel records.

Sounds like a good plan doesn't it? Except for the fact when I had to have my last passport replaced for some reason the office in St. Catharines kept the old one. At the time I never really thought much about it as I figured I would never it again as I had the new one, but most of my stamps were in the old passport as the new one was received about a month before I located to Thailand full time. So all my family travel since then I have stamps for. But the travel prior I just sent them all the airline and hotel confirmations, not really much else I could have done

 

[yarn128]

thank you soooo much for the input everyone

@ Bangkokcanuck : this is what I am worried about. I had the same thing done to my passports. I could not get the old one back when I got my latest passport (they kept it)

and since I was a student, I travelled a lotttttttt....to my college in Pakistan from the Middle East.

So I don't even have the airline tickets or hotel reservations left from that time...can anyone tell me what to do in this case?

This is why I thought I should just put down the estimeated dates. Or should I attach a statement with my travel history to explain it further? (I have been told that it will be fine, as I am also presenting police clearence forms for both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia- and these are the only two countries I have travelled to or lived in my life)


Please let me know if someone knows the answer...thank you once again!!

 

[rjessome]

thank you soooo much for the input everyone

@ Bangkokcanuck : this is what I am worried about. I had the same thing done to my passports. I could not get the old one back when I got my latest passport (they kept it)

and since I was a student, I travelled a lotttttttt....to my college in Pakistan from the Middle East.

So I don't even have the airline tickets or hotel reservations left from that time...can anyone tell me what to do in this case?

This is why I thought I should just put down the estimeated dates. Or should I attach a statement with my travel history to explain it further? (I have been told that it will be fine, as I am also presenting police clearence forms for both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia- and these are the only two countries I have travelled to or lived in my life)


Please let me know if someone knows the answer...thank you once again!!

Include a statement with the travel history advising what dates are estimates and that you are unable to confirm the exactly due to your old passport not being returned to you when you were issued a new one. Yes, you will likely be absolutely fine as you have the required police certificates. But it doesn't hurt to show the VO that you made a concerted effort to answer the questions as accurately as possible.

 

[Bangkokcanuck]

Include a statement with the travel history advising what dates are estimates and that you are unable to confirm the exactly due to your old passport not being returned to you when you were issued a new one. Yes, you will likely be absolutely fine as you have the required police certificates. But it doesn't hurt to show the VO that you made a concerted effort to answer the questions as accurately as possible.

Always excellent advice to keep in mind when dealing with ANY gov't official.

 

[yarn128]

Thank you soooo much!!!

I will do all of the things you guys have advised!