Travel History - visiting multiple cities in the same trip

[EaTONOty]

I'm completing my travel history and there are a few countries in which I visited multiple cities on the same trip e.g. going to Mexico and visiting both Juarez and Guadalajara for a number of days.

Should I include each of these cities and the corresponding dates in my travel history?

 

[LifeDreamer]

Each city corresponds to a separate record in your travel history. The travel history is broken down by cities, not countries.

 

[NZ_ozzie]

Each city corresponds to a separate record in your travel history. The travel history is broken down by cities, not countries.

Exactly...

 

[EaTONOty]

Thank you!

 

[bairn7]

That cannot be correct, surely! So, for example, I flew to Las Vegas but I also drove to Phoenix, Flagstaff, LA, San Francisco and Reno (not to mention cities in between where I stopped for gas). I would have to do a separate entry for each one? That would literally be hundreds of entries. Not to mention the fact that I will never be able to accurately list all cities...I had enough trouble finding details of all of my trips for the last 10 years!

I have been listing the main city that I have been visiting only. Las Vegas itself is made up of many cities - do I list those also?

 

[schilz]

Depends, for the most part don't worry about it.
If I recall correctly IRCC questionnaire asks for country, and the city is a free-field.
What I did was the following, using your example:

Country: Mexico
City: Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara
Dates: <Date you entered Mexico> - <Date you left Mexico>


That should be enough, for my particular case I have extensive travel history so I reached a maximum limit of entries in my application so I included a spreadsheet in the supporting documents section that has a detailed breakdown of each trip: country, cities visited, dates, layovers, etc. But unless you have a really long travel history that is probably not needed.

 

[LifeDreamer]

That cannot be correct, surely! So, for example, I flew to Las Vegas but I also drove to Phoenix, Flagstaff, LA, San Francisco and Reno (not to mention cities in between where I stopped for gas). I would have to do a separate entry for each one? That would literally be hundreds of entries. Not to mention the fact that I will never be able to accurately list all cities...I had enough trouble finding details of all of my trips for the last 10 years!

I have been listing the main city that I have been visiting only. Las Vegas itself is made up of many cities - do I list those also?

This is the case with Canadian immigration. So yes you have to list each city with dates in detail. However you can omit cities where you just stopped for gas. You can look up your past hotel reservations, flight itineraries, auto rentals and train tickets ..etc. Credit card statements are an excellent source. You can also look up your photo albums and check the dates and look for any geotags or known landmarks. If you are unable to recall some details then you must write and include a letter of explanation in your application.

Please note if you are an American or if you were a U.S. resident during the periods in which you flew to Las Vegas, you don't have to list any of these details at all.

 

[LifeDreamer]

Depends, for the most part don't worry about it.
If I recall correctly IRCC questionnaire asks for country, and the city is a free-field.
What I did was the following, using your example:

Country: Mexico
City: Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara
Dates: <Date you entered Mexico> - <Date you left Mexico>


That should be enough, for my particular case I have extensive travel history so I reached a maximum limit of entries in my application so I included a spreadsheet in the supporting documents section that has a detailed breakdown of each trip: country, cities visited, dates, layovers, etc. But unless you have a really long travel history that is probably not needed.

City is not optional. In fact you must also write the reason why you visited each city.