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caf445

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I flew to country A, stayed for 7 nights, then went to country B by bus, stayed there for 2 nights, on the last day, went to the airport at country A by bus and flew back home. In travel history, should I just say country A for 7 nights (exact dates) and country B for 2 nights? Or should I include 1 day at country A after those two?
 

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I flew to country A, stayed for 7 nights, then went to country B by bus, stayed there for 2 nights, on the last day, went to the airport at country A by bus and flew back home. In travel history, should I just say country A for 7 nights (exact dates) and country B for 2 nights? Or should I include 1 day at country A after those two?
Do you have two stamps/visas in your passport for Country A, or just one? In either case, I don't see why you wouldn't just include it, but especially if your passport was stamped/visa'd twice they will be curious to know where the second stamp/visa came from if you didn't list it.
 

caf445

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Do you have two stamps/visas in your passport for Country A, or just one? In either case, I don't see why you wouldn't just include it, but especially if your passport was stamped/visa'd twice they will be curious to know where the second stamp/visa came from if you didn't list it.
It was few years back, its not in my current passport. I have in and out stamps for country A and B, and one stamp for the last same day for both contry A and B. I mean for the last day I have stamps for both country B and country A.
The last day was just a transit to country A to get on a plane.
 

caf445

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How many passports do we have to scan and upload btw? Only current passport? All first page and stamps only? Or the whole passport should be scan and upload?
 

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It was few years back, its not in my current passport. I have in and out stamps for country A and B, and one stamp for the last same day for both contry A and B. So in total 3 stamps for country A and 2 stamps for country B.
The last day was just a transit to country A to get on a plane.
I would just include it. They probably won't make a big deal out of it if you don't as I believe Travel History is mainly used to determine if you have many inexplicable visits, or long-duration visits to high-risk countries (or stayed 6+ months in a country and require a PCC). But I don't see a reason why you would not take the extra 20 seconds to fill it in your history.
 
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Vitesze

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How many passports do we have to scan and upload btw? Only current passport? All first page and stamps only? Or the whole passport should be scan and upload?
Only your valid travel document (e.g. current passport) needs to be scanned. All pages that include stamps, visas and markings need to be uploaded, as well as the first page (that contains your information). Empty pages should be left out.
 
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caf445

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I would just include it. They probably won't make a big deal out of it if you don't as I believe Travel History is mainly used to determine if you have many inexplicable visits, or long-duration visits to high-risk countries (or stayed 6+ months in a country and require a PCC). But I don't see a reason why you would not take the extra 20 seconds to fill it in your history.
So what should I write as intention? Like “transit”?
 

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So what should I write as intention? Like “transit”?
Yeah. I even put down Heathrow + Seattle Tacoma Airport on my Travel History when I came to Canada, even though I spent < 5 hrs. in both countries (transit).

Not reporting it is simply incorrect, as I did officially enter both countries, had to apply for an ESTA and have a US stamp on my passport.

If you transit through countries all the time (e.g. business travel) and exceed the maximum no. of entries (30) for the Travel History page, it can probably be left out and mentioned in an LOE, but other than that I would just fill in everything as accurately as possible for something this important.
 

caf445

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On other question, I’m also confused about birth certificate for the main applicant. what is your suggestion about including birth certificate and national ID in EE?
 

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On other question, I’m also confused about birth certificate for the main applicant. what is your suggestion about including birth certificate and national ID in EE?
You don't need to provide a Birth Certificate for the Primary applicant. You would only have to provide it for any dependent children.

You're not required to submit any National ID - some countries don't even have one, or (in my case) allow you to substitute it with your passport.

Do note that they may request these documents, but that such requests are very uncommon. They're not required documents for a PR application.
 
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caf445

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And for our immediate family name and info( parents and siblings), is there any place to include their name in our native language?
 

caf445

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Yeah. I even put down Heathrow + Seattle Tacoma Airport on my Travel History when I came to Canada, even though I spent < 5 hrs. in both countries (transit).

Not reporting it is simply incorrect, as I did officially enter both countries, had to apply for an ESTA and have a US stamp on my passport.

If you transit through countries all the time (e.g. business travel) and exceed the maximum no. of entries (30) for the Travel History page, it can probably be left out and mentioned in an LOE, but other than that I would just fill in everything as accurately as possible for something this important.
Would you put the country and write transit as the purpose and write an LOE, or LOE is not needed?
 

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Only your valid travel document (e.g. current passport) needs to be scanned. All pages that include stamps, visas and markings need to be uploaded, as well as the first page (that contains your information). Empty pages should be left out.
Hi, is it only current passport? In my case, my old passport is full with visa and stamps. Hence most of my travel history will be on old passport. The new pass port has only couple of pages used