Hi all,
I've been following this forum for a while but only created an account today.
Submitted my application for PR via the CEC express entry on July 31st and got my AOR Aug 1st.
I'll spare you the details of my back and forth with IRCC.
In my GCMS notes, I noticed they mentioned Botswana showed up in my addresses after the age of 18 but no police clearance certificate was provided. My background check has also been ongoing for a LONG time.
I lived in Botswana before I moved here for school (in 2012 at the age of 16), and I travelled back during the holidays in 2013 (for 4 months), 2014 (aged 18 and for 2 months), and 2015 (for 6 weeks). I listed these in my travel history in the original application but i did not list them under addresses - because technically I was only a visitor there and not a resident. I'm not sure if this may have caused some confusion in the address/personal history section. I also did a substantial amount of travelling to the US in the years 2012-2018.
However I believe, I am finally getting my breakthrough. I was recently asked to provide a Schedule A form within 7 days and I have a few questions. I haven't filled one before.
<MY UCI #>: <FULL NAME>
Schedule A: Please provide a separate and newly completed Schedule A Background Declaration form (IMM 5669) bearing an original signature with updated education, personal, address and travel history with no gaps in addresses or activities. If a section does not apply to you, please enter "none" as per the instructions provided on the form.
1. Instead of clicking the link in the request letter, can I use the eIMM5669E (electronic version), sign it by hand then scan it back into the CIC portal? The electronic version allows for addition of rows and is less complicated to fill.
2. Under the personal history, it states to include all activity types (work, school, unemployment, travelling, etc). From Feb 2018 to May 2018, I was unemployed. In that time I travelled to US for a week in March. Would I need to list these as two separate lines?
I guess the main question is, if I travelled within the periods of other activities, will all these be listed as separate lines even though the dates coincide with employment/school/unemployment?
PS: I had originally answered all statutory questions as no. I just remembered that my parents applied for Canadian PR in 2010 or so (I was a dependent) and got refused because of a mistake made in our application. They didn't bother applying after that as the process was quite exhausting back then. I am guessing my answer should be yes to this question. Will changing my answer raise flags?
I would love to see
@tobs input on this one as well.
Thanks in advance everyone!