Over stayed my time

[gpmann]

Ok, I have entered Canada on a regular basis, at the time my girlfriend and son lived in Alberta and i was living and working in Montana. we finally got married in april 2010... I entered Canada in January 2010 and the border guard didn't stamp my passport, it is now June 2011. will that effect my PR application? if so what do i do, i have a new baby due in September and i don't want to be kicked out of Canada, as i have nowhere to go. thanks in advance.

[ashokcan]

Ok, I have entered Canada on a regular basis, at the time my girlfriend and son lived in Alberta and i was living and working in Montana. we finally got married in april 2010... I entered Canada in January 2010 and the border guard didn't stamp my passport, it is now June 2011. will that effect my PR application? if so what do i do, i have a new baby due in September and i don't want to be kicked out of Canada, as i have nowhere to go. thanks in advance.

What's your citizenship ?

[gpmann]

Im a US citizen...

[ashokcan]

Im a US citizen...

Did you apply for PR, yet ?

[gpmann]

No not yet, im in the process of doing that now...

[ashokcan]

No not yet, im in the process of doing that now...

Are you going to apply PR from Canada? Normally people apply from their home country. If you apply from Canada, show your stay only four and six months. Tell them your valid reason to be in Canada that your wife is having baby soon,etc,.etc,.........

[gpmann]

I am applying inside Canada, but they want me to get a stamp on my passport to prove entry date... but don't have one. i have been here since jan 2010, way past the 6 months allowed . so do i drive back to Montana stay a few days and come back into Canada and ask for a stamp on my passport? the question is, does the border know how long i have been here? and will they let me re-enter?

[ashokcan]

I am applying inside Canada, but they want me to get a stamp on my passport to prove entry date... but don't have one. i have been here since jan 2010, way past the 6 months allowed . so do i drive back to Montana stay a few days and come back into Canada and ask for a stamp on my passport? the question is, does the border know how long i have been here? and will they let me re-enter?

So, you are a U.S. citizen over stayed in Canada. As many U.S. citizen travel to Canada frequently because of close border that's why border police sometime don't stamp the passport.
The border police don't know how long you had been staying in Canada.
If you can drive back to Montana and when you re-enter ask the border police to stamp your passport this time. Sure they will let you enter. I don't see a reason,why they can't.  

[gpmann]

Thanks for your replies, i only live 5 hrs from the border... so i guess a road trip is in order.

[scylla]

The border police don't know how long you had been staying in Canada.  

I disagree. Just because they don't stamp your passport doesn't mean the didn't record your entry/exit (the stamp has nothing to do with whether they took a record of your entry/exit). Passports are often scanned at land border crossings (even if they aren't stamped) and if your passport is scanned, then your entry/exit has been recorded in a computer. Before my husband was a PR, he crossed back and forth between Canada and the US often - and frequently this was by land. His passport was never stamped at land crossings (he's a US citizen). However once he was pulled into secondary inspection and they had a record of all of his crossings. So don't assume they don't know how long you've been in Canada.

Also, keep in mind that the US and Canada share this type of information.

[gpmann]

That's what My wife and i thought earlier. what should i do then? i can't afford an immigration lawyer they want too much. should i just go down and cross the border and on my way back into canada explain to them i assumed i was ok being here since i was married and risk not being let back in? are there any solutions?