Travel history

[navinball]

Just put down "transit". If you spent just 1-2 days in a country, it makes perfect sense.

were you bored with your ielts writing?

 

[reachforjay]

Question folks. I have travelled extensively due to the nature of my job. I'm in the process of filling in the travel history portion of my application. I created an excel sheet for all data on the stamps and sorted by date so it's at least chronological. Is there a maximum number of entries, or do I have to input ALL my travel? There's over 60 trips...

 

[Vitesze]

were you bored with your ielts writing?

Honestly, the IELTS Writing part is a bit flawed IMO. I didn't get bored, but legitimately struggled figuring out the appropriate writing style/what to write for part 1 (writing a letter about a vacation to friend - honestly who ever does that anymore this age?), and thinking of sufficient supporting arguments for part 2 (why kids need to be taught how to manage money). So my low score was mostly due to reasons unrelated to my level of writing (in my opinion). I would have had the exact same difficulties in my native language.

 

[Vitesze]

Question folks. I have travelled extensively due to the nature of my job. I'm in the process of filling in the travel history portion of my application. I created an excel sheet for all data on the stamps and sorted by date so it's at least chronological. Is there a maximum number of entries, or do I have to input ALL my travel? There's over 60 trips...

I believe the maximum you can enter is 30? Or slightly higher, but I definitely remember someone on the forum not being able to enter all their travel history.

I would pick the longest duration + first-time visits first. Leave out any subsequent (or transit) visits, but explain it in the LOE and attach your Excel spreadsheet to the LOE. You can probably figure which visits are more interesting to them - a lengthy trip to the Middle East is more important to mention than the 8th visit to Sweden.

 

[reachforjay]

I believe the maximum you can enter is 30? Or slightly higher, but I definitely remember someone on the forum not being able to enter all their travel history.

I would pick the longest duration + first-time visits first. Leave out any subsequent (or transit) visits, but explain it in the LOE and attach your Excel spreadsheet to the LOE. You can probably figure which visits are more interesting to them - a lengthy trip to the Middle East is more important to mention than the 8th visit to Sweden.

Thanks for the tip. You're correct about 30 being the maximum. Unfortunately, the system only let me know this after I had entered almost all my info and hit "save and exit". There REALLY should be an alert when you try to save and add entry 31!

 

[viki1805]

is it a requirement to upload scanned copies of the visa pages for those countries that we've listed out in the travel section ? and what if it is in the previous passport (expired)? I traveled to Thailand and have a visa on arrival stamp in my previous passport (i do have a picture of it with me at the moment though) and a transit visit to Oman and Qatar. Well actually that's it! so do I need to upload visa stamps for each of them ?

 

[Vitesze]

is it a requirement to upload scanned copies of the visa pages for those countries that we've listed out in the travel section ? and what if it is in the previous passport (expired)? I traveled to Thailand and have a visa on arrival stamp in my previous passport (i do have a picture of it with me at the moment though) and a transit visit to Oman and Qatar. Well actually that's it! so do I need to upload visa stamps for each of them ?

No. You only have to photocopy the pages in your valid travel document that contain visas/stamps/markings. If it's in an expired passport you don't need to upload it.

I had a Visa for Thailand + Cambodia + about 10 stamps in my old passport and didn't upload it. They're processing my application just fine.

 

[viki1805]

No. You only have to photocopy the pages in your valid travel document that contain visas/stamps/markings. If it's in an expired passport you don't need to upload it.

I had a Visa for Thailand + Cambodia + about 10 stamps in my old passport and didn't upload it. They're processing my application just fine.

and what about recently canceled visas in the current passport ? I'd assume that canceled visas need not be uploaded but just ensuring!

 

[Vitesze]

and what about recently canceled visas in the current passport ? I'd assume that canceled visas need not be uploaded but just ensuring!

You should upload any page in your current passport that is not blank.

 

[viki1805]

You should upload any page in your current passport that is not blank.

Oh I did not know that. Glad I came across this thread. thanks for letting me know about this.