Came to Canada as a PR in May 6th 2022, traveled outside Canada twice, Sep 18-27th 2024 and Jan 12-20th 2025. I sent my application on May 21st as that's when the physical presence calculator told me I would be eligible and have 1095 days of physical presence, but this depends on what counts as an actual day, because on my departure days, I didn't spend the night here in Canada and left in the mornings. However, I read online that this could cause issues in applications since it makes calculating the minimum presence difficult for agents and worse case, make it more likely to be rejected. Did anyone apply with a similar experience traveling outside and applying as soon as they hit 1095 days? Any help would be appreciated!
1095 days citizenship physical presence, am I good or should I withdraw my application?
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If you are 100 percent sure you have the 1095 days then you will be approved. However since you applied with exactly 1095 days, you should expect your application will go for secondary review and take longer to process.
I applied with 1096 days and just got everything approved with oath scheduled for 15 August. I applied in late Jan, so my application definitely took longer than people applied at the same time. I also had to go in for an interview. But if you're sure about your dates I would say there is not cause to worry. For departures, as long as you leave pass midnight then the day would still count. For example, one of my flight left at 12:45 am on a Friday and that Friday still counted as a day in Canada. So if your dates are correct then I wouldn't worry.
If you want to be sure you can request the CBSA exit/entry report. I requested mine and it captured all my trips correctly. If the CBSA record matches your application entries then that should be fine. Though note that all my trips were by air, I am not sure if they would be as accurate for departures/entries by land.
If you want to be sure you can request the CBSA exit/entry report. I requested mine and it captured all my trips correctly. If the CBSA record matches your application entries then that should be fine. Though note that all my trips were by air, I am not sure if they would be as accurate for departures/entries by land.
The above from @Lavenaa is pretty much your best case scenario : a fast application that due to the absence of buffer went through minimal additional scrunity and got finalized in 6.5 months instead of maybe a couple weeks or a month earlier, which is by the way still largely under the average processing time, currently at 10 months.
While there's no discussion to be had if you think you made a mistake in your calculation (withdraw asap!), if you're 100% sure of your days, it can go different ways : easy and relatively short processing such as @Lavenaa 's, a bit longer processing, or a significant delay because IRCC is really not convinced you meet the physical presence requirement. It's too early to tell, after only 2 months.
What you can do now : triple check and quadruple check your application, and yeah, maybe ask for your CBSA report to validate that the report matches your claims, and act accordingly. It's probably good not to withdraw yet, as long as it's not 1094 or less...
While there's no discussion to be had if you think you made a mistake in your calculation (withdraw asap!), if you're 100% sure of your days, it can go different ways : easy and relatively short processing such as @Lavenaa 's, a bit longer processing, or a significant delay because IRCC is really not convinced you meet the physical presence requirement. It's too early to tell, after only 2 months.
What you can do now : triple check and quadruple check your application, and yeah, maybe ask for your CBSA report to validate that the report matches your claims, and act accordingly. It's probably good not to withdraw yet, as long as it's not 1094 or less...
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