Citizenship application and US travel history.

[gary4554]

I am filling out the online application for Canada citizenship for my wife. For the physical presence calculator we do not have the dates of her 4 or 5 day trips to the US. When I search the question

"Do I need to ask the Canada Border Services Agency for a history of entries when applying for citizenship?" the government of Canada Help Center page says ​

NO. Provide consent by checking the “Yes” box for question 14B “Have you held travel documents and or passports during your eligibility period” on your citizenship application. This will give us permission to get your history of entries from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). It will also take less time than you asking the CBSA for your history.

We use your history of entries to make sure that you have been in Canada long enough to qualify for citizenship.

If you do not provide consent by checking the “Yes” box, you may be asked to send a request for personal information to the CBSA to get your history of entries. Doing this may make the time to process your application longer than the routine processing times for citizenship.

Is this outdated information? Other sites say I must ask the CBSA directly for record of entries.

 

[armoured]

I am filling out the online application for Canada citizenship for my wife. For the physical presence calculator we do not have the dates of her 4 or 5 day trips to the US. When I search the question

"Do I need to ask the Canada Border Services Agency for a history of entries when applying for citizenship?" the government of Canada Help Center page says ​

NO. Provide consent by checking the “Yes” box for question 14B “Have you held travel documents and or passports during your eligibility period” on your citizenship application. This will give us permission to get your history of entries from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). It will also take less time than you asking the CBSA for your history.

We use your history of entries to make sure that you have been in Canada long enough to qualify for citizenship.

If you do not provide consent by checking the “Yes” box, you may be asked to send a request for personal information to the CBSA to get your history of entries. Doing this may make the time to process your application longer than the routine processing times for citizenship.

Is this outdated information? Other sites say I must ask the CBSA directly for record of entries.

You are responsible for providing the correct dates of your travel and entries/exits. If you don't have that information, you do what you need to in order to get it - like ordering Canadian or US entry/exit records.

As for ticking that box: IRCC uses it to check. They're telling you there that if you don't tick it, your application will take longer. They're NOT telling you that not having calculated your entries and exits yourself is okay and they'll work it out for you. You are responsible for the information you provide.

Now, that's the basics and the truth. If you're absolutely confident that the only missing ones are day trips (which don't affect the total, because any time spent in Canada during a dya counts as 'present), then you could consider providing a letter of explanation with your best guesses of the day trips. That still might slow things down, and I don't know how it would be received by IRCC.

Personally I'd order the entry/exit records through ATIP at CBSA and provide the correct info to begin with, and apply a little bit later.