Confused again with physical presence days

[Hydi]

Hi,

I had my hearing for convention refugee on March 13, 2015 and I got a verbal positive decision same day. I got a notice of decision in which they wrote that the claim was heard on March 13, 2015 and that they accept the claim and I became a protected person. This notice of decision letter is dated May 5, 2015

My question is which date should i put in the physical presence calculator as the first day of being protected person? March 13 or May 5? I was about to complete my application and mail it but I accidentally came across the date on the notice of decision letter so I'm confused now..Please advise

 

[kainthsimranjit]

May 5th as thats the official letter date

 

[itslawson12]

Hi,

I had my hearing for convention refugee on March 13, 2015 and I got a verbal positive decision same day. I got a notice of decision in which they wrote that the claim was heard on March 13, 2015 and that they accept the claim and I became a protected person. This notice of decision letter is dated May 5, 2015

My question is which date should i put in the physical presence calculator as the first day of being protected person? March 13 or May 5? I was about to complete my application and mail it but I accidentally came across the date on the notice of decision letter so I'm confused now..Please advise

From personal experience, you should put March 13 as the first day of being a protected person since you fortunately received a verbal positive decision on your hearing day. If on your hearing day, the board member had congratulated you and declared you a convention refugee or protected person, then starting from that day, that has become your official status in Canada and you are no longer a Refugee Claimant.

 

[Hydi]

May 5th as thats the official letter date

But I had another paper on April saying that now that you became protected person you can apply for the health card. Which means that I had this status before May 5th

 

[homecanada]

Verbal decisions are not documented and hence they can not be considered as valid for any documentation purpose. One should go with what has been communicated in formal documents.

 

[Hydi]

From personal experience, you should put March 13 as the first day of being a protected person since you fortunately received a verbal positive decision on your hearing day. If on your hearing day, the board member had congratulated you and declared you a convention refugee or protected person, then starting from that day, that has become your official status in Canada and you are no longer a Refugee Claimant.

Yes the board member congratulated me and declared me as a protected person. May I ask you if you had the same situation? Thank you

 

[itslawson12]

Verbal decisions are not documented and hence they can not be considered as valid for any documentation purpose. One should go with what has been communicated in formal documents.

This is what I thought until an IRCC agent told me otherwise and now I have an application in progress.

 

[Hydi]

This is what I thought until an IRCC agent told me otherwise and now I have an application in progress.

Thank you soooo much..That was very helpful

Once last question, did you include your Notice of Decision paper with your Citizenchip appllication?

 

[itslawson12]

Yes the board member congratulated me and declared me as a protected person. May I ask you if you had the same situation? Thank you

Yes, I was actually in the same situation while filling out my application a few months ago. I called IRCC and asked if they could tell me what date I became a protected person. The agent searched on her computer and told me a specific date which happened to be my hearing date. I didn’t even tell her any dates. So I went ahead and used my hearing date and I received AOR without problem.

 

[itslawson12]

Thank you soooo much..That was very helpful

Once last question, did you include your Notice of Decision paper with your Citizenchip appllication?

I didn’t, because it wasn’t listed on the document checklist. You’re welcome!

 

[Hydi]

I didn’t, because it wasn’t listed on the document checklist. You’re welcome!

I was advised by an immigration counselor to include it but I will do the same as you did. Thank you once again

 

[shayanmubarak1]

Hello Friends,

I am in the same situation as you people were a few years back. Please advise from your personal experience, if I should put date of hearing or date on the Notice of decision. Yes, the judge congratulated me at the end of the hearing about the positive decision.

Any help on this is highly appreciated.