Re Address History:
Would it work if we put that 1 day transit in a section in LOE?
Reminder: The OP's query, this thread, is about ADDRESS history NOT TRAVEL history.
With exceptions (such as definitive termination of residence followed by a significantly lengthy period without establishing new place of residence), generally a person's residential address (often referred to as their primary residence) continues to be their residence until they have established a new place of residence.
The dates of travel to and from the home address do not matter. It is the date that residence is terminated in one location and residence is established at another address that matters when listing address history in a citizenship application.
To some extent individuals who are in effect using multiple locations as places to reside can choose which residence to designate as their home address. In many of these situations IRCC wants more than just the applicant's primary address. Even though IRCC does not want the address of brief in-transit stays, like hotels or resorts stayed at while on vacation, IRCC does want the address of
all places where the applicant was living, such as the address where the applicant was boarding while attending classes even though during that period they also continued to maintain their primary or home address. It is OK to list overlapping addresses. Not OK to leave gaps.
Some may wrestle with distinguishing vacation stays, for which the address should not be listed, versus longer stays at an address that should be listed. There is no fixed formula. The applicant needs to use their own best judgment with honesty their guide.
Travel History:
Travel history, in contrast, is all about the date the person entered Canada and the date they exited Canada. It is about identifying the days the individual was actually physically IN Canada (for any part of the day) and counting those.
Thus, for example, for reporting an exit date that is the date the individual actually left Canada. Date of arrival outside Canada is not relevant, not reported in the travel history.
Example:
-- PR boards flight in Toronto destined for Tokyo, the flight scheduled to depart Toronto at 11:30 p.m. July 19;
-- flight departs loading gate on time (as scheduled) but then sits in a lengthy queue on the tarmac waiting for actual takeoff after midnight, so that is on July 20,
-- because the plane passes over the International Date Line it does not arrive in Tokyo until July 21st.
In this scenario the date of exit for travel history is July 19.
They do not care about transit date. Only your departure and return date to/from Canada they care about.
Again, this thread is about ADDRESS history. So in addition to the dates in transit being irrelevant, the dates of departure from Canada and the return date to Canada are also NOT relevant, not what is reported in the ADDRESS history portion of citizenship application.
