Forgot to mention day-trips to the US on the CIT0407 (residency calculator)

[superhanuman]

Hello all, first timer here though i've been following very closely to get my citizenship application done ...

I will have my citizenship exam and interview in one week.

About 2 months ago, I have requested from the CBSA the log of my entry into Canada. Yesterday i received it and it's showing entry into Canada since 2000. Even those day trips that i went to pick up stuff bought from amazon and shipped to a local ups store accross the border.

To my horror i just realized that I did not write down any of these in the CIT0407 residence calculator as they didn't count against the days present.

How do you think the person checking the documents will take upon this omission?
Would that count under "wrong and fraudulous information provided" and will i have to submit my application again?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

SH

 

[patricktoronto]

Hello all, first timer hre though i've been following very closely to get my citizenship application done ...

I will have my citizenship exam and interview in one week.

About 2 months ago, I have requested from the CBSA the log of my entry into Canada. Yesterday i received it and it's showing entry into Canada since 2000. Even those day trips that i went to pick up stuff bought from amazon and shipped to a local ups store accross the border.

To my horror i just realized that I did not write down any of these in the CIT0407 residence calculator as they didn't count against the days present.

How do you think the person checking the documents will take upon this omission?
Would that count under "wrong and fraudulous information provided" and will i have to submit my application again?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

SH

Well friend basically you have nothing to do now you can either withdraw the application and try applying again

If you don't say the dates you were in canada it's a big problem for them and you

 

[superhanuman]

Thanks for your answer Pat ..

Let s hear what other people might have to say.

 

[samreentariq]

Hi Super,

Can you give us more details on your application? What s your timeline and when did you apply? I am guessing you got an RQ and you failed to mentioned these dates in the RQ form you submitted back to CIC?

 

[sjakub]

You didn't have to include any same-day trips in the original application.
You had to include them if you got an RQ.
(according to the pre-jun-11 rules, not sure about the new rules).

 

[superhanuman]

Hi Super,

Can you give us more details on your application? What s your timeline and when did you apply? I am guessing you got an RQ and you failed to mentioned these dates in the RQ form you submitted back to CIC?

Thanks for replying Sam!

Sorry about that ... Here' the time line i got

1. We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on August 18, 2014.

2. We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on October 22, 2014. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

3. We started processing your application on February 5, 2015.

And i got the letter to write the exam and the interview last week. The ets is on the 24th of June.

I never got to do any RQ (what's RQ btw?)

SH

 

[superhanuman]

You didn't have to include any same-day trips in the original application.
You had to include them if you got an RQ.
(according to the pre-jun-11 rules, not sure about the new rules).

Thanks Jakub!

If that's the case, what a great relief ...

still what's an RQ?

 

[sjakub]

Thanks Jakub!

If that's the case, what a great relief ...

still what's an RQ?

You're welcome.

RQ is a "Residence Questionnaire" - they send you a letter asking for additional proof
that you were in Canada when you claim you were.
For example boarding passes, credit card statements, whatever.

https://residencequestionnaire.wordpress.com/about-2/rq-faq/

And since you don't know, it most likely means that's not the case

 

[samreentariq]

What is an RQ ?

- An RQ is called a Residence Questionnaire a document sent to you from CIC if they have any reason to doubt your residence or number number of days you were absent from Canada, they seem to send out thew new CIT0520 form which requests specific things from you to prove you were in canada.

Moving on to your question is if you applied in August that means that they will be considering the period from Aug 2010 till Aug 2014 as you applied under old 3/4 rules, so in your CBSA report you saw trips taken in 2000 outside of Canada that has you worried or are you worried about some same day trips you took between Aug 2010 and Aug 2014 ?

 

[screech339]

Thanks Jakub!

If that's the case, what a great relief ...

still what's an RQ?

RQ = Residence Questionnaire

CIC usually issue these to applicants CIC think they didn't really meet the residency requirements or applicant provided weak proofs of residency. Sometimes issued to those who omitted absences, on purpose or by mistake.

Basically they want a lot more documentations than what was submitted with the application to prove the residency claims.

 

[superhanuman]

What is an RQ ?

- An RQ is called a Residence Questionnaire a document sent to you from CIC if they have any reason to doubt your residence or number number of days you were absent from Canada, they seem to send out thew new CIT0520 form which requests specific things from you to prove you were in canada.

Moving on to your question is if you applied in August that means that they will be considering the period from Aug 2010 till Aug 2014 as you applied under old 3/4 rules, so in your CBSA report you saw trips taken in 2000 outside of Canada that has you worried or are you worried about some same day trips you took between Aug 2010 and Aug 2014 ?

Hey Sam,

Thanks for your detailed answer!

So since I've become PR in march 2011, i took 6 day trips down to Ogsdensburg to pick up stuff i've bought in the US (went there, picked up my things and came back).

When i filled out the CIT0407 residency calculator in Aug 2014, it showed that i had 1200 days (far beyond the 1095 required), but i didn't include any day trip since it would have amounted to 0 anyhow.

Any reason i should be worried that I didn't include them?

Thanks

SH

 

[superhanuman]

You're welcome.

RQ is a "Residence Questionnaire" - they send you a letter asking for additional proof
that you were in Canada when you claim you were.
For example boarding passes, credit card statements, whatever.

And since you don't know, it most likely means that's not the case

Yeah ... no i never got any RQ ... probably bc i have more than enough days spend in Canada (1200 vs. 1095) ... so it's a relief to know that there's little risk for me to be refused on the interview day ... ;D

 

[superhanuman]

RQ = Residence Questionnaire

CIC usually issue these to applicants CIC think they didn't really meet the residency requirements or applicant provided weak proofs of residency. Sometimes issued to those who omitted absences, on purpose or by mistake.

Basically they want a lot more documentations than what was submitted with the application to prove the residency claims.

Thanks Screech ...

 

[samreentariq]

Old form did not need day trips to be declared so you are good. be confident make sure you take all your original documents like passport, PR card, COPR and read the book to ace the test. Best of luck ;D.

 

[anil04_10]

Hello all, first timer here though i've been following very closely to get my citizenship application done ...

I will have my citizenship exam and interview in one week.
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Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks
SH

Hanuman jee

You don't have to worry at all. Give your exam/interview with complete peace of mind.

With old rules still in place (for old applicants ), IMHO you need not mention about the day trips. However, you can be honest to the interviewing officer -
(i) As it was zero days absence, you didn't mention.
(ii) It skipped out of your mind.
(iii) Residency Calculator says - 'If the applicant leaves Canada and comes back the same day, it is not considered an absence.', so didn't mention!!.

All the best. Stay cool.

Cheers, Anil