Guys travel history help please

[Wolverine17]

Ok guys i was residing in country A and all my travels were between country A and my home country B but then again there was a lot of trips to another country C which wasnt my homecountry or country of residence by car because its very near to my country of residence,the thing is sometimes they didnt stamp in my passport,later i left my country of residence A and relocated to country C which is now my new country of residence but since then now trips whatsoever between my current country of residence and my old country of residence,majority of trips only between country C and my home country,what should i list

 

[shariq123]

Ok guys i was residing in country A and all my travels were between country A and my home country B but then again there was a lot of trips to another country C which wasnt my homecountry or country of residence by car because its very near to my country of residence,the thing is sometimes they didnt stamp in my passport,later i left my country of residence A and relocated to country C which is now my new country of residence but since then now trips whatsoever between my current country of residence and my old country of residence,majority of trips only between country C and my home country,what should i list

I can guess that Country A = Saudi Arabia and Country C = Bahrain.

I had a similar issue that many times Bahraini immigration officers didn't stamp my passport at the King Fahd causeway but it's not an issue for CIC. At least it wasn't with me. What you'd need to mention is all the travels between Saudi Arabia (country A) and Bahrain (country C) as much as you can remember to the best of your ability. You only need to upload your current passport stamps. So upload all the stamps in your current passport and don't worry about some of the visits that weren't stamped in your passport. It's alright.

You don't need to mention travels to Country B - country of origin.

 

[thestunner316]

I can guess that Country A = Saudi Arabia and Country C = Bahrain.

I had a similar issue that many times Bahraini immigration officers didn't stamp my passport at the King Fahd causeway but it's not an issue for CIC. At least it wasn't with me. What you'd need to mention is all the travels between Saudi Arabia (country A) and Bahrain (country C) as much as you can remember to the best of your ability. You only need to upload your current passport stamps. So upload all the stamps in your current passport and don't worry about some of the visits that weren't stamped in your passport. It's alright.

You don't need to mention travels to Country B - country of origin.

if travel is not registered anywhere... like on passport or any other database, then whats the point of even mentioning this travel ?? its not like you can prove you travelled anyway...

 

[shariq123]

if travel is not registered anywhere... like on passport or any other database, then whats the point of even mentioning this travel ?? its not like you can prove you travelled anyway...

I get your point but it's not like the travel isn't registered anywhere. The travel is registered on the database with the immigration officer. In our case, the Bahraini immigration officer sometimes doesn't mark an entry/exit stamp on our passport but he WILL make an entry in his database.

Also the Saudi immigration guy will definitely put an exit stamp in your passport so it would be very clear that you had exited Saudi on that date. Now if the Bahraini officer doesn't put an entry stamp on the passport, it does not mean you exited Saudi and went nowhere. You went to Bahrain so technically you should disclose it to CIC. CIC wont penalize you for not having an entry stamp on your passport.

 

[Wolverine17]

I can guess that Country A = Saudi Arabia and Country C = Bahrain.

I had a similar issue that many times Bahraini immigration officers didn't stamp my passport at the King Fahd causeway but it's not an issue for CIC. At least it wasn't with me. What you'd need to mention is all the travels between Saudi Arabia (country A) and Bahrain (country C) as much as you can remember to the best of your ability. You only need to upload your current passport stamps. So upload all the stamps in your current passport and don't worry about some of the visits that weren't stamped in your passport. It's alright.

You don't need to mention travels to Country B - country of origin.

Yes bro you are totally correct its ksa and bahrain lol,so i will try to mention all the travels between saudia and bahrain except travels between ksa and my homecountry,then travels between bahrain which is my country of residence now and any other country except travels to my home country,is that correct??also shouldnt i upload my old passport as well??

 

[Wolverine17]

I get your point but it's not like the travel isn't registered anywhere. The travel is registered on the database with the immigration officer. In our case, the Bahraini immigration officer sometimes doesn't mark an entry/exit stamp on our passport but he WILL make an entry in his database.

Also the Saudi immigration guy will definitely put an exit stamp in your passport so it would be very clear that you had exited Saudi on that date. Now if the Bahraini officer doesn't put an entry stamp on the passport, it does not mean you exited Saudi and went nowhere. You went to Bahrain so technically you should disclose it to CIC. CIC wont penalize you for not having an entry stamp on your passport.

I will try and check my passport for exit visas on my passport but other than that it will be impossible for me to remember because i used to go there a lot

 

[shariq123]

Yes bro you are totally correct its ksa and bahrain lol,so i will try to mention all the travels between saudia and bahrain except travels between ksa and my homecountry,then travels between bahrain which is my country of residence now and any other country except travels to my home country,is that correct??also shouldnt i upload my old passport as well??

Yes that's correct. No need to upload your previous passport. I didn't and most of my travels were in the previous passport.

I will try and check my passport for exit visas on my passport but other than that it will be impossible for me to remember because i used to go there a lot

Yeah try to remember to the best of your ability and check your exit dates. What I did was I logged onto my account on the Ministry of Interior Website here in KSA and there they mention all your travels with dates also. So it was easy stuff. I just copy pasted those dates.

 

[Wolverine17]

Yes that's correct. No need to upload your previous passport. I didn't and most of my travels were in the previous passport.

Yeah try to remember to the best of your ability and check your exit dates. What I did was I logged onto my account on the Ministry of Interior Website here in KSA and there they mention all your travels with dates also. So it was easy stuff. I just copy pasted those dates.

The thing is i cannot access anything in saudi since i left it already,is there any other way??

 

[shariq123]

The thing is i cannot access anything in saudi since i left it already,is there any other way??

Unfortunately you can't. You'll have to rely on memory and your passport stamps. Anyways, don't freak out over it. It's not an issue that will make them reject your application. Just fill the travel history form to the best of your knowledge. If you have more than 30 travels (system will only allow you enter 30 travels), create a PDF and mention the rest of the travels.

 

[Wolverine17]

Ok thanks,what about the fact that my country of residence changed ,will i have to omit the travel history between my home country and the country of residence at that certain period?also is it ok to just include all my travels or not and for sure those are going to be more than 30

 

[Bloodrose]

I have a similar question regarding Hong Kong.

I traveled there for a week and the Hong Kongers did not add a stamp to my passport. They just put a loose sticker still attacked to the glossy paper in my passport and handed my passport back to me. I think I may have lost the sticker since then.

Apparently this is common for Hong Kong and visiting non-visa nationals however would it be likely to cause a problem if I mentioned the trip to HK on my application but didn't have any record of that trip in my passport?

 

[shariq123]

Ok thanks,what about the fact that my country of residence changed ,will i have to omit the travel history between my home country and the country of residence at that certain period?also is it ok to just include all my travels or not and for sure those are going to be more than 30

You don't need to mention any travels to your country of origin.

But you need to mention all the travels between Saudi and Bahrain and vice versa.

 

[shariq123]

I have a similar question regarding Hong Kong.

I traveled there for a week and the Hong Kongers did not add a stamp to my passport. They just put a loose sticker still attacked to the glossy paper in my passport and handed my passport back to me. I think I may have lost the sticker since then.

Apparently this is common for Hong Kong and visiting non-visa nationals however would it be likely to cause a problem if I mentioned the trip to HK on my application but didn't have any record of that trip in my passport?

No it wouldn't cause a problem. But do mention the travel in your travel history. To be extra safe, create an LOE and mention that you traveled to Hong Kong from xx date to xx date but the HK immigration officer didn't stamp your passport as sometimes they don't (as you say). If you have any other proof of your travel to HK, you can attach that too.

 

[Bloodrose]

No it wouldn't cause a problem. But do mention the travel in your travel history. To be extra safe, create an LOE and mention that you traveled to Hong Kong from xx date to xx date but the HK immigration officer didn't stamp your passport as sometimes they don't (as you say). If you have any other proof of your travel to HK, you can attach that too.

Thanks for your reply. I have a copy of the boarding pass (it was a budget return flight from Japan) and the reservation email for the hotel that we stayed in. My exit and entry stamps for Japan correlate exactly with the date that I arrived in and departed from HK as well so presumably that would be OK?

 

[Wolverine17]

You don't need to mention any travels to your country of origin.

But you need to mention all the travels between Saudi and Bahrain and vice versa.

Do i mention one way or two ways?? Also a question that just poped up now,will i need pcc for the duration i was coming from saudi to bahrain from bahrain??i will be getting from bahrain anyways since now its my country of residency but will i need a separate pcc for the period when i used to come but saudi was my country of residency or the one that i will get now from bahrain will be ok and cover all