Hi,
I've checked my Canada/US border crossings and there are about 10 such crossings. The arrival and departure dates are shown for each trip out of Canada and back again. Depending on how the days are counted, i can gain or lose around ten days of residency.
Eg.
Arrival (in US) 2018/08/10
Departure 2018/08/19
So would the Canadian immigration officer count that as 9 days out of Canada or 10? If you include the whole of each date, then it is 10. But in reality, border crossings occurred roughly middle of the day on arrival and same on departure. So then it is 9 days total (with the beginning and end dates being counted as half days). Unfortunately, the US website doesn't provide times of crossings, only dates.
Are the Canadian immigration services likely to give the benefit of the doubt or take the most strict interpretation?
Any ideas?
I ask because I may need to delay my arrival in canada whilst this ongoing Covid mess continues and want to know exactly how long i have to play with. Please don't tell me, "oh, you should have arrived earlier!", or other such opinions, which I'm not interested in.
Thanks in advance to kind and helpful people.
I've checked my Canada/US border crossings and there are about 10 such crossings. The arrival and departure dates are shown for each trip out of Canada and back again. Depending on how the days are counted, i can gain or lose around ten days of residency.
Eg.
Arrival (in US) 2018/08/10
Departure 2018/08/19
So would the Canadian immigration officer count that as 9 days out of Canada or 10? If you include the whole of each date, then it is 10. But in reality, border crossings occurred roughly middle of the day on arrival and same on departure. So then it is 9 days total (with the beginning and end dates being counted as half days). Unfortunately, the US website doesn't provide times of crossings, only dates.
Are the Canadian immigration services likely to give the benefit of the doubt or take the most strict interpretation?
Any ideas?
I ask because I may need to delay my arrival in canada whilst this ongoing Covid mess continues and want to know exactly how long i have to play with. Please don't tell me, "oh, you should have arrived earlier!", or other such opinions, which I'm not interested in.
Thanks in advance to kind and helpful people.