Missed a vacation in travel history in citizenship application

[sunnyb7]

Hello,
I applied for my citizenship in October and have only received AOR yet. Today I applied for my PR card renewal and realized that I somehow I missed a 3 week travel out of Canada I did in 2022 to write in my citizenship application travel history. Although my total number of days of presence in Canada are still enough to qualify but I am worried that it may be considered a misrepresentation.

Also as my application has not moved at all after AOR, I am doubting if this could be a reason of that. Is it possible that they have kept it aside for additional checks when they find this anomaly in travel history during AOR?

I am open to withdraw and re-apply also. Is withdraw and re-apply advisable or just a web-form should be enough.

TIA.

 

[forw.jane]

Hello,
I applied for my citizenship in October and have only received AOR yet. Today I applied for my PR card renewal and realized that I somehow I missed a 3 week travel out of Canada I did in 2022 to write in my citizenship application travel history. Although my total number of days of presence in Canada are still enough to qualify but I am worried that it may be considered a misrepresentation.

Also as my application has not moved at all after AOR, I am doubting if this could be a reason of that. Is it possible that they have kept it aside for additional checks when they find this anomaly in travel history during AOR?

I am open to withdraw and re-apply also. Is withdraw and re-apply advisable or just a web-form should be enough.

TIA.

https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do

Do the physical presence calculation again, attach the generated PDF to a webform explaining the miss.

Physical presence validation happen later in the processing cycle. No need to withdraw. Max they might ask you to come for a interview.

 

[sunnyb7]

https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do

Do the physical presence calculation again, attach the generated PDF to a webform explaining the miss.

Physical presence validation happen later in the processing cycle. No need to withdraw. Max they might ask you to come for a interview.

Thank you so much. I'll fill up the webform ASAP.

 

[santreddy22]

Hello,
I applied for my citizenship in October and have only received AOR yet. Today I applied for my PR card renewal and realized that I somehow I missed a 3 week travel out of Canada I did in 2022 to write in my citizenship application travel history. Although my total number of days of presence in Canada are still enough to qualify but I am worried that it may be considered a misrepresentation.

Also as my application has not moved at all after AOR, I am doubting if this could be a reason of that. Is it possible that they have kept it aside for additional checks when they find this anomaly in travel history during AOR?

I am open to withdraw and re-apply also. Is withdraw and re-apply advisable or just a web-form should be enough.

TIA.

They emailed us when they were checking our Physical presence, saying that there were a couple of undeclared entries into Canada.. They asked to send the Physical presence calculated again by adding the undeclared entries.. We did, and it got approved in a couple of days. It is common for people to forget the 5 years of history. Nothing to worry. You can send a web form before their email.

 

[t2026t]

https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do

Do the physical presence calculation again, attach the generated PDF to a webform explaining the miss.

Physical presence validation happen later in the processing cycle. No need to withdraw. Max they might ask you to come for a interview.

Hi forw.jane, thank you for your helpful reply above. I’m in a somewhat similar situation, but with a bit more complexity, and I’d really appreciate your advice.

I already received my citizenship interview invitation, and while gathering my documents and passport pages, I realized I had missed one longer trip and also had an incorrect departure date for another trip in my original application. After recalculating, I may now fall slightly below the 1095-day requirement.

IRCC has already asked me to send all passport pages by email before the interview. At this point, I’m unsure what is the best approach:
– submit a web form with a corrected physical presence calculation,
– reply to the email where I’ll be sending passport photos/stamps and explain the correction there, or
– wait and explain it directly during the interview.

In your experience, when the interview is already scheduled and documents are being requested, is a web form still the preferred route, or is it acceptable to clarify through the document-request email or at the interview itself?

Thanks again, your insight is really appreciated.

 

[forw.jane]

Hi forw.jane, thank you for your helpful reply above. I’m in a somewhat similar situation, but with a bit more complexity, and I’d really appreciate your advice.

I already received my citizenship interview invitation, and while gathering my documents and passport pages, I realized I had missed one longer trip and also had an incorrect departure date for another trip in my original application. After recalculating, I may now fall slightly below the 1095-day requirement.

IRCC has already asked me to send all passport pages by email before the interview. At this point, I’m unsure what is the best approach:
– submit a web form with a corrected physical presence calculation,
– reply to the email where I’ll be sending passport photos/stamps and explain the correction there, or
– wait and explain it directly during the interview.

In your experience, when the interview is already scheduled and documents are being requested, is a web form still the preferred route, or is it acceptable to clarify through the document-request email or at the interview itself?

Thanks again, your insight is really appreciated.

Email is faster. With less than 1095 days you won't get the citizenship. Interview will just confirm that. You need to reapply.