More than 1095 days outside Canada - how do they check?

[Rezr]

I became a permanent resident in April 2010 and left within the same month.

I'd like to go back now and live/work in Canada for 2 years so I can apply for a renewal when the time comes. But I won't be able to meet the 730 day obligation based on time spent there already and time left before the 5 year mark.

If I enter as a resident and put on the declaration card that I last left in May/June, can they check that this is not actually true? I read somewhere that Canada don't track exits but I find that hard to believe. Surely they have on record when you last left their airports?

Also my country is exempt from requiring a visa to visit so no stamps on coming back in.

Thanks

 

[Hasher]

My be you able to doge them while entering but once you are in Canada and you live here for two years, then you apply for renewal, now during renewal process they might raise a RQ and this would be the point you could be in trouble.

You need to prove your period anytime after you left, how you are going to prove that bcz they will ask you to provide the ticket/ boarding pass, prove of residency either proved by your Doctor visit, your visit to any institution like attending college, university or employment etc. any of your prove that during the period you lived somewhere and your landlord / relatives(not the rental agreement) confirm that you were living there during the period and he/she/ they had meeting with you (they will be subject to legal action if statement found wrong).

I suggest you not to take any chances you will have less hassle with some short days than after two years to end up with big problem. Moreover, you are from Visa exempt country so CBSA will less bother you as compare to other country fellows.

 

[Regina]

I became a permanent resident in April 2010 and left within the same month.

I'd like to go back now and live/work in Canada for 2 years so I can apply for a renewal when the time comes. But I won't be able to meet the 730 day obligation based on time spent there already and time left before the 5 year mark.

They will ask you right at POE about your ties in Canada. And then check it. You, man, is in a big trouble.

How there gonna prove? Easy. When you leave Canada you do not get stamps in Canada. But when you ENTER any country - you got an entry stamp in you passport. So, what is the date on the last entry stamp in your passpost?

visa to visit so no stamps on coming back in.

Wrong. When you land you MUST pass through passport control and there you got the stamp of entrance. Like, let's say a citizen of Greece coming back to Europe from US through Frankfurt. He will get a stamp into his passport in Frankfurt and then fly to Athens. In Athens he will not get any stamps.
So that way or another you have to have a stamp of "entering".

 

[scylla]

I read somewhere that Canada don't track exits but I find that hard to believe. Surely they have on record when you last left their airports?

They have access to flight manifests. They knew about each one of my husband's entries and exits (both land and air) even though he had no stamps.

 

[Rezr]

They will ask you right at POE about your ties in Canada. And then check it. You, man, is in a big trouble.

How there gonna prove? Easy. When you leave Canada you do not get stamps in Canada. But when you ENTER any country - you got an entry stamp in you passport. So, what is the date on the last entry stamp in your passpost? Wrong. When you land you MUST pass through passport control and there you got the stamp of entrance. Like, let's say a citizen of Greece coming back to Europe from US through Frankfurt. He will get a stamp into his passport in Frankfurt and then fly to Athens. In Athens he will not get any stamps.
So that way or another you have to have a stamp of "entering".

If the last place I left was Canada in April 2010 and I came home where they don't stamp, then there is no proof in my passport of when I left Canada. For all they know I could have left in May or June because there's nothing in my passport that says otherwise.

 

[Rezr]

They have access to flight manifests. They knew about each one of my husband's entries and exits (both land and air) even though he had no stamps.

This is what I thought. Although on other sites it says the exits aren't logged, but I found that hard to believe.

 

[naser20004]

They have access to flight manifests but not directly, they have to request it which they will do if they suspect anything, in your case since its been more than 3 years since you landed, it is likely that they will ask you a few questions regarding your whereabouts in the last 3 years, and trust me they are really good in finding out if your lying.