Schedule A Question #6

[Ceimi]

I just need some clarification. I've been trying to google and search the forums but the answers have been all over the place and I don't think I found anything recent.

My questions:

1) Under question #6 "Personal history," do I need to include the dates that I was on vacation from school (i.e. summer and winter breaks) and traveled to Canada? The breaks ranged from 3 weeks during winter, and approx 3 months during summer. I'm a U.S. citizen and the travel history form was not part of the documents I needed to fill out, so I need to know how detailed I need to be here. Should I err on the side of caution and just add the vacation dates, or simply leave them out since I was technically a student during these visits but just on vacation?

And 2) If I do include these vacation periods, do I need to include each visit in the addresses section (question #10) as well?

Thanks.

 

[KBH]

Your mileage may vary... but I listed mine as one big chunk... university from 2008-2012 and did not include summer or winter breaks. Did not run into any issues. After all, it's not a travel history form (like you said).

 

[Ceimi]

Your mileage may vary... but I listed mine as one big chunk... university from 2008-2012 and did not include summer or winter breaks. Did not run into any issues. After all, it's not a travel history form (like you said).

Alright, I'm going to do this then, and if they need me to break it down further, then they can request a travel history lol. Thanks!

 

[ashpash22]

I just need some clarification. I've been trying to google and search the forums but the answers have been all over the place and I don't think I found anything recent.

My questions:

1) Under question #6 "Personal history," do I need to include the dates that I was on vacation from school (i.e. summer and winter breaks) and traveled to Canada? The breaks ranged from 3 weeks during winter, and approx 3 months during summer. I'm a U.S. citizen and the travel history form was not part of the documents I needed to fill out, so I need to know how detailed I need to be here. Should I err on the side of caution and just add the vacation dates, or simply leave them out since I was technically a student during these visits but just on vacation?

And 2) If I do include these vacation periods, do I need to include each visit in the addresses section (question #10) as well?

Thanks.

I did not know there was a difference in Schedule A forms, like you're saying some ask for travel history separate from personal history? Do you know what that form is? The reason I ask is my partner is filling out his Schedule A and thought he should put all of his travel history in his personal history as he often had large 2-3 months of backpacking in between jobs so he's listing every country but he's finding it difficult to list every place he visited. Do you think for the personal history he should just put "travel" for 2-3 months and just list a starting country and save some of the travel for if he gets asked for it on a travel history form??

 

[Ceimi]

I did not know there was a difference in Schedule A forms, like you're saying some ask for travel history separate from personal history? Do you know what that form is? The reason I ask is my partner is filling out his Schedule A and thought he should put all of his travel history in his personal history as he often had large 2-3 months of backpacking in between jobs so he's listing every country but he's finding it difficult to list every place he visited. Do you think for the personal history he should just put "travel" for 2-3 months and just list a starting country and save some of the travel for if he gets asked for it on a travel history form??

The travel history form is a country specific requirement additional form. Since I'm from the U.S. I do not need to fill this out. You can find out if you need to fill this out by checking the specific requirements for your country when looking up the forms on The CIC website.

 

[Ceimi]

I did not know there was a difference in Schedule A forms, like you're saying some ask for travel history separate from personal history? Do you know what that form is? The reason I ask is my partner is filling out his Schedule A and thought he should put all of his travel history in his personal history as he often had large 2-3 months of backpacking in between jobs so he's listing every country but he's finding it difficult to list every place he visited. Do you think for the personal history he should just put "travel" for 2-3 months and just list a starting country and save some of the travel for if he gets asked for it on a travel history form??

As for the rest of your question, I personally would put a separate row for each country he was in if possible, but I think it would be fine to lump it all together in one row as long as it was uninterrupted travel and list "Multiple Countries." If they need more details they will likely ask you to resubmit the form with more details and/or a travel history form.