Wrong Date on Canadian stamp

Hello,

Edited by claurianta - 23 Apr 2013 at 2:18pm

I should have noted, just an aside really, that unfortunately whether or not there is a problem (as in RQ being issued), it is not likely that CIC would recalculate days present and not give RQ based on deducting a few days with the remainder still over 1095. Basically it comes down to whether or not CIC perceives reason to question the accuracy and completeness of the applicant's declarations, and that tends to come down to either accepting or not accepting the declarations as true. Even if you applied with 1309 days of actual, physical presence, if CIC were to perceive the stamp as indicating you did not report all absences, the risk of RQ would be almost as high as having applied with 1109 days declared present. Many seem to not be aware of this, that once the declaration is for 1095 days, what matters most is whether or not CIC perceives there to be a possibility the applicant did not declare all absences.

This is about significant mistakes or discrepancies. I do not think CIC approaches this hypertechnically. But there are no hard and fast guidelines as to what the tipping point is, how much of a mistake causes a problem -- indeed, I think it varies from case to case depending on, again, a wide range of other factors in the case.

Example: if an applicant applies with a residency calculation declaring 1309 days actually, physically present, but fails to report a month long trip, 30 days absence, in the residency calculator, there is a high risk, then, for RQ. Does not matter that subtracting 30 days from the 1309 is still 184 or so more days present than the 1095 day threshold!

On the other hand, another example, if an applicant applies with a residency calculation of 1103 days and it turns out the applicant was off by two days in the date of return, and there are no other reasons why CIC has questions about the accuracy and completeness of the applicant's declarations, probably no problem at all.

My spouse had an incorrect stamp in his passport as well (off by one day).  When he got RQ we included the CBSA report (which had the correct date) as well as the e-ticket for that trip also showing the departure and return dates, and a brief statement explaining that the passport stamp is wrong but that the dates he originally declared (which were correct) were confirmed by the CBSA report.

We don't know if the wrong passport stamp will still be an issue (could be a problem if someone only looks quickly) but we hope not.