CBSA - ICES - Traveler and Highway Passage Report

Hi,

Thanks to pzb for his post on CBSA (link mentioned below). It was very helpful to get records from CBSA.

http://www.immigration.ca/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1545&title=success-cbsa-travel-records-request

My experience in this regard.

I was not sure of all my trips outside of Canada. So, I decided to get the CBSA Traveler History report to be sure of all trips before submitting the Citizenship application. Luckily, a trip I missed to remember happened to be a day trip to US and hence no need to mention that in the Residency Calculator I guess.

1. Submitted a written letter (using  Pzb's template) along with the Privacy Act form (link below) via FAX :-  613-957-6408 

Privacy Act Form:
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/reports-rapports/pia-efvp/atip-aiprp/req-dem-priv-eng.html

2. Submitted the request on Feb 15 via Fax. Report was sent via Canada post on Mar 1 from Ottawa. Received it in Vancouver on Mar 10.

3. Requested a) Traveler History  b) Vehicle Crossing Report as well.

a. In the ICES Traveller History - Traveller Passage Report

Except for one of my road trips none of my border crossings from US via road were recorded.

All my flight travels in to Vancouver from US/International arrival were captured.

I guess, the reason for one of the road trip appearing in the ICES traveler history is that during this trip I had to go in to the CBSA office at the border to pay for duty/tax.

b. In the ICES Traveller History - Highway Passage Report

All my road trips via Car were recorded in this report. This report only shows "Car Licence No." and "date/time of entry" and does not show any personal info. like my Passport #, PR Card # etc.
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The biggest omission is my permanent return to Canada when I relocated from US via road in Dec 2007. I became PR in Aug 2007 and returned to US. Came back Dec 2007 using PR card and hence no entry I guess.

I was confused with this omission and one of the day trips being noted as more than "48hrs" trip. I called the CBSA agent assigned to my file. The agent was very nice and very helpful. Even though the agent was not able to answer all my questions - like even though PR card/Passport was scanned at the border while entering but the trip not appearing in ICES Traveller Passage Report.

Not sure how these systems record the entry/exit in to Canada. In any case, the agent suggested me to submit additional documentation to query my missing trip (Details of the Car that I imported during my return to Canada in Dec 2007) and to correct the day trip wrongly recorded in the Highway passage report. I need to submit two separate requests  i) to get the entry in to Canada during Dec 2007  ii) to correct the wrong entry (Same day trip recorded in the 48hr column) in the Highway Passage report.

In any case, even though this process delayed my application submission it gives some comfort that I did not miss major trips outside Canada.

Thanks very much.

All of it is  posted in RQ post, no need to open a new topic please.Thanks

Edited by ottawa321 - 28 Jul 2011 at 3:58am

chemgal wrote: Sivan: did you also attach copies of your passport pages and PR card when you faxed the request? Please let me know as I am planning to fax my request in the next day or so. Thanks!

interesting that the road trips are not recorded (unless vehicle info in a highway), and in other cases there might be mistakes. 

Sivan: I was surprised too when I noticed the stamp missing. Anticipating a test within 3-4 months, I thought I would compile a list of trips and note down the pages that the entry/exit stamps are on for future reference and that is when I noticed that I had all stamps for air travel except this one. I do think it was just a mistake on their part and hope it shows up on the CBSA document, otherwise I have no way of proving when I returned to Canada.