Hi guys,
I need some advise related to the absence discussion you having today. After I finished my studies, received PG work permit, applied for visa using work permit, and my PR was in process at the time. I travelled to my home country, hoping I’ll receive the visa or PR landing visa soon to come back. It took four months till I got both and retuned to Canada. This is a 120 days absence in my eligibility period (technically it is 60 days since it was before landing as PR).
In my citizenship application, the reason of travel was stated visiting family, but the length of the trip was due to the delayed visa. I didn’t explain this in the reason of travel. I had a Letter of explanation, in which I explained about my work experience, and there I mentioned that I was waiting for visa during those four months to come back (relating to work experience , not directly talking about the absence days).
If long absence is triggering more investigation in citizenship application, do you think it worth I send a webform explaining why I was absent four months?