Looking for opinions here: if someone lives in a border town and makes regular (one to three times a month) day trips to the US for shopping, visiting relatives or for a meeting in their company's US office for anywhere from three to eight hours at a time, do those trips count as days toward the requirement for getting a FBI clearance letter? Or do you count days absent from Canada as days in the US?
Looking for opinions here: if someone lives in a border town and makes regular (one to three times a month) day trips to the US for shopping, visiting relatives or for a meeting in their company's US office for anywhere from three to eight hours at a time, do those trips count as days toward the requirement for getting a FBI clearance letter? Or do you count days absent from Canada as days in the US?
In my opinion I believe it counts as days in the USA. based on the below quote from CIC website Within the last 4 years, if you spent 183 days or more in another country (other than Canada), you must provide a police certificate. You must provide a police certificate for each country where you spent 183 days or more. If you cannot get a police certificate, tell us why.
Example 2
In the past 4 years, you took 10 trips to the United States of America (USA). Each trip lasted 3 weeks, for a total of 210 days. You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from the USA.
In my opinion I believe it counts as days in the USA. based on the below quote from CIC website Within the last 4 years, if you spent 183 days or more in another country (other than Canada), you must provide a police certificate. You must provide a police certificate for each country where you spent 183 days or more. If you cannot get a police certificate, tell us why.
Example 2
In the past 4 years, you took 10 trips to the United States of America (USA). Each trip lasted 3 weeks, for a total of 210 days. You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from the USA.
Hey,
for your above post...I am not sure how their examples apply. I have moved to Canada as a PR on July 9th 2014. my trips outside of Canada never went more than 2 weeks within my 3 years in Canada. do u think I would require a new fbi check knowing I had already submitted one from the states ?
I have posted a similar question in the past. The documentation is not very clear as to how the days of presence in a foreign country are calculated.
Considering that when calculating the physical presence in Canada an individual is considered present in Canada if they spent at least part of a given day in Canada, then if we apply the same principle we would need to conclude that whenever you have spent any part of a day in a foreign country (in this case the US), that day will need to be counted as a day when you were present in that foreign country.
Looking for opinions here: if someone lives in a border town and makes regular (one to three times a month) day trips to the US for shopping, visiting relatives or for a meeting in their company's US office for anywhere from three to eight hours at a time, do those trips count as days toward the requirement for getting a FBI clearance letter? Or do you count days absent from Canada as days in the US?
I called the IRCC about this yesterday as I have been commuting daily cross-border for work as a temp. Their answer was if you don't stay down there overnight, then the day does not count toward the 183 day criteria for a police certificate. I was relieved.
I called the IRCC about this yesterday as I have been commuting daily cross-border for work as a temp. Their answer was if you don't stay down there overnight, then the day does not count toward the 183 day criteria for a police certificate. I was relieved.
I called the IRCC about this yesterday as I have been commuting daily cross-border for work as a temp. Their answer was if you don't stay down there overnight, then the day does not count toward the 183 day criteria for a police certificate. I was relieved.
