did I overstay?

[marcus1987]

Hello

Very thankful to have found this forum.

I have a question, re: overstay.

I am American and my girlfriend is Canadian. She lives in Hamilton. Ontario.

We currently have an outland application in process at Ottawa. We submitted in May 2014.

I have visited her in hamilton many, many times. Each time I come border crossing is smooth for me.

I came to visit on August 7th, and told the CBSA I was staying 35 days. He said okay and stamped my passport - all the stamp says on it is 'august 7'.

My stay turned out to be a longer. I ended up being able to leave on November 1.

Now our application on ecas was updated to 'decision made' last week, and I am nervous it will be rejected because I stayed in Canada longer than originally planned, by almost a month.

Is that considered an overstay? Will my application becomg rejected because of this?

Thank you for any input.

Marcus

 

[andrew-brit]

No, you did not overstay.

If the CBSA officer did not stamp an exit date in your passport then you are good for 6 months. The fact that you stayed longer than you told the officer is not an issue.

 

[tink23]

No, you did not overstay.

If the CBSA officer did not stamp an exit date in your passport then you are good for 6 months. The fact that you stayed longer than you told the officer is not an issue.

He said the CBSA officer stamped it and the stamp said August 7. So it seems as though he did over stay. However, since your file has decision made, it seems that it isn't an issue.

 

[andrew-brit]

He said the CBSA officer stamped it and the stamp said August 7. So it seems as though he did over stay. However, since your file has decision made, it seems that it isn't an issue.

Read the OP. It was stamped August 7th because that is his entry stamp (the day he arrived). No exit stamp implies 6 months.

 

[tink23]

Read the OP. It was stamped August 7th because that is his entry stamp (the day he arrived). No exit stamp implies 6 months.

Oops, my mistake! Thanks for pointing it out so eloquently.

 

[Alurra71]

Hello

Very thankful to have found this forum.

I have a question, re: overstay.

I am American and my girlfriend is Canadian. She lives in Hamilton. Ontario.

We currently have an outland application in process at Ottawa. We submitted in May 2014.

I have visited her in hamilton many, many times. Each time I come border crossing is smooth for me.

I came to visit on August 7th, and told the CBSA I was staying 35 days. He said okay and stamped my passport - all the stamp says on it is 'august 7'.

My stay turned out to be a longer. I ended up being able to leave on November 1.

Now our application on ecas was updated to 'decision made' last week, and I am nervous it will be rejected because I stayed in Canada longer than originally planned, by almost a month.

Is that considered an overstay? Will my application becomg rejected because of this?

Thank you for any input.

Marcus

I would be curious to know what kind of application you filed. You said she lives in Hamilton, you in the US and specifically said she was your girlfriend ....

Were you common law at the time you filed? Based on the 'girlfriend' I am assuming she is not your wife.

I certainly hope it was not a 'conjugal' application.