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Forgot to include a short trip on your PR card renewal: how to correct it after submission

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By VisaBuddies Communityvia community — compiled from public visa forums

Documents Needed

  • Passport stamps

    Can be attached to your webform submission as supporting evidence for the corrected travel history.

Step-by-Step

A member's brother submitted his PR card renewal online after 5 years as a PR, but forgot to include a 15-day trip to the USA in his travel history — they asked how to correct this after submission.

What the thread clarified:
  1. Submit the correction through a webform on the IRCC/CIC website. You can attach your passport stamps as supporting evidence for the corrected travel dates.

  2. If you know which visa office is handling your file, select that specific office when submitting the webform, so the correction routes to the right place.

  3. A single short trip is unlikely to be a major issue in the first place — the PR renewal residency requirement is only 2 years physically present in Canada out of the most recent 5 years, so a 15-day gap in reported travel isn't going to change your eligibility outcome; correcting it is more about accuracy than risk mitigation.


The practical takeaway: if you forgot a short trip on your PR renewal application, submit a correction via webform with your passport stamps attached, and select the correct visa office if known — a minor omission like this is unlikely to affect your eligibility given the 2-out-of-5-year residency requirement, but correcting the record is still the right move.

Dos, Don'ts & Tips

  • Do: Submit a correction via webform, attaching passport stamps as evidence, if you forgot to include a trip on your PR renewal.
  • Tip: PR renewal only requires 2 years physically present in Canada out of the most recent 5 years — a short omitted trip is unlikely to change your eligibility.

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