Leaving US through Canada - does it get recorded anywhere?
The situation is really weird... My friends relatives have US green card. Hes polish but also a Canadian citizen (his wife is polish with Canadian GC). However the guy got a job offer in Asia. So... He drove back to Canada and flight from Montreal to Asia. He plans to return in 3-4 years and file for citizenship like he was living always here (he has DL with the address where my friend lives). He states that because they dont check Canadians on border noone will know he left US. Is that indeed true?
P.S. Please, dont start venting on how bad he is and that he violates. Yes, he DOES. And I personally consider it as BS and very much against what those people are doing.
He plans to return in 3-4 years and file for citizenship like he was living always here (he has DL with the address where my friend lives). He states that because they dont check Canadians on border noone will know he left US. Is that indeed true? The Canadians share entry data with the US, and vice versa. Id be more concerned if I was him on how I was going to fabricate 3-4 years of my life for the naturalization interview. I assume he plans on filing tax returns. What will he put there?
When my wife applied for her citizenship she had to report every travel out of the US since she became a PR. She did include the trips she made to Canada (even before they started recording those, in the late 90s). During her interview the IO asked about her trips abroad, including the Canadian trips. So, I have to think it would be pretty risky *not* to report foreign trips in the N-400.
Plus there is the issue of no. of days domiciled in the US for the N-400. That again has to be fabricated (which would include the 3-4 years he was abroad). All in all, the N-400 application would have too many "holes". The other ramification is that if they find he has been abroad for 3-4 years, it is a basis for cancellation of the green card (over 1 year abroad, right?). So all in all, it is risky business to say the least!
Id be more concerned if I was him on how I was going to fabricate 3-4 years of my life for the naturalization interview. I assume he plans on filing tax returns. What will he put there? Actually Im asking myself same question....