Originally Posted by
yyzvoyageur
You should have some evidence (e.g., pay stubs, electricity bills) to show that you've been resident in a country other than Canada over the last ten years. It doesn't sound like something that can be easily cleared up from abroad, but if you ever plan a return trip to Canada, I suggest carrying such evidence with you.
The transit visa was only good for 3 days IIRC. In order to avoid some kind of overstay penalty I have to somehow show that I didn't stay any longer than that. I was thinking that I could use a passport entry stamp to another country but the country I was traveling to didn't do entry stamps and I lost that passport long ago anyway. I don't see how I could prove it. I agree that I could prove that I haven't been living there for most of the past 10 years though. The funny part is that the worst punishment they probably would have given me for overstaying is a 10 year ban on returning to Canada and that would have been over by now. Still it would have been on my record always and that just isn't fair. I didn't overstay my visa, but I just can't prove it.