w8nC,
Thanks for a very interesting link, it answers a lot of questions.
Article says:
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) establishes residency requirements and obligations with respect to each five-year period after the granting of permanent residency status. Pursuant to subsection 28(2), a permanent resident complies with the residency obligation provisions if, for at least 730 days in that five-year period, the permanent resident is physically present in Canada or is:
outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen who is his or her spouse or common-law partner or is a child accompanying a parent;
outside Canada employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province; or
is an accompanying spouse, common-law partner or child of a permanent resident who is outside Canada and is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province.
- describe "accompanying outside Canada."
The regulations provide that each day a permanent resident is outside of Canada accompanying a permanent resident or Canadian citizen is deemed a day of physical presence in Canada, provided that the person accompanied is a spouse, common-law partner or parent with whom he or she ordinarily resides. In situations where the person being accompanied is also a permanent resident, only the days on which that person is in compliance with residency obligations may be counted as days of physical presence in Canada by the accompanying permanent resident.
==> So if you read tha above carefully it says that each day a permanent resident is outside of Canada accompanying a permanent resident or Canadian citizen is deemed a day of physical presence in Canada, provided that the person accompanied is a spouse. Since my spouse is a Canadian citizen, I should be able to pull this off?
-Savant
