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Permanent Resident Status

Post Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:37 am

hello all,
I am US citizen, got my Canadian Permanent resident card in feb 2009. Spent the follwing 8 months in canada, then decided with the wife that the US would be better for working. Have spent the past 25 months in the US. I read on canadian immigration page that in order to keep my Canadian Permanent Resident Status I must have 2 years of 5 years in Canada. Below is what I found:

"Canadian Permanent Residents must meet certain residency obligations or they may lose their Permanent Resident status. Two years of "residency days" must be accumulated in every five-year period. Residency days need not be consecutive and may be accumulated inside or even outside of Canada, in the following ways:

Inside Canada:
By physical presence

Outside of Canada:
By accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse/common-law partner, or
As a child accompanying a parent, or
By employment on a full-time basis with a Canadian enterprise or the Public Service of Canada, or
By accompanying a Canadian Permanent Resident who is outside Canada and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian enterprise or the Public Service of Canada, as the employee's spouse/common-law partner or child. "


My Question: do I meet these qualifications as accumulating time to keep my status on PR Card because I am in the US "accompanying a canadian citizen"(outside of canada) and living with my wife in the US?

Thank you, any advice is much appreciated.
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agnelsonCanuckAbroad VIP
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Re: Permanent Resident Status

Post Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:17 am

Well, is your wife a Cdn citizen? If so, then, you are still a PR. If she's not, your PR status will lapse as soon as you spend your 1095th night outside canada.

Just to be sure that you are "accompanying" her, what is her status in US (I can anly assume it is GC-holder) and what is her Cdn tax status (hopefully non-resident)
This site is a travel site and not best source for these topics:
TN and TD info: http://forums.immigration.com/forumdisp ... -TN-Status
For US/Cdn taxes and SS/CPP:forums.serbinski.com/index.php
US Marriage-based Immigration: visajourney.com
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