8/8/2017
Topic:
Accompanying a Canadian Citizen Spouse Overseas
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Dear Anna
Thanks for your thorough response. According to your answer, under the following situation you mentioned:
"as long as a permanent resident is accompanying a Canadian citizen, the intent and purpose of their absences are not relevant as the residency obligation is met."
this would mean that if the Canadian citizen (spouse) is working outside of Canada due to employment overseas with the UN (which is not a Canadian business nor the Public Service of Canada), so long as the permanent resident is accompanying this spouse working for the UN abroad, these days outside of Canada would still count towards the permanent residency requirement right? Thanks to confirm.
It is confusing because later on, you mention that Immigration Canada says:
"travelling with your spouse or partner who is a permanent resident and works full-time for:
- a Canadian business, or
- the public service of Canada or a province"
This could also be interpreted as - accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse outside of Canada only counts towards your residency requirements IF that Canadian citizen spouse is only employed by either a Canadian business or public service of Canada. As working for the UN is neither of these, I was concerned 'accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse outside of Canada who works for the UN would not count towards the residency requirement'.
Thanks for any clarification you can provide! |