My family moved to US. We rent at first and purchased a home later. My wife works and kids study there. We still keep our Canadian home.
I have done some research about the term of accompanying:
7.5. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada
R61(4) provides that each day a permanent resident is outside Canada accompanying (that is,ordinarily residing with) a Canadian citizen constitutes a day of physical presence in Canada,provided that the Canadian citizen they are accompanying is a spouse or common-law partner or parent. In the case of a permanent resident outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen, it is not necessary to determine who is accompanying whom, nor is it necessary to determine for what purpose. In other words, under A28(2)(a)(ii) and R61(4), 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.
According to above, only if we build our residence outside Canada and live togarther, everyday counts in RO as in Canada. No purpose or who-accompany-whom questions. Nice. We need to give residence address and prove it. But how about travelling?
Time spent outside Canada may also count towards the two years if you are:
To my understanding, travelling means any activity other than residence. That means there is no residence address and it's a short stay. The purpose could be anything like visiting relatives and friend, vacation, business trip, short term training, medical trip...and again, if we want to add those days in, we need to prove it, like hotel booking, boarding card...
The thing is I can provide proff of residence have only stamps on passport to prove our trip togarther. No hotel booking and boarding card saved. In this case, it's good to ignore those days or just add them on with record of passport? Thanks.
I have done some research about the term of accompanying:
7.5. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada
R61(4) provides that each day a permanent resident is outside Canada accompanying (that is,ordinarily residing with) a Canadian citizen constitutes a day of physical presence in Canada,provided that the Canadian citizen they are accompanying is a spouse or common-law partner or parent. In the case of a permanent resident outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen, it is not necessary to determine who is accompanying whom, nor is it necessary to determine for what purpose. In other words, under A28(2)(a)(ii) and R61(4), 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.
According to above, only if we build our residence outside Canada and live togarther, everyday counts in RO as in Canada. No purpose or who-accompany-whom questions. Nice. We need to give residence address and prove it. But how about travelling?
Time spent outside Canada may also count towards the two years if you are:
- travelling with your spouse or partner who is a Canadian citizen,
- a child travelling with his or her father or mother who is a Canadian citizen,
- an employee of (or under contract to) a Canadian business.
To my understanding, travelling means any activity other than residence. That means there is no residence address and it's a short stay. The purpose could be anything like visiting relatives and friend, vacation, business trip, short term training, medical trip...and again, if we want to add those days in, we need to prove it, like hotel booking, boarding card...
The thing is I can provide proff of residence have only stamps on passport to prove our trip togarther. No hotel booking and boarding card saved. In this case, it's good to ignore those days or just add them on with record of passport? Thanks.
