I was wondering if anyone can tell me the meaning of:
Situation 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada
You may count each day that you accompanied a Canadian citizen outside Canada provided that the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you are a child under 19 years of age).
Evidence required
You must provide supporting documents to prove that:
The person you are accompanying is a Canadian citizen; and
You are the spouse, common-law partner or child of that person.
Supporting documents may include:
marriage licence or evidence of common-law partnership (mandatory if you are accompanying a spouse or common-law partner);
child’s birth certificate, baptismal document, or adoption or legal guardianship document (mandatory if you are accompanying a parent);
all passports or other travel documents of the person you are accompanying used in the five (5) years before the application (mandatory);
Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment (NOA) for the past two (2) years
school or employment records;
association or club memberships;
documents showing the citizenship of the person you are accompanying, including the date the person became a Canadian citizen (mandatory);
evidence of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application (mandatory);
any other documents that you want to have considered.
I was under the impression a few years back that you could only count travel time outside of Canada if you or your spouse who would need to be a Canadian citizen were working for a Canadian company.
I'm just wondering does this mean a permanent resident can count any length of time outside of Canada as time in Canada as long as they are accompanied by a spouse or parent who is a Canadian citizen, and is it still valid if the spouse or parent who is accompanying them is working for a foreign company?
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445ETOC.asp#appendixA
