Making a career but loosing a PR - Unfortunate Situation - please help.

[missmywife]

Hi



1. Days outside of Canada, unless working for a Canadian Gov't/Military DO NOT count for citizenship.

Thanks for your response PMM......do you agree with jackklondon and armoured that the days spent outside Canada but with a Canadian citizen spouse would count towards Residency Obligations?

 

[jakklondon]

Hi



1. Days outside of Canada, unless working for a Canadian Gov't/Military DO NOT count for citizenship.

Not sure why you responded to me. I didn't assert that days outside of Canada count for citizenship qualification. As a matter of fact I said I don't know the answer to OP's question in regards to citizenship requirements. May be you should address OP.

 

[armoured]

Thanks for your response PMM......do you agree with jackklondon and armoured that the days spent outside Canada but with a Canadian citizen spouse would count towards Residency Obligations?

I warn this is somewhat more complicated, you can look at this thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/who-accompanied-whom-can-matter-for-prs-living-with-citizen-spouse-abroad-update.579860/page-5#post-9136302

Most of the time, it seems the time with spouse should count - but sometimes they take a more specific view that it matters that the PR accompanies the citizen-spouse and not the other way around.

Hence, no way to give you a perfect read-out. My intuition is that the cases where this becomes an issue are rather obviously cases where the PR was not much settled in Canada (very much out of compliance ie. very little time in Canada) and/or other significant issues with the PR case/file.

I think you could spend ages reading about this and not end up with much more clarity as to whether it will be an issue in your particular case. Given the other positives about your case, hopefully not.

But it's up to you to decide whether - given the importance of the issue with respect to your US visa and education/qualifications - the assistance of a competent lawyer would be advisable.

 

[jakklondon]

OP, don't be confused by too much ado about nothing. There are certain individuals that lack purpose in life (may be they are retired or jobless or bored), and they mastur... artificially create a meaning out of thin air by inventing lengthy and delirious interpretations of simple matters of law, mostly to feed and aggrandize their own ego that suffers from severe inferiority complex.

Your case is simple one and if in doubt you should consult an immigration attorney (everyone here is a layman). Good luck.