Travelling with spouse

[m0ltarovich]

Hey,

My spouse is a PR, and I'm a citizen. However, we do travel a lot. Not for work. I work remotely and am able to work from anywhere.

I was pretty sure there was a law that allowed her to accrue days while being with me overseas. However, now I am looking back at the rules and it says only if spouse was a public servant or in the army. I know that these rules have changed with the last government, so I thought maybe they took out the provisions. Now the new rules state that only if spouse was absent for any job.

So what is the conclusion? Was there ever a provision before that allowed PR spouse to travel and bank days or not?

Also, are there any ways around that? I feel that it is a pretty weird rule. Why am I supposed to be "punished" and not be allowed to travel, because my spouse is a PR and needs to bank some days. Makes no sense.

Thanks.

 

[itsmyid]

She days traveling with you count towards maintaining PR status, but not for citizenship, and there is no way around it.

Nobody is being "punished" here, people who are not born here need to accumulate enough days to qualify for citizenship, it is a simple rule that applies to everybody, otherwise it wouldn't be fair

 

[Godzilla9]

Unfortunately, only physical presence in Canada counts towards citizenship. Agree that it does not make much sense for those who travel on business or similar and pay taxes in Canada. Does a person who travels to prosper his life in Canada is a worse citizen than the one sitting on social welfare in Canada? It might be because it's not easy to distinguish the one doing travels for prosperity and the one who goes away and reduces attachment to Canada.