My spouse is a US citizen, permanent resident of Canada. I'm a Canadian citizen.
For a variety of reasons (it's complex), we are considering living on both sides of the border — myself in Canada and my spouse in the US, with regular cross-over (most frequently me visiting the US, but it would be both ways).
If we keep close track of travel, such that we're clearly together more than the 2 years out of 5 requirement, would there be any issue maintaining my spouse's Canadian PR?
My spouse is a US citizen, permanent resident of Canada. I'm a Canadian citizen.
For a variety of reasons (it's complex), we are considering living on both sides of the border — myself in Canada and my spouse in the US, with regular cross-over (most frequently me visiting the US, but it would be both ways).
If we keep close track of travel, such that we're clearly together more than the 2 years out of 5 requirement, would there be any issue maintaining my spouse's Canadian PR?
Your spouse needs to live in Canada for 2 years out of 5 to keep PR status. It's not about the two of you keeping track of your time together - it's about your spouse keeping track of the days lived in Canada and ensuring it's at least 730 days out of every rolling five years.
My spouse is a US citizen, permanent resident of Canada. I'm a Canadian citizen.
For a variety of reasons (it's complex), we are considering living on both sides of the border — myself in Canada and my spouse in the US, with regular cross-over (most frequently me visiting the US, but it would be both ways).
If we keep close track of travel, such that we're clearly together more than the 2 years out of 5 requirement, would there be any issue maintaining my spouse's Canadian PR?
If you are looking for the "accompanying Canadian spouse" exemption to the residency obligations, I suspect that you might be on extremely thin ice trying to do it this way... Otherwise, as @scylla has said, your spouse is individually responsible for confirming to the 730 days in 1825 days physical presence requirements.
If you are looking for the "accompanying Canadian spouse" exemption to the residency obligations, I suspect that you might be on extremely thin ice trying to do it this way... Otherwise, as @scylla has said, your spouse is individually responsible for confirming to the 730 days in 1825 days physical presence requirements.
