Canadain PR living outside Canada

[Maverick2K4]

Hi Everyone,

I'm a Canadian Permanent Resident(PR) and I lived in Canada for about 10 months after getting PR card and then moved to USA with my wife who is a Canadian citizen. Currently I'm on H1B visa and my wife is on H4 visa.

If I don't move back to Canada in next few months I'll loose my PR status.

Today I came across to this link which says that if you are accompanying your spouse(who is a Canadian Citizen) outside Canada then you meet the criteria for Residency Obligation and you won't loose your PR status

heres the link

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5529E2.asp

Can someone please tell me if I'm interpreting this correctly or I will loose my PR status if I don't move back to Canada.

Thanks very much for your time.

[thetreble]

How long have you been outside of Canada? You have 5 years to satisfy your 2 years of actually living in Canada. Are you going to be out of Canada for more than that time?

I read what the CIG website says and I think you read it correctly. It makes sense to me. However, I would assume you will have to go back to Canada before your PR status expires.

[Maverick2K4]

Thanks for the reply.

I've been out from Canada since last 3 and 1/2 yrs. I'm gonna talk to some lawyer and see what he says.

Can anyone else put some more light on this matter.

Thanks again.