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OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada

You may count each day you worked outside Canada provided that your employment meets the following criteria:

• you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province and
• you are assigned on a full-time basis to:
  • a position outside Canada
  • an affiliated enterprise outside Canada or
  • a client of the Canadian business or the public service outside Canada

For the purposes of this application, a Canadian business is defined as:

• a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of Canada or of a province and that has an ongoing operation in Canada
• an enterprise that has:
  1. an ongoing operation in Canada
  2. is capable of generating revenue
  3. is carried out in anticipation of profit
  4. in which a majority of voting or ownership interests is held by Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or Canadian businesses as defined above or
• an organization or enterprise created by the laws of Canada or a province

Supporting documents:

You must enclose a letter of declaration signed by an official of the business that indicates:

• the position and title of the signing official
• the nature of the business and how it fits the description of a Canadian business (see definition above)
• details of your assignment or contract outside Canada such as — duration of the assignment; confirmation that you are a full-time employee of the “Canadian business” working abroad on a full-time basis as a term of their employment, or you are on contract working on a full-time basis abroad as a term of their contract; and a description or copy of the position profile regarding the assignment or contract abroad
• confirmation that the business has not been created primarily for the purpose of allowing you to satisfy your residency obligation

You may also include:

• articles of incorporation and business licences
• partnership agreements and / or corporate annual reports
• corporate Canadian Income Tax Notices of Assessment and / or financial statements
• copies of the Employee Assignment Agreement or Contract
• copies of any agreements between the Canadian business and the business or client outside Canada concerning your assignment to that client or business
• Pay Statement(s)
• Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment
• T4 slips

OPTION 3. Accompanying a permanent resident outside Canada

You may count each day you accompanied a permanent resident outside Canada provided that:

• the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you are a child under 22 years of age); and
• he or she was employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province during the period you accompanied him or her.

Evidence that you are accompanying a permanent resident
You must provide supporting documents to prove that:

• The person you are accompanying is a permanent resident
• You are the spouse, common-law partner or child of that person and
• The permanent resident you are accompanying meets his or her own residency obligation

Supporting documents may include:

• marriage license
• child’s birth certificate, baptismal document, and/or adoption or guardianship document
• school and/or employment records
• association or club memberships
• passports or other travel documents
• documents indicating that the person you are accompanying meets his or her own residency obligation

source : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445EA.asp