Will they let me in ?

dpenabill,

Thank you very much for your informative reply.  Certainly helped me a lot.
I am in the process of looking for an attorney and will update this forum in a few months to share the details about my upcoming entry to Canada.

I have not seen any interpretation of this in the IAD or Federal Court decisions, and the primary conditional (partner/parent in compliance) is in turn dependent on the conditional structure of residency obligation compliance for PRs outside Canada, so to be frank I am NOT much familiar with how this is interpreted or applied.

That said I would be wary of relying on this except in the most obvious situation for which it is probably meant to apply:

-- PR who is living abroad with a parent or qualified partner who is, in turn, a Canadian PR who is employed full-time abroad by a qualified Canadian employer or the Canadian government (Federal or Provincial)

To understand what the regulation means you have to look at the provision of the IRPA it cites; it states;

A28(2)(a)(iv) outside Canada accompanying a permanent resident who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a child, their parent and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the federal public administration or the public service of a province

This is a link to page of IRPA including section 28

So, yes, if your partner was in compliance with the RO because she was abroad employed full time by a Canadian employer, the time you were accompanying your partner concurrent with that will count as time you were present in Canada.

Did not get the impression this would apply to your circumstances however.

However, I must emphasize again that I am not familiar with this provision, have seen no application of it in IAD or Federal Court, and as I have said above, you would be wise to consult with a qualified Canadian immigration lawyer.
(Perhaps your partner could make an appointment to physically go to lawyer at a time and arranged such as you could be on a conference telephone call with them.)

I suspect you were focused on the language in the manual that says:

so long as the permanent resident they are accompanying is their spouse or common-law partner or parent, and that spouse or common-law partner or parent is in compliance with their residency obligation.

And did not fully consider the part that says:

if the permanent resident they are accompanying meets the prescribed conditions as specified in A28(2)(a)(iv)

which is the operative conditional.

Talk to a lawyer.

Dear Dpenabill,