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[epmarshall 0]

The US is not going to know, or care about Canadian requirements. And anyway they are not there to give you legal guidance.

I assume it is sort of similar the other way around, probably Canada is more user friendly.

It is reasonable easy to talk about where you are clearly residing or not residing in a country, they grey area in the middle is open for debate, you then add another Country requirement and you significantly increase the area for confusion.

Abandonment is a specialist area, most US Lawyers will only have a basic understanding.

The safe bet from a US perspective is to naturalise, if you want to push it otherwise, at your own risk.

Yeah, it seems that you have to just choose one for the most part from what I have been reading. There's only one situation in which it might work and that is if the person is married to a Canadian citizen (which I will be). Here's how someone over on Canadavisa explained it.

"One tip: If you are married a Canadian you retain your Canadian PR no matter where you live, as long as you live with them… this includes the United States. Do note, however, that this time does not count towards citizenship."

And here is what CIC's site says about that situation.

You may also count days outside of Canada as days for which you satisfy the residency obligation in the following circumstances:

Situation 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada

You may count each day that you accompanied a Canadian citizen outside Canada provided that the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you are a child under 19 years of age).

Evidence required

You must provide supporting documents to prove that:

• The person you are accompanying is a Canadian citizen; and
• You are the spouse, common-law partner or child of that person.

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Interesting.

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And very different to the US take.