K50 said:
Suppose that I am a worker of Canadian company..do they count it ?
It depends. You have to meet specific criteria. See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5529ETOC.asp#5529E2
OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada
You may count each day you were employed outside Canada if your employment meets the following requirements:
•you are an employee of, or under contract to, a Canadian business or the public service of Canada or of a province or territory and
•as a term of your employment or contract, 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 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:
◦an ongoing operation in Canada
◦is capable of generating revenue
◦is carried out in anticipation of profit
◦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 provide a letter signed by an official of the business stating:
•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 your employment, or that you are on contract working on a full-time basis abroad as a term of your contract; and a description or copy of the position profile regarding the assignment or contract abroad
•confirmation that the business was not 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 or corporate annual reports
•corporate Canadian Income Tax Notices of Assessment 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 Statements
•Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment
•T4 slips
•Any other evidence that you want to have considered
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