MountainHiker

I'm moving to Australia soon for work but my Canadian employer has asked me to carry on working for them remotely.

I can't see this being a problem for now as I still have my Canadian PR but I guess once that has expired I will need to bill them from Australia as a business?

Or should I just bill them as a business anyway to save on having mess about with my tax returns and declaring foreign income.

JonboyE

Tax and residency are two different things. If you are working overseas for a Canadian employer you may not necessarily lose your PR status.

MountainHiker

Interesting, I didn't know this, I'm moving to Australia to spend time with family it might be a permenant move but not sure yet. I will still be doing 20-30 hours a week for the Canadain company while I'm in Australia I just thought that if I spend is it 2+ years outside of Canada I would lose my PR.

Aviator

Very unlikely you would retain PR when out of the country, unless the employee is a government or military employee on overseas deployment. If travel is a requirement of work and implemented by the employer there are cases where it might be accepted.

My office was considered 'Canadian' when I was working, the aircraft were Canadian registered and I could not work without traveling.

For most, to maintain PR they would have to be accompanying a Canadian citizen spouse.