Thanks again.
The 180-day rule that I'm referring to is in this other blog - https://www.stilt.com/blog/2020/07/can-i-stay-more-than-6-months-outside-the-u-s-with-a-green-card/#What_is_the_6Month_Rule
and after reading that, I'm even more confused as he states " just being outside of the U.S. for less than 180 days in a year doesn’t automatically mean the CBP official won’t scrutinize your travels. If the CBP official believes your stay outside of the U.S. was not temporary, they can still conclude that you’ve abandoned your LPR status.".
Is that true? I recall an immigration lawyer telling me that the CBP officer does not have that power and the only thing they can do is pass your case off to an immigration judge, which I guess is just as threatening. I don't think they'd have a case as she is married to me (a US citizen), and we have property and no intention of abandoning residency... although I don't want to be presumptuous. Due to the digital nomad nature of my job, we were planning on going back and forth, but wanted to understand the rules a bit first.
I understand that we could get a reentry permit, but I keep hearing that we don't need it if our absence is for sure going to be under a year, but then I read that there can still be problems. Just to be clear, each trip will be under 180 days. Is it really just up to the mood of the CBP officer and whether they believe your story about being abroad "temporarily"?
I understand that to get US citizenship, continuous residence is important and that no trip can exceed 180 days and the total amount of time in a 5yr period (or I guess 3yr for marriage) must add up to more than half the time or something like that. We will keep this in mind.