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OP here - thank you all for your time and consideration. We will be much more mindful of her travels as a result.

Im not sure I even needed the county certificate, but I did show it to them. For the most part it was simply declaring to the embassy official that I am not currently married. You definitely do not need to reside or work in China to get married there.

I got a document from my county in the US indicating they had no records indicating I was currently married. I made an appointment at the US Embassy in Beijing, showed them the county document and they provided me with notarized document indicating I was unmarried. We took the embassy document to the marriage registration office for foreigners in Shenyang where the document was accepted and we were then married. Pretty simple really.

Sorry - I should have made sure of my terminology there. The Reentry Permit can be helpful if there are questions about her length of stay overseas, but probably not necessary in her case. Advance Parole, Reentry Permit, and Refugee Travel Documentation for Returning Aliens Residing in the U.S The problem is basically to convince the Immigrations Official when she returns that she LIVES in the U.S. There are no fixed guidelines for making this determination. Thanks. Clear as mud as they say - not your response, but the apparent govt criteria used in determining if and LPR is LIVING in the US or not. Can see why my reading up on this didn't produce a clear answer.

From responses so far, sounds like cumulative time and/or consecutive time of less than 6 months is the key.

The I-151 Advance Parole can also be used as evidence of retaining her U.S. domicile. Just be prepared. That's her greencard right?

All world-wide income must be reported on your tax return. Got it, but no restrictions on LPR's working outside the US? No effect on immigration status?

The question is - WHERE does she live? ANY time spent away from the U.S. can count against her. Make sure she has evidence handy that she can show the Immigrations Officials when she returns as to her U.S. domicile. Would copy of deed to our US home, joint US bank account, SS card and maybe US ID (drivers license) be sufficient?

Thank you so much Randy. You've helped direct me where I should be looking.

BTW, are there any concerns with working outside the US for her, time not withstanding? Someone I spoke with thought there might be a restriction on this for LPR's.

Thanks so much for the quick reply. I wasn't clear in my OP in that she might take multiple 2-3 month trips to China each year and return to the US between each one. We're not sure how they count the time away as a problem - contiguous time away form the US or cummulative time. Anyone experienced these same concerns? And yes, we're exploring if the company change her employment to US-based.

I hope I have posted this in the right subforum. My wife (Chinese citizen) has recently received her IR1 and will make her initial POE in a couple weeks. I am a US citizen and we have been married for over 6 years. She has been employed in China by a US company for the last several years to help develop their Chinese market. It seems the company would still like to keep her employed after her receiving US LPR status, but will want her to be in China for a considerable amount of time each year (each trip to China for approx 3 months or so, definitely less than 6 mo). One of our concerns is quite obvious - we don't want to risk her immigration status (perception of abandoning greencard). We have read a lot about this and are confused about the real rules used to determine this. Some simply say it is required to sleep in the US more nights than out of the country, others say be out of the US for less than six months, some say be out of the US for less than a year. It is also quite possible that I have misunderstood what I have read as well. We are definitely confused. Her job pays quite well and she would hate to have to give it up, but of course would if need be. This brings us to our next question. Her US employer pays her in China in USD's that are converted by a Chinese service company (as required by China for tax reporting purposes) to RMB and deposited in a Chinese bank. I am certain we need to consult a tax advisor on how to handle this for IRS filing purposes, but can this also affect her immigration status? Just for the record, we own homes free and clear both in the US and China and have joint bank accounts (checking, savings) here in the US (no joint accounts in China). Thank you so much for considering this long-winded post. I have made the same post on VJ, hope I'm not violating any forum rules.