Highlights: Spouse or Common-law partner on immigration application can impact your CRS score.
- Most newcomers wish to take their spouse or common-law partners while applying through Canada’s economic immigration pathways.
- Canada’s immigration system is sensitive to these needs.
- Having your partner in your immigration application can directly impact your CRS Score.
- Certain sub-categories scoring may be negatively impacted by the presence of a spouse or defacto partner.
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Eligibility and the breakdown scores of immigration application
The breakdown scores are divided into 2 groups, Category A and Category B. The two scoring groups show how having a spouse or common-law partner in your application and not having a spouse or common-law partner in your application may impact your CRS.
Category A: Human Capital Factors
This section considers factors such as age, level of education, official language (English and French) efficiency, and work experience in Canada. With an accompanying spouse or common-law partner included, applicants can get 460 points for all these factors. Applicants can get a maximum of 500 points with a non-accompanying spouse or common-law partner.
The factors of Category A and the points associated with it are listed below:
|
Human Capital factors |
Points with Spouse |
Points without Spouse |
|
Age |
Maximum of 100 |
Maximum of 110 |
|
Level of education |
Maximum of 140 |
Maximum of 150 |
|
Official language (English and French) proficiency |
Maximum of 32 (First official language), Maximum of 22 (Second official language), |
Maximum of 34 (First official language), Maximum of 24 (Second official language), |
|
Canadian work experience |
Maximum of 70 |
Maximum of 80 |
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Impact of accompanying spouse or common-law partner in your immigration application
Applicants who accompany a spouse or common-law partner in their application have access to another category of points, and those applicants who do not accompany a spouse or common-law partner do not have access to that category.
Therefore, applicants accompanying their partners will get fewer points in the human capital factors category to balance the scores equally.
Category B: Spouse or common-law partner factors
This section considers the same factors as Category A but for the accompanying spouse or common-law partner listed in an applicant’s immigration application.
The factors of Category B and the points associated with it are listed below:
|
Spouse or common-law partner factors |
Points with Spouse |
|
Level of education |
Maximum of 10 |
|
Official language (English and French) proficiency |
Maximum of 20 |
|
Canadian work experience |
Maximum of 10 |
Conclusion
The maximum number of points that is achieved by Category A + Category B of the CRS remains the same for individuals with an accompanying or non-accompanying spouse or common-law partner in their application – the choice of adding one’s significant to another for a better life in Canada is often non-negotiable.
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