How Does Your Spouse Impact Your Canada PR CRS Score

Are you considering bringing your spouse or partner to Canada with you?

How Does Your Spouse Impact Your Canada PR CRS Score


If so, their presence could affect your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for Canada PR.

In what way? Positively or negatively?

Many Indians aspiring to settle in Canada from India aim to include their spouses or common-law partners in their applications. While their inclusion may potentially lower scores in
certain sub-categories, it typically yields a positive impact overall.

Category A: Human Capital Factors

Your age, level of education, proficiency in official languages,
and Canadian work experience constitute the Human Capital Factors. If your
application includes a spouse or common-law partner, the maximum points for all
these factors amount to 460.

If you apply alone, you can receive a maximum of 500 points.

Here's how the CRS points are calculated for human capital factors:

Age

The maximum points for the age factor fall between 20 and 29 years. However, including your spouse or common-law partner in your PR application could negatively affect your CRS score.

How? With them, you can only receive a maximum of 100 points, compared to 110 points without them.


Age

With a spouse or common-law partner

Without a spouse or common-law partner

17 years or less

0

0

18 years

90

99

19 years

95

105

20 - 29 years

100

110

30 years

95

105

31 years

90

99

32 years

85

94

33 years

80

88

34 years

75

83

35 years

70

77

36 years

65

72

37 years

60

66

38 years

55

61

39 years

50

55

40 years

45

50

41 years

35

39

42 years

25

28

43 years

15

17

44 years

5

6

45 years and above

0

0

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Education


Your level of education significantly affects your CRS score for a Canada PR Visa from India. The more educational qualifications you hold, the higher your points.

Similar to the age factor, including your accompanying spouse or
common-law partner might lead to a reduced score.

How? You receive a maximum of 140 points with them and 150 points without them.

Level of Education

With a spouse or common-law partner

Without a spouse or common-law partner

Less than a secondary school

0

0

Secondary diploma

28

30

1-year degree, diploma, or certificate from a university/college/trade/technical school or other

84

90

2-year program at a university/college/trade/technical school or other

112

120

2 or more certificates/diplomas/degrees (one must be for 3 or more years of a program)

119

128

Master’s degree OR a professional degree required to practice in a licensed profession

126

135

Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.)

140

150

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Language Skills

Having proficiency in English is beneficial, but showcasing French proficiency is even better.

If you're accompanied by a spouse or common-law partner to
Canada, your scores for the first language are adversely affected.

How? You only receive a maximum of 32 points per skill with them and 34 points per skill without them for the first language.

CLB Level per ability (English)

With a spouse or common-law partner

Without a spouse or common-law partner

Less than CLB 4

0

0

CLB 4 or 5

6

6

CLB 6

8

9

CLB 7

16

17

CLB 8

22

23

CLB 9

29

31

CLB 10 or above

32

34


Regarding the second language, French, whether your partner accompanies you or not doesn't affect your points. You receive 6 points per skill.

If your loved one is coming with you, your total score will be limited to 22 points, and if not, you can earn a maximum of 24 points.


CLB Level per ability (French)

With a spouse or common-law partner

Without a spouse or common-law partner

CLB 4 or less

0

0

CLB 5 or 6

1

1

CLB 7 or 8

3

3

CLB 9 or above

6

6



Canadian Work Experience


Having work experience in Canada grants you maximum CRS points for Canada PR. Why? Because it indicates your ability to thrive in the Canadian labor market. However, your overall score will decrease if your significant other accompanies you.

How? With an accompanying spouse or common-law partner, you only receive a maximum of 70 points, compared to 80 points without a non-accompanying spouse or common-law partner.

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Work Experience in Canada

With a spouse or common-law partner

Without a spouse or common-law partner

None or less than 1 year

0

0

1 year

35

40

2 years

46

53

3 years

56

64

4 years

63

72

5 years or more

70

80


Will your spouse or common-law partner always hurt your CRS score?

Simply put, NO.

Having an accompanying spouse or common-law partner in your application grants you access to Category B points (Spouse Or Common-Law Partner Factors), whereas those without an accompanying significant other do not.

This means that the maximum number of CRS points you can obtain for Human Capital Factors and Spouse/Common-Law Partner factors—totaling 500 points—remains the same whether or not you include a spouse or common-law partner in your application.

However, you can only achieve a total of 500 points if you meet the qualifying criteria.

Will your spouse or common-law partner always negatively impact your CRS score?

Category B:

Spouse Or Common-Law Partner Factors

The factors under this category are identical to those under Human Capital Factors, but only for the accompanying spouse or common-law partner listed in your application.

Education of your spouse or common-law partner

Your CRS score will receive an additional 10 points based on the education level of your spouse or common-law partner. These points can compensate for any shortfall in the education factor in Category A.

Language Skills of your spouse or common-law partner

Furthermore, if your spouse or common-law partner meets the language requirements, your CRS score will be boosted by 10 points. Their proficiency in one language is assessed, as their second language is not evaluated under the CRS.

Work Experience of your spouse or common-law partner

Lastly, their Canadian work experience can earn you an additional 10 points. These points can offset any lost points in Category A’s work experience factor.

While the maximum number of points you can obtain in Category A + Category B of the CRS remains the same regardless of whether you have a spouse or partner with you, many individuals opt to include their significant other in their application to pursue a better life in Canada.

It's important to note that even if your spouse or common-law partner is not accompanying you to Canada, you must still include them in your Canada PR application. Additionally, all individuals included in the application must meet eligibility requirements such as proof of funds, medical examination results, and criminal admissibility.

However, if they are not accompanying you (the principal applicant), they will not impact your CRS score, and you will be evaluated as a single applicant.

If your spouse or partner is already a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you will be assessed as if you do not have a spouse or partner with you. Nonetheless, you may still be eligible for spousal sponsorship in this scenario.

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