Including your spouse or partner when you apply for Canada PR Visa from India can influence your score under the CRS calculator. A Comprehensive Ranking System or CRS ranks profiles of applicants in the Canada Express Entry pool based on diverse factors. The impact is generally positive while in some sub-categories of scoring under CRS it can also have a negative impact.
For our understanding, let us divide the score groups as ‘A’ and ‘B’ under CRS which are influenced by the inclusion of the spouse/partner. We will try to understand how the inclusion of a partner or spouse can influence your CRS score.
Group A: Human Capital factors
The section Human Capital Factors under CRS considers aspects like educational credentials, age, proficiency in English and French, and work experience in Canada. Applicants who include a spouse or partner in their immigration application can get up to 460 points for all the Human Capital factors. Those who do not include their spouse or partner can get up to 500 points.
Age
Candidates in the age group 20 to 29 years can receive the maximum score for the age factor. In terms of points score, including a partner or spouse can usually have a negative impact on your CRS score.
Applicants who include partner or spouse in their application can get up to 100 points while those who do not include can get up to 110 points.
Education Level
Similar to the age factor, including a partner or spouse can usually have a negative impact on your CRS score when it comes to the education level factor. Applicants who include partner or spouse in their application can get up to 140 points while those who do not include can get up to 150 points.
Proficiency in Official Language
CRS considers an applicant’s proficiency in the official languages of Canada to be crucial. Their points score increases with the higher level of demonstrated language proficiency. Additional points are allocated to those candidates who possess proficiency in both English and French.
The spouse or partner’s inclusion can reduce your CRS score for the language factor as well. Inclusion of spouse or partner offers you a maximum of 32 points for each language competency (Listening, Speaking, Writing, and Reading) for the first official language. You can get a maximum of 34 points per competency if you do not include your partner/spouse.
For proficiency in a second language, you can get a maximum of 6 points for each language competency by including or not including a spouse or a partner. However, the maximum points are capped at 22 if you include your spouse/partner and at 24 if you do not include your spouse/partner.
Work experience in Canada
Similar to the rest of the human capital factors, including a spouse or partner can reduce your score here as well. The inclusion of a spouse/partner can incur up to 70 points for work experience while not including the spouse/partner can incur a maximum of 80 points.
However, it does not mean that the inclusion of a spouse or partner in your immigration application will always have a negative impact on your CRS score.
Group B: Spouse /Common-law partner factors
The spouse/partner factors under CRS assess the same factors as those of Group A but the factors are considered for the spouse/partner and not the primary applicant.
Education level of Spouse/Partner
You can get up to 10 points for the education level of your accompanying spouse/partner. As stated earlier in the Group A Human Capital factor CRS point’s allocation for education, applicants with accompanying partners/spouse get a maximum of 140 points for their education. Those who are not accompanied by the spouse/partner get 150 points and the 10 points here compensate for the difference.
Language Proficiency of Spouse/Partner
You can get up to an extra 20 points for the language proficiency of your accompanying spouse/partner. Only proficiency in one of the official languages is considered here and not both the official languages i.e. English and French.
In Group A, candidates with a spouse/partner accompanying them can get up to 128 points for their proficiency in the first language and 22 points for their proficiency in the second official language. It implies a total of 150 points.
On the other hand, candidates not being accompanied by a can get up to 136 points for their proficiency in the first language and 24 points for their proficiency in the second official language. It means 160 points overall.
Nevertheless, including the extra 20 points for the language proficiency of the spouse/partner implies that they can get up to 170 points. This compensates for the fact that the second language proficiency of their spouse/partner is not assessed.
Work experience of Spouse/Partner
Finally, you can get up to 10 extra points for the work experience of your spouse/partner in Canada. Similar to the allocation of points for the education level of the primary applicant, these ten points compensate for the allocation of points for the work experience in Canada amongst those who are accompanied by a spouse/partner and those who are not accompanied by a spouse/partner in the Group A of the CRS.
Thus, the maximum points that can be secured in Group A and Group B in CRS are equal for both those who are accompanied by a spouse/partner and those who are not accompanied by a spouse/partner. That said, the option to include the spouse/partner in the immigration application to Canada is often invariable for candidates.
Similar to life journeys, spouses/partners can explore unique pathways to assist one another in the immigration journey to Canada. One universal strategy in this aspect for both the primary applicant and their accompanying spouse/partner is to create individual profiles in the Express Entry Pool. They can then collaborate to improve and enhance each other’s score under CRS.
So are you ready to apply for Canada PR Visa from India? Do you wish to check your eligibility for Canada PR or Spouse Open Work Permit? Connect with Nationwide Visas for expert immigration solutions.
