How does my spouse or defacto partner impact my CRS score?

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.

 

*Check your eligibility to Canada with the Y-Axis Canada CRS Points Calculator for free.

 

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

 

*Want to work in Canada? Y-Axis is here to help you.

 

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.

 

*Planning for Canada Immigration? Y-Axis will guide you through the step-by-step process.

For more updates on Canada Immigration news, follow the Y-Axis Canada news page.