There is a lot of misinformation here.
Your score will only increase if you apply as a single person. If you put yourself as married but the spouse is non-accompanying, the score does not go up. Do a simple check on the CIC calculator. Put as non accompanying but MARRIED and you will see that the score remains the same. As long as you are declaring yourself as married, the score does not get affected if your spouse comes with you or without. So from that perspective, it is foolish not to add your spouse since you will waste another year to sponsor her after you land.
Going alone first and then having your wife join you later is normal. Many people do that. In that case, you both need to land and then you can send her back. In that case, what she does is called a SOFT LANDING. Her PR will be activated and there is no more stress and she has 3 years time to come back to Canada to ensure that she maintains her PR. She has residential obligations just as you of maintaining 2/5 years or risk losing PR.
Now, coming back to what the original poster suggested of not declaring spouse to get additional points. The only way to do that is to declare yourself as single. That's the only way you will get additional points and then you will get SINGLE points. That will of course be higher than what you will earn if you have a wife.
However, you might as well then forget about your wife. She will NEVER be allowed to enter Canada in her life. And if you ever come back to CIC saying you were actually married, they will cancel your application and ban you for 5 years too for misrepresenting yourself as single when in reality you were married.
Never lie in the application. It's the fastest way to lose your PR or your citizenship. Don't fall into the trap of shady consultants who only want your money and nothing else.
Your score will only increase if you apply as a single person. If you put yourself as married but the spouse is non-accompanying, the score does not go up. Do a simple check on the CIC calculator. Put as non accompanying but MARRIED and you will see that the score remains the same. As long as you are declaring yourself as married, the score does not get affected if your spouse comes with you or without. So from that perspective, it is foolish not to add your spouse since you will waste another year to sponsor her after you land.
Going alone first and then having your wife join you later is normal. Many people do that. In that case, you both need to land and then you can send her back. In that case, what she does is called a SOFT LANDING. Her PR will be activated and there is no more stress and she has 3 years time to come back to Canada to ensure that she maintains her PR. She has residential obligations just as you of maintaining 2/5 years or risk losing PR.
Now, coming back to what the original poster suggested of not declaring spouse to get additional points. The only way to do that is to declare yourself as single. That's the only way you will get additional points and then you will get SINGLE points. That will of course be higher than what you will earn if you have a wife.
However, you might as well then forget about your wife. She will NEVER be allowed to enter Canada in her life. And if you ever come back to CIC saying you were actually married, they will cancel your application and ban you for 5 years too for misrepresenting yourself as single when in reality you were married.
Never lie in the application. It's the fastest way to lose your PR or your citizenship. Don't fall into the trap of shady consultants who only want your money and nothing else.
