first point - IELTS is valid for 2 years not 1, so if your husband wrote ielts in dec 2016 it will be valid till dec 2018Hi Friends,
I am planning to give IELTS on the 29th of June but am speculative of my score coming good, my husband had appeared for ielts in December last year and had scored L-8,S-8.5,R-7,W-7 and has hi WES evaluation in hand as well, however he has crossed the age of 30 and is insisting that i become the primary applicant.
If he becomes the primary applicant and the IELTS and his score expires in December before receiving or after receiving an invite to apply will that be a point of concern for us would he have to retake the test and update his profile.
2nd point - IELTS score freezes after you submit your application for PR and pay PR fees. so if IELTS expires after that, then its still OK.
3rd point - you can use the CRS calculator to check what is your score... choose your husband as primary applicant, see the score... then choose yourself as primary and see the score... based on that you can decide who should be primary applicant. link is http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp
if you ask me your husband has CLB9 in all modules already so i think its good enough if he is primary aplicant even though he has crossed 30, but better if you write IELTS and get ECA assessed to get extra points...