That would be my first reading as well.adrscuds said:That only means that in both cases (single or with accompanying spouse) one could ONLY get 500 points on the 1st and 2nd points criteria (single people don't even get the 2nd criteria, which is exclusive for ppl with accompanying spouse)
1. Skills and experience factors (maximum 500) (singles) + 2. N/A = 500
1. Skills and experience factors (maximum 460) (with spouse) + 2. Spouse or common-law partner factors (maximum 40) = 500
The sentence you highlighted only means that in both scenarios the maximum points to be awarded are 500
The Skill transferability factors (100 maximum points) would add up to the maximum overall score of 600 (this criteria works the same way for both scenarios).
I agree with your first comment: the system is buggy yet. The UCI number is another problem.