My husband came to Canada on a closed work permit, and I came on an open work permit. Our daughter is here on a study permit. My husband's Express Entry profile expired and needs to be recreated. My question is: Can my husband create a new Express Entry profile without including me and our daughter so that he can get more points? If yes, are there any repercussions or consequences of not including us in his profile?
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He can try but if you are in Canada he is likely going to have to justify why you should be considered as non-accompanying. His points can be reassessed with you as accompanying. If you leave Canada no issue being listed as non-accompanying.
While people still do this, this is fraud in plain sight. Simply not keeping someone accompanying to game the CRS system is robbing deserving candidates of their chance to a PR. There was a case where a PFL was issued for doing this very recently.
IRCC is clearly cracking down on this so what once used to be possible (although shouldn’t have been) should no longer be counted on. At the worst you can expect a PFL and points reassessment but at the worst this could be considered misrepresentation. Given how difficult it is to obtain PR these days things like a period of family separation period may be necessary in order to ensure you secure PR depending on your score.
It's totally up to you how you declare your spouse and dependants as accompanying or non-accompanying. There's no really issue with that and it may not even trigger any questions from IRCC. The only difference that an applicant will have to sponsor them later if that's okay.
Accompanying or non-accompanying doesn't mean that they have to be physically with you or not, it means that you include them in your application to immigarte with you.
Accompanying or non-accompanying doesn't mean that they have to be physically with you or not, it means that you include them in your application to immigarte with you.
Would disagree that stating that you are non-accompanying while being in Canada often on an SOWP represents reality. Many did manage to list their spouses who were with them in Canada as non-accompanying in the past because it gave them a higher score while getting PR became much more competitive. Like many things IRCC overlooked people listing their spouses who were in Canada with them as non-accompanying. If questioned IRCC even allowed applicants to be honest and state that they listed their spouses as non-accompanying purely to increase their CRS score even when they were living together in Canada often on an SOWP and in some instances while applying for an SOWP extension. Many who were trying to be honest were getting lower scores and there was no consistency. IRCC is cracking down on all methods of trying to manipulate your CRS score including listing your spouse as non-accompanying. In the past few weeks I have seen many posting about receiving PFLs (or lawyers/consultants posting about their clients receiving PFLs) and most VOs are not accepting listing spouse as non-accompanying while in Canada without a genuine reason other than points. If you would not have secured an invitation if your score was reassessed and you don’t have a good reason why your spouse is non-accompanying while having lived with your in Canada on an SOWP then you’re taking a risk these days.