Inclusion of Spouse in the Express Entry

[Wai Obeni]

Hi All,

I am on my PGWP now and have 1 year of work experience. I have my husband here with me under OwP. I just learned that my score will be much higher if I do not include him in the PR application. Can I legally do that that I would declare him not accompanying even though he is here in Canada under OWP? He also dislikes taking IELTS/CELPIP after years of requests. It is really frustrating. Appreciate your advice. Thank you!

 

[Ponga]

The most important thing is declaring him. Failure to do so would mean that you could NEVER sponsor him via a Spousal Sponsorship, PLUS...your own PR application would be at risk because of misrepresentation.

I suspect that you should in fact declare him as non-accompanying, but wait for a few others to confirm or dispute my suggestion.

 

[iSaidGoodDay]

Hi All,

I am on my PGWP now and have 1 year of work experience. I have my husband here with me under OwP. I just learned that my score will be much higher if I do not include him in the PR application. Can I legally do that that I would declare him not accompanying even though he is here in Canada under OWP? He also dislikes taking IELTS/CELPIP after years of requests. It is really frustrating. Appreciate your advice. Thank you!

This was recently discussed here(also includes the POV of Legalfalcon here too): https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/changing-non-accompanying-status-of-dependents-to-accompanying-after-ppr.570133/post-10572790