g126 said:Even so... my wife has a bachelors degree and CLB7 my scores is about 5 points higher with her than without!
Spouses are worth 40 points but it's not difficult for them to get around 25 of those 40 (even without Canadian Exp.) which means they generally add to your points and don't drag you down....
simplynd2804 said:That's only possible when your own score is low that spouse points deduction really has no significant effect. And Even if we assume spouse can get around 25 points without canadian exp it still reduces points for main applicant.
max age point 110(without) - 100(with Spouse) = 10
Two degree 128 - 119 = 9
CLB 9 in each 124 - 116 =8
Total = 27 whereas Spouse gets you 25 points as you said which still leaves you with 2 points of deficiency.
kryt0n said:So your claim that having a spouse makes you lose lots of points isn't true.
simplynd2804 said:Makes a difference when you are trying to achieve max points.
In theory you don't lose point with spouse at all because without spouse max point core human capital is 500. with spouse that reduces to 460 for main applicant but spouse can get 40 points so in total it's same.
However that's little bit impossible practically because you need spouse with master/Phd, CLB 9 in each section and 5 years of canadian experience at minimum to score all 40 spouse point.
So you tell me if I am correct or not, because I haven't seen a single person who has spouse which full fills all above and yet waiting for PR in EE pool.
kryt0n said:Ignoring finding you examples as that's impossible unless someone speaks up, I'm more concerned with the amount of people willing to not include their spouses and just invite them later. My spouse is on my profile. He got clb 10 in all and has a bachelor's. The only thing keeping us at 440 points is MY language score, which I hope to improve soon. If so we will be looking at 471 points. At that point I guess I would be a good example.
kryt0n said:I'm expecting 8.
HoPe90 said:Is there a reason why people think the next draw will be on the 12th?
simplynd2804 said:I am not encouraging anyone either to not include spouse. My point initially was to someone asking why people with canadian education are not above 500 points and in reply to that I was just trying to justify the calculation and reasons why people canadian education and canadian exp can't reach above 500. one of those reason were that usually half of people with Cad edu and Cad exp are married and have spouse in profile which also restrict them to reach full potential CRS, keeping them below 500 somewhere around at 480.
Your example( you reaching at 471 with spouse) also helps my argument actually of most people being around at 480 with spouse.
jack_is_jack said:good point. IELTS must be really poor.
Aal_ said:Adding my spouse added for me around 13 points. She has everything maxed out except the Canadian experience which is 0 (FSW). For someone like me who has only a bachelor's, it was a blessing to add my wife with an MBA and perfect score in IELTS.