SINGLE to MARRIED in the middle of express entry application

[jesteen22]

hi. My fiance and I want to apply for Canada through the Express Entry program. Right now we are waiting for our ECA results and we plan to take EILTS next month and go with the application as soon as we get the results. Initially we plan to get married this year and I will be the principal applicant. However we decided to postpone the wedding until January 2020 because my older brother decided to get married this year also (it's bad luck for two siblings to have weddings in the same year). So now my problem is, we want to leave for Canada as soon as possible (right after our wedding in January preferably) and we can only do that by applying within this year as two single individuals. My question is

Will there be a problem is we apply and get accepted as two SINGLE individuals and then come to Canada as MARRIED couple? Can you also give us some tips on how to move forward with our application considering this situation? Thanks in advance.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

hi. My fiance and I want to apply for Canada through the Express Entry program. Right now we are waiting for our ECA results and we plan to take EILTS next month and go with the application as soon as we get the results. Initially we plan to get married this year and I will be the principal applicant. However we decided to postpone the wedding until January 2020 because my older brother decided to get married this year also (it's bad luck for two siblings to have weddings in the same year). So now my problem is, we want to leave for Canada as soon as possible (right after our wedding in January preferably) and we can only do that by applying within this year as two single individuals. My question is

Will there be a problem is we apply and get accepted as two SINGLE individuals and then come to Canada as MARRIED couple? Can you also give us some tips on how to move forward with our application considering this situation? Thanks in advance.

If you marry before landing, you both need to add each other to your apps.

 

[jesteen22]

If you marry before landing, you both need to add each other to your apps.

so youre saying we have to apply as a couple even before we get married? we plan to create our profile this year (before the wedding). as i understand, if you get the ITA, you have to send all documents including the marriage certificate. if ever we get invited this year, we wont be able to produce that document since we havent got married yet.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

so youre saying we have to apply as a couple even before we get married? we plan to create our profile this year (before the wedding). as i understand, if you get the ITA, you have to send all documents including the marriage certificate. if ever we get invited this year, we wont be able to produce that document since we havent got married yet.

No. I'm saying that if you marry after applying, you need to update IRCC and add each other.

 

[jesteen22]

No. I'm saying that if you marry after applying, you need to update IRCC and add each other.

oh. ok. question though, our CRS scores will be changed right? as i understand the score for SINGLE is higher. would it count as a misrepresentation if we get ITA as single and then come as married with lower crs score? because they give ITA based on the crs score in the first place. sorry i have a lot of questions

 

[canuck_in_uk]

oh. ok. question though, our CRS scores will be changed right? as i understand the score for SINGLE is higher. would it count as a misrepresentation if we get ITA as single and then come as married with lower crs score? because they give ITA based on the crs score in the first place. sorry i have a lot of questions

Scores are not recalculated if you marry after submitting your PR app.

 

[jesteen22]

Scores are not recalculated if you marry after submitting your PR app.

this is great. thanks a lot for your help

 

[Dixit3D]

i'm in the same situation, me and my girlfriend are applicants, AOR March for the two. We don't know if we can get married now, cause we think that our application will be merged in one, and we will give all the new proof of founds, VM, and other -_-. I don't know the process