Legal advice would be a waste of money. Your options have been fully laid out for you here. A lawyer can't tell you anything different unless they tell you something wrong, which happens often.But thanks anyway, I'll let you all know how it goes..next step is legal advice and if necessary legal representation.
The CRS score is only recalculated if changes happen before e-APR. .Keep in mind also that adding a spouse as an accompanying dependent may affect your EE points. Some people find they don't qualify with an accompanying spouse, and are forced to include as non-accompanying to sponsor them later.