CRS – B. Spouse or common-law partner factors (if applicable)
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Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education |
With spouse or common-law partner |
Without spouse or common-law partner |
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Less than secondary school (high school) |
0 |
n/a |
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Secondary school (high school graduation) |
2 |
n/a |
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One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute |
6 |
n/a |
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Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institute |
7 |
n/a |
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Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute |
8 |
n/a |
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Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years |
9 |
n/a |
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Master's degree, or professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree”, the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.) |
10 |
n/a |
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Doctoral level university degree (PhD) |
10 |
n/a |
Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
Spouse's or common-law partner's official languages proficiency - first official language
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Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening ) |
Maximum 20 points for section |
Without spouse or common-law partner |
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CLB 4 or less |
0 |
n/a |
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CLB 5 or 6 |
1 |
n/a |
|
CLB 7 or 8 |
3 |
n/a |
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CLB 9 or more |
5 |
n/a |
Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
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Spouse's Canadian work experience |
Maximum 10 points |
Without spouse or common-law partner |
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None or less than a year |
0 |
n/a |
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1 year |
5 |
n/a |
|
2 years |
7 |
n/a |
|
3 years |
8 |
n/a |
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4 years |
9 |
n/a |
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5 years or more |
10 |
n/a |