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Adding spouse or an adopted child to the express entry application can be done\u00a0at any time during the process, including after the visa is issued, but prior to obtaining permanent resident status. An applicant should immediately inform IRCC of any change to the family composition. How this will impact your application will depend on\u00a0what stage of the application process you are at.<\/p>\n
Pre-ITA<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have not yet received an invitation to apply, you can amend the application online. However, be advised that upon adding a spouse to the application may\u00a0change your Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score and the applicant will need to show a higher proof of funds. Further, if points for the education, work experience, and language scores of the spouse are claimed, the applicant will have to upload documents to corroborate it. When the application is processed<\/a>, the completeness check and the eligibility check will be done for all the family members of the applicant named on the file.<\/p>\n Post-ITA<\/strong><\/p>\n If the family composition changes after the e-APR has been submitted, the family member added is not subject to eligibility assessment.\u00a0However, the family member will have to be assessed for medical, criminal and security.<\/p>\n How to add a family member to the application?<\/strong><\/p>\n To add a family member to the application, the applicant will need to fill and submit an\u00a0Additional Family Information<\/em> form [IMM\u00a05406<\/a>] and pay the applicable fees online. The applicant will also have to provide, medical reports, passports, and \u00a0the police clearance certificates (PCC) for a family member over 18, and proof of relationship (marriage certificate, adoption certificate, birth certificate etc.).\u00a0After an e-APR is filed, the application cannot be refused due to a change in circumstance unless:<\/strong><\/p>\n To know how an express entry application is processed click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n After you file your documents to add a family member, it is important to keep a track of whether the documents have been processed and there are no issues with the additional documents. Ordering GCMS notes can greatly help you understand what is happening with your application, and if there are any concerns with the additional documents. You can order GCMS notes<\/a>\u00a0at anytime, which will help you keep a track of your application and let you take corrective action, if necessary.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DISCLAIMER<\/strong>:\u00a0Our website contains general legal information.\u00a0The legal information is not advice and should not be treated as such.\u00a0The legal information on our website is provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied.\u00a0Further,\u00a0we do not warrant or represent that the legal information on this website:\u00a0will be constantly available, or available at all; or\u00a0is true, accurate, complete, current or non-misleading.\u00a0No lawyer-client, solicitor-client or attorney-client relationship shall be created through the use of our website.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adding spouse or an adopted child to the express entry application can be done\u00a0at any time during the process, including after the visa is issued, but prior to obtaining permanent resident status. An applicant should immediately inform IRCC of any change to the family composition. How this will impact your application will depend on\u00a0what stage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[21,18,16,17,12],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-express-entry","tag-adding-a-family-member","tag-eligibility","tag-express-entry","tag-order-gcms","tag-permanent-resident"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getgcms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n