Adaptability Question

[mayang]

Hello.
I just want to ask if declaring a first cousin, as relative in the application will merit additional points or influence the decision, assuming you lack points.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mikeramma]

You will get 5 additional points if you have relatives/cousins in Canada.

 

[PMM]

Hi

You will get 5 additional points if you have relatives/cousins in Canada.

Sorry cousins don't count, From the Regulations:

"(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), a skilled worker shall be awarded 5 points if

(a) the skilled worker or the skilled worker's accompanying spouse or accompanying common-law partner is related by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption to a person who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada and who is

(i) their father or mother,

(ii) the father or mother of their father or mother,

(iii) their child,

(iv) a child of their child,

(v) a child of their father or mother,

(vi) a child of the father or mother of their father or mother, other than their father or mother, or

(vii) a child of the child of their father or mother; or

(b) the skilled worker has a spouse or common-law partner who is not accompanying the skilled worker and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada."

PMM

 

[Mackie]

Agreed, cousin does not count. I think this excerpt from the Application for PR Skilled Worker Guide (pg. 12) puts it more plainly: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/EG7.pdf

"E. Relatives in Canada
You or your accompanying spouse or common-law partner has a relative (parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, child of a parent, sibling, child of a grand parent, aunt/uncle, or grandchild of a parent, neice or nephew) who lives in Canada and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. 5 " points