Arrived Canada through EE but Delays Working

[Bojangles]

My wife currently has a good paying job in the US and wouldn't want to leave her job for Canada. However, to get a score high enough, she has to be the primary applicant. Assuming she gets a job in canada and goes through the process of EE we finally make it to Canada and she decides to delay working (assuming a company offered a job which boosted our EE), is there any penalty?

Also, i read that if she decides not to work and I, as the secondary applicant gains employment, she wouldn't incur any penalties. I'd appreciate your responses.

 

[Islander216]

She just has to apply for EE, get her ITA, have her application approved and then land as a permanent resident in Canada.

Once she does that, the only obligation she has is to fulfill her residency obligations of being physically present in Canada for 2 out of the next 5 years from the date she lands.

There is no obligation to gain employment in a certain time period or even to work at all.