Expired- NOT previously sent for PR- CELPIP test

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Hi. Sorry if this has been asked before but I can't find it.

My spouse and I got our PR in the pre EE days through the Experience Class program. At that moment we didn't know who was going to be the main applicant so we both passed our CELPIP test. Finally I was the main applicant so only my CELPIP test was included in the PR application.

We are now preparing for the citizenship application and:

-I understand my CELPIP test is perfectly valid even though it is expired.

-Is my spouse CELPIP test valid even though it is expired and it wasn't send with the PR application?

Thank you so much in advance

 

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Hi. Sorry if this has been asked before but I can't find it.

My spouse and I got our PR in the pre EE days through the Experience Class program. At that moment we didn't know who was going to be the main applicant so we both passed our CELPIP test. Finally I was the main applicant so only my CELPIP test was included in the PR application.

We are now preparing for the citizenship application and:

-I understand my CELPIP test is perfectly valid even though it is expired.

-Is my spouse CELPIP test valid even though it is expired and it wasn't send with the PR application?

Thank you so much in advance

I believe so. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=571&top=5 and https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/language-proof/step-2.html

 

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I believe so. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=571&top=5 and https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/language-proof/step-2.html

I haven't been able to find a firm answer on this. In the instruction guide, it explicitly asks for the language results to have been used for immigration in the past, if they are expired.

Results from a third-party language test

Your language test result must be equal to the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB/NCLC)/Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens level 4 or higher in speaking and listening. If you did the test in the past for immigration or citizenship purposes, we will accept the results even if it has expired.

 

[zardoz]

I haven't been able to find a firm answer on this. In the instruction guide, it explicitly asks for the language results to have been used for immigration in the past, if they are expired.

Results from a third-party language test

Your language test result must be equal to the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB/NCLC)/Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens level 4 or higher in speaking and listening. If you did the test in the past for immigration or citizenship purposes, we will accept the results even if it has expired.

Based on the fact that they will happily accept school certificates, which might be 40 years old and impossible to validate, I suspect that a recently expired formal test result should be OK. However, it might be an idea making a call to the IRCC call centre (for whatever that's worth).

 

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Based on the fact that they will happily accept school certificates, which might be 40 years old and impossible to validate, I suspect that a recently expired formal test result should be OK.

I suppose that makes sense.

 

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I haven't been able to find a firm answer on this. In the instruction guide, it explicitly asks for the language results to have been used for immigration in the past, if they are expired.

Results from a third-party language test

Your language test result must be equal to the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB/NCLC)/Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens level 4 or higher in speaking and listening. If you did the test in the past for immigration or citizenship purposes, we will accept the results even if it has expired.

Note that it didn't say if you "submitted" it in the past for immigration or citizenship purposes but only requires you to have taken the test for either purpose. My understanding is that the test should be specifically for immigration/citizenship e.g. IELTS General vs. IELTS Academic. So, your CELPIP result should be okay. I also agree with the school certificate argument above. Good luck!

 

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All of the above is logic and makes total sense to me.

Thanks for your help