An Express Entry candidate at CRS 489 saw their profile go invalid when their IELTS expired, and asked whether they could 'reactivate' it by entering a future date, then fix the scores after an ITA.
The thread's answers are blunt and worth preserving:
- Entering a false validity date is misrepresentation. The direct warning: do that and you're courting a 5-year ban. An EE profile must reflect a genuinely valid test at all times; there is no legitimate 'placeholder date' workaround.
- The score you claimed must survive scrutiny. A related scenario discussed: if you discover after ITA that a module score was entered higher than the real result (even by honest slip), and your actual score would drop your CRS below the draw cutoff, submitting anyway is misrepresentation. The advice given: decline the ITA rather than submit an application whose claimed points don't hold.
- The legitimate paths: retake the test (yes, again — even a 6th time) and re-enter the pool with real scores, or consider the alternative accepted test discussed in the thread (computer-based, taken at a test centre), which some find more score-friendly. Test-format details change; check what IRCC currently accepts.
Practical takeaway: an invalid profile is recoverable; a misrepresentation finding is not (for five years). Never enter data you can't back with a live document — and if your true scores put you under the cutoff after an ITA, decline and re-enter rather than submit.