A member with an SINP score of 81 (IELTS band 6, spouse band 5.5) asked whether that score was good and whether to open a SINP application.
What the thread clarified:- 81 points is a strong SINP score — members confirmed this was an excellent result and encouraged proceeding with the application.
- A real example of how relative points can be claimed through extended family: the applicant's brother is a PR in Canada, and the brother's son (the applicant's nephew) is a Canadian citizen, born in Canada while the brother held PR status. This qualified the applicant for 20 relative points via the nephew's citizenship, even though the applicant had no direct relatives in Saskatchewan specifically.
- This illustrates that relative points aren't limited to having family specifically in the target province — a Canadian citizen relative (even a nephew) elsewhere in Canada can still count, depending on the specific relationship rules.
The practical takeaway: relative points claims aren't limited to immediate family in your target province — as shown in this example, a nephew who is a Canadian citizen (born while a sibling held PR status) qualified the applicant for 20 relative points, significantly boosting their SINP score.