An applicant with an active Express Entry profile asked whether they must withdraw it before filing a study visa application. The thread's most substantive answer drew a distinction:
- Active profile awaiting ITA: disclose it. If your EE profile is live in the pool and you're waiting for an Invitation to Apply, you should mention it in your study visa application. An undisclosed immigration profile discovered later is far worse than a disclosed one — and a study permit application alongside immigration intent is a known 'dual intent' situation, not an automatic bar.
- Profile declared ineligible: you can omit it. Per the same member, if IRCC has declared your EE profile ineligible, it isn't flagged as dual intent and can be left out — an ineligible profile is effectively a dead application.
- How to know which you are: the poster asked how to check ineligibility. The answer: you wait for IRCC's decision mail to your registered email; until then, a profile sitting in the pool is active and should be treated as such.
- Withdrawal wasn't presented as mandatory. No member said you must withdraw the EE profile — the choice framed was between disclosing an active profile or omitting a formally ineligible one.
Note: this is member interpretation of a nuanced disclosure question; if in doubt, disclose, or consult a regulated consultant — misrepresentation findings carry five-year bans.