Sigh...my spouse, who was the primary applicant because he has a PhD and 4 years of work experience, originally received the following scores:
Reading: 12
Listening: 11
Writing: 8
Speaking: 10
We requested a reevaluation, got notified that it was complete, and the scores hadn't changed at all.
We were counting on him getting just that 1 extra point needed. I don't understand what went wrong. He's a native English speaker, has a PhD from a good university in the US, and his other scores were strong.
That one extra point would've taken us from the 419 points we have now to over 450.
Maybe we should just give up on moving there. My scores were all 11s and 12s, but I only have a 4 year Bachelors degree and 1 year of work experience (I was self-employed before then, so I know that doesn't count). If I'm the primary, we'd only get 420 points.
How disappointing.