Changes to Form 1344 in Sep 2022?

[ram0326]

Hello,

I am applying inland spousal PR and trying to fill the sep 2022 revision of 1344 form.
For question no. 6, i see two options being listed for Spouse living in canada. This seems like a new addition as it was not in the previous version of form 1344.

Spouse living in Canada
Spouse living in Canada - Applying under Family Class

Are both the options same or which one should we select for inland spousal application ?

 

[spso]

Hello,

I am applying inland spousal PR and trying to fill the sep 2022 revision of 1344 form.
For question no. 6, i see two options being listed for Spouse living in canada. This seems like a new addition as it was not in the previous version of form 1344.

Spouse living in Canada
Spouse living in Canada - Applying under Family Class

Are both the options same or which one should we select for inland spousal application ?

Suggest your read through the Guide IMM 5289 to get the details. This is an excerpt from it:

Choose the class of application

• If you’re sponsoring your conjugal partner or dependent child, you must submit an application under the Family Class. These applications are processed outside Canada.
• If you’re sponsoring your spouse or common-law partner, you may sponsor them under the Family Class or under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class.
• When you sponsor a spouse or common-law partner, you must specify the “Class of Application” on the checklist you’ll submit.

Apply under the Family Class if:

• the person you want to sponsor lives outside Canada
• the person you want to sponsor currently lives with you in Canada but doesn’t plan to stay in Canada while the application is being processed
• you plan to appeal if the application is refused
• you’re sponsoring your conjugal partner or dependent child

Apply under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class if your spouse or common-law partner:

• lives with you in Canada
• has valid temporary resident status in Canada, or is exempt from needing this status under a public policy
• would like to apply for, and qualifies for, an Open Work Permit so that they can work while the application is being processed

 

[ram0326]

Suggest your read through the Guide IMM 5289 to get the details. This is an excerpt from it:

Thanks for your response. My question is actually about the question 6) "The principal applicant is your - " on the form 1344 which has similar entries like below :
1) Spouse living in canada
2) Spouse living in canada - Applying under Family Class
3) Spouse living outside canada.

Option 2) was not available in the old form and they seem to have added it to the sep 2022 revision and i am confused on which option to select as an inland applicant.