Hi,was this updates on forms just this Feb or since Dec? Thanks.Advice for everyone who is going to apply soon.
Please check you are using the latest forms, especially the checklist. Here's the catch: a checklist form was updated in December 2018. But if you go here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/spouse.asp to check all the forms you need, you will see this picture:
So it looks like the checklist was last updated in June 2018. But that information is not correct. If you download the checklist and scroll to the end of any page, you will see this:
As you can see, the checklist form was updated in December 2018, but the page with the list of the forms does not reflect it.
The best way to make sure you're submitting the latest forms is go to the provided above link right before you are going to submit your application, download all the forms that are a part of your application, and check the actual dates on them. That's the only way you can be sure nothing updated in between you started working on your application and you submitted it.