Mrs.Purcy said:
This is so confusing. We are so confused. We are face timing right now and these are his questions... He keeps mentioning that apparently he watched a video and it says that I am the "applicant". The principle applicant (him) spouse (me) and than any dependent children (ntt applicable) on his form he's the applicant, and he also has to send one of me and I'm the applicant..
This is confusing... he says he watched this video... should we listen to it? http://immigrationcanada.pro/videos/video-tutorial-additional-family-information-form-imm5406/
he is WRONG. The primary applicant is the person BEING SPONSORED. The sponsor is NOT the applicant. Tell him to stop watching the video and taking the word of people on this forum who have been through the same thing as you have. Most likely this video was not created by someone who actually filled out the form and submitted an application.
Technically, yes the sponsor is also an applicant, they are just not the applicant being referred to on this form as it is part of the package for the person wanting
to be sponsored AKA the Principle applicant. Have him look at the checkists, does it say the SPONSOR has to submit an IMM 5406? no it does NOT.
Again, The APPLICANT being referred to on this specific form is the person being sponsored, NOT the sponsor. If he won't believe this, send it in. guarantee it's not going to do anything to help your application. It probably won't delay it longer, the form will just be thrown out.