I'm Canadian born this application was for my wife. I'm not sure about background and all that as we used an immigration lawyer to be safe so think they handled that. We had a pretty good file with ample evidence of genuine relationship, including her visiting me in Canada after marriage. I was lucky as my wife was given multi entry trv after the wedding, so she's come to Canada twice and is currently with me. Usually I heard about people getting refused trv if their spouse is in Canada ....I took a shot and luckily was approved.
Talked to lawyers today and they said same thing you did, they will send to Ottawa for me. I came here for second opinion incase the lawyer was saying my wife had to go back to India.