Spousal Sponsorship, IMM 5540, Q16, Need help as we had withdrawn application

[kan12]

Hello,
I am submitting the application to sponsor my spouse. However we had submitted an application last year, which we had to withdraw, as my wife who is living in china, her father became very sick, and she had to stay there for almost 10 months more to help him recover.

we are now reapplying the application again.

My question is, form IMM 5540, Question 16, ask if I have ever submitted a sponsorship application for another person before?
What shoudl be my answer. The part that confuses me is that the questions says "application for another person". Does it mean any other person exlcuding the person i am sponsoring right now, in which case my answer will be NO, as my last spouse application i applied was for my wife only. Or does this mean for any person ever, in which case my answer will be Yes.

I would really appreciate any help to this question

 

[canadianwoman]

You could probably answer yes or no. However, in both cases you should attach a letter of explanation to the form. What you told us here is a perfectly good reason for withdrawing an application.
I would answer yes, plus the letter.

 

[SchnookoLoly]

I'm with canadianwoman - it probably doesn't matter if you check yes or no. Just provide a letter explaining exactly what you've written here and that you withdrew because of personal circumstances, so you're reapplying now. CIC tends to be quite reasonable with this sort of thing.

 

[kan12]

thanks for taking time and to reply to my question. i really appreciate the same