Completing the form. You'll fill out and submit the Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008) online.You must fill out these digital forms online. Starting September 2022 there have been some significant updates to the spousal sponsorship program for Canada. Everything you need to know about sponsoring your spouse to Canada, whether through common-law partner or conjugal partner sponsorship. Anyone applying for Canada's outland spousal sponsorship must submit various forms and documents outlined in the IMM 5533 document checklist. If you want to ask general or case-specific questions about the application after uploading the documents, we invite you to submit a new IRCC Web form. The applicant must complete their own Use of Representative form listing the sponsor as their representative. In my case (in-Canada application) it took only 6 months for my wife to get a final letter of approval, and we got an actual PR card 2–3 months later. The secretary of state has a separate application for registration form for foreign series LLC.