July 2018 inland application under spousal

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Question is it a must to link the application?? I have tried many time I failed I just decided to wait it the decision by my mail box. It is less stressfull ,I would like to known if I don't link my application it will affect my OWP application? Thanks to help me

Honestly, I’m not exactly sure. This may be a question for the call centre.

It does make reference in the IRCC guides to linking the applications, but I’m not sure if that’s because it’s recommended, or because it’s required.