Thanks for the reply. Gave this a lot of thought and decided to not change my application from online to paper. Keeping my fingers crossed and just hoping that they would be able to get the processing time down to 12 months or so for online and paper apps.
Paper > Online ATIP Proof
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This is a good evidence that proves paper>online. I submitted my application online a day later than you, nothing moving so far (except AOR).
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What a stupid thought! if they want to move to online, just close the paper application, and do the paper application as normal. If they don't close the paper application, but prioritize them instead, then more paper applications rush in.
As said before, I got AOR for my paper application on September 16, and the ECAS has been showing Application Received since then, instead of changing to In Progress. However, there is a ghost update on October 7 on the new tracker. Wondering how long this will take
But that would mean that IRCC doing their jobs. If you have ever been inside any government office you'll know that they just show up and get paid. They know that it's almost impossible to fire them so there is no incentive to actually do any work. Like its been almost 2 years and IRCC hasn't figured out how to process online applications. This year they claimed to hire over one thousand staff and got a boost in federal funding yet people are still waiting since 2019 for citizenship while people who applied 3 months ago have gotten theirs. Nothing makes sense
They claim to be training new staff but we now know it's just lies. IRCC hasn't been truthful throughout this backlog process
what i said is exactly what's happening;
Canada’s immigration backlog remains at 2.6 million people | Canada Immigration News (cicnews.com)
IRCC is aiming to make all citizenships applications digital by the end of this year, including those for minors under 18.
So 2 more months of Paper applications then online applications have to wait until IRCC finishes the over three hundred thousand paper inventory first. I wish IRCC told us before we applied that they were just testing Online applications and had no intention of processing them it's so unfair having to wait for over a year while paper apps get done in 3 months.
Don't do it. They are processing online applications now. After 6 months of your AOR, your application begins processing. Withdrawing and applying again will cost you more money, and time and will possibly complicate your application. Just leave it as is.