Hi,
I appreciate your concern here but frankly I think there is a lot of speculation behind all of it. I also feel, at the end of the day, it is a matter of personal preference. I researched thoroughly on applying online vs. by paper, yet opted for online since it is much easier overall. There is more visibility and traceability if there is an issue and you get to deal with only one entity, with fewer interfaces, instead of adding further complexity and keeping track of ground couriers as well. Secondly, the ease of applying from digitally transferring photographs to uploading all the documents, the convivence alone outweighs the hassle of dealing with papers, and it definitely offsets the trade-off of losing a month or two, after all time is money. I genuinely believe every case is unique and lead times vary based on the complexity of each case. I may be wrong, but I don't have anything to lose here. I think as Canadians we should show some trust in the system and go for whatever seems logical, if that means getting the passports a few months late, that's totally acceptable to me as I'm certainly in no rush. I don't understand why there is a need to rush the process or look for shortcuts by hyper-analyzing their ways of working? What will that achieve, if we have accepted Canada as our final home? Meanwhile, online applicants of November, including myself, have received the AOR in record time of 2 weeks or less. Wishing everyone here my best.
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