My husband's background verification has been in progress since April 19. We submitted the application on November 26, 2022. The last update we got was on June 7 informing us that his eligibility has been updated to in progress. He still hasn't received pre-arrival yet. Since he's a Fijian citizen, IRCC informed us that they will let us know when they would like us to submit a police certificate, but they still haven't contacted us. I was thinking of reaching out to my local MP but I honestly don't know if that would even be helpful since I heard that they don't do much other than get status updates on a visa application. My husband's application is being processed at the Sydney, Australia visa office and they have been known to be exceptionally slow in processing sponsorship applications. When my brother applied to sponsor his wife, it took about a year for his wife to arrive to Canada, and this happened well before the pandemic.