Am I under comprehensive security screening?

[Ponga]

The only “red flag” I have is that I’m from Russia and worked there for a couple of years. I don’t know if that counts as a red flag nowadays.

This may, or may not, shed light on your question:

 

[oulette]

This may, or may not, shed light on your question:

Thank you, this looks very informative, I will definitely watch it

 

[GandiBaat]

Thank you, this looks very informative, I will definitely watch it

There is somewhat older thread here : https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/the-anatomy-of-a-background-check-in-depth-analysis.500146/

It introduces a lot of information about background check.

@legalfalcon who is himself an imm. lawyer, tells a lot about Background check. That being said, the thread is now almost 8 years old.