Nov 2023 AOR here. Language, presence, test are all completed. Pending BG check and Prohibition. I called IRCC several times throughout the last 14 months, and always get the same answer: criminality passed, security check is in process, which has started in November 2023! This is crazy, and my background is nothing complicated!
My application (1 adult) was submitted from Montreal, and now it is transferred to Vancouver.
I got a ghost update on January 28, yet nothing was changed. Some folk says that the criminality expired so they renewed it. That's all, but it still gives me hope.