Outland applications are processed way faster than inlands. I am a March 2017 applicant and all i have so far is background check in process since April 27 with no updates yet.Thanks Marrianne730. This may explain my concerns.. It seems like CIC process out-land applications faster than in-land maybe. I am in-land applicant, and I received my file number on April 5 2017, but I haven't heard anything so far beside the "med exam with no message" issue...