I think what people are trying to say is the 12 months is unreasonable when you see cases that are resolved in 4-6 months. There are people from India that can get things done in a few months while others from the same country wait the full 12 ( just using India as an example but it happens with almost every country).
The problem here is that there is no consistency and things are not transparent.
It is not a right, that's true. However it's not fair to see you did everything correctly and answered all requests promptly and see that there are others in your exact situation that move forward and complete the process in half the time.
I still don't see how that happens.
I already answered this in part. A lot of it has to do with delays on the applicants government for information sharing. Has nothing to do with Canada. There are other factors at play as well, like efficiency and workload of officers.
You say there's no consistency but it's simply not true. 80% of applications are targeted to be processed within 12 months. That's pretty consistent. Of course they can't fully standardize processing times.
People who also make comments about transparency - you can order your GCMS notes and get an update on exactly what the officers are doing.
It's like standing in line at the grocery store - some lines move faster than others. It's life.
Processing times used to be in excess of 2 years. Inland apps didn't get OWP until AIP. They have optimized a lot.