Even if there will be few chosen ones with all stages passed, it doesn’t mean anything until PPRs aren’t issued. MyImmitracker shows that worldwide there is no movement on FSW-O in terms of issued PPRs.
Plus, our cases wete studied before mid-Feb, when policy changed, so whoever was lucky to pass anything by then - got it passed. Oct AOR means he applied earlier and his case probably had Medicals passed in Nov and fingerprints submitted in Nov-Dec with Info sharing passed by Dec, so it’s logical that he should have passed by end of Jan the Criminality stage. Rest of checks he could have passed too based on the luck and if his documents looked legit and simple (for ex 1 single job proof and a reference letter which doesn’t raise any questions).
Don’t get too happy for no reason. We will all wait long, 2021 basically is a year of no immigration. If 6 new immigration programs are there and they will only be open until Nov-21, it does make sense to ask officers to put all their efforts in checking those applications. IELTS website crushed due the nr of applicants, there dozens of thousands people applying now as CEC and through these 6 programs. They got enough work to do to check their applications.
We all better forget 2021 immigration and continue to work and have plans for this year, because at best we will have a chance in 2022.