Just called IRCC and was able to talk to an agent. September 2019 AOR.
Very pleasant and friendly lady, we even exchanged a few jokes while she was trying to pronounce my last name.
The agent confirmed that everything is PASSED (not just "valid"), and medicals extended till October 28th 2021 for adult applicants and till Jan 12th for dependent kids.
The "last time your application has been opened was June 8th, the officer was satisfied with application, awaiting final decision".
I can't really tell if anything here is a good sign or is it just a standard portion of BS from the lazy IRCC folks who deprioritize older applications as well as applicants from certain countries (Russian here!)...
Still, fingers crossed to get approval BEFORE the medicals expiration, because the least I want right now is to waste another $1000 for something which is clearly not my mistake but IRCC's failure to meet their promises.
Very pleasant and friendly lady, we even exchanged a few jokes while she was trying to pronounce my last name.
The agent confirmed that everything is PASSED (not just "valid"), and medicals extended till October 28th 2021 for adult applicants and till Jan 12th for dependent kids.
The "last time your application has been opened was June 8th, the officer was satisfied with application, awaiting final decision".
I can't really tell if anything here is a good sign or is it just a standard portion of BS from the lazy IRCC folks who deprioritize older applications as well as applicants from certain countries (Russian here!)...
Still, fingers crossed to get approval BEFORE the medicals expiration, because the least I want right now is to waste another $1000 for something which is clearly not my mistake but IRCC's failure to meet their promises.