This has become a Joke - SDS purpose has defeated. I personally know many Sept/Oct applicants still starring at sky [at the mercy of V.O]
~ Most have deferred though to avoid risk of losing tuition deposits...
When A.I is in place; wonder why delay the auto-approval of Traige [1] = SDS ... IRCC is a mystery
I think one primary reason is they are not being held accountable enough. They keep blaming COVID as the reason for the delay but the reality is they have done very little to innovate and get things moving. In my last 2 applications, the AI had been rejected by file in 2 days (came to know from GCMS notes) but they waited for 4.5 months on average to release this information. Why do that? You already decided to take a shortcut by cutting off people from God knows what criteria, just put it to rest. The only reason I think for this is that applicants will not apply immediately and they lose intake after intake while keeping applicants' money in banks.
I have been trying for approximately a year now so I have over $30K CAD (Tuition + GIC) sitting in Canadian banks.