Not all applicants are here or even heard of this forum. I’ve heard there are around 7000 applications per month. The March spreadsheet has 57 people.. you do the math.
It is their guesses. No one can come out and say that without actual sources. MP’s don’t always know the exact answer either. A 5 month backlog does not equal to an extra 12 month delay. Does not make sense. People need to stop posting fake news without legit sources. It creates a lot of anxiety.
If you truly love them yes the relationship can. You can visit them, apply for trv so they can visit you, plan cute dates over FaceTime, etc. And no, it won’t take 2 years. Do you know how big of an uproar there would be?
No one here knows anything about processing times. We need to wait for an OFFICIAL announcement from IRCC.
Yes it starts from when the file is received in the mailroom