You want us to help you game the system. And you can't even Google it on your own. The guidelines for urgent processing are clear. If you don't meet the need just apply normally like all others. They are picking up the processing speed real quickly. Just exercise patience
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/after-apply-next-steps.html
Look at the last section of this.
It's normal, IRCC has been redirecting mail based on processing capacity. Plus only the account holder IRCC can redirect an addressed mail. There's nothing to worry about.
The key thing here is You applied while in Vancouver, Canada before you moved away. Please correct your headline so people do not get false hope and run into and endless wait only for their application to be rejected.
Actually, they know, and whether they chose to act on it is a different issue. Especially when you take the test, the test instructions ask you to put in the reply that the applicant is outside the country if they plan on taking the test abroad.
There is a certain point in an application where the best thing to do is wait. The fact that they are seeing movement in their application indicates that it is indeed in progress. Calling or requesting GCMS notes now is not necessary. It's almost impossible to get a person to speak to on the...
It's not even 6 months from when you submitted your application, before the pandemic the average processing time was 12 months. You should be in line for the oath really soon if all other sections have been completed.
On IRCC knows. We here don't have access to your application. If IRCC wants any thing more they'll ask you. The only thing you can do is wait unless you have an urgent request
IRCC has always referred to the current processing time of 24 months posted on the website. We can only guess based on other applicants' experiences. And without knowing your timeline there's no way to even guess. There's nothing stopping you from traveling or applying for visas though
You seem to have quite a bit of travel. You should look at your passport to be sure there's no trip missing. Maybe give some buffer space to be extra sure