As to 54500 Passport requests were sent... I am curious where this figure came from?
As per the Express Entry Year-End Report 2016 it says, i quote:
In 2015 and 2016, 43,202 applicants and their family members were admitted into Canada as permanent residents (vie EE i guess)
The date range as per report 1st of January 2015 and 31st December 2016 (i.e. 24 months). It also includes dependants. Dependands are never shown in the tracker, they are treated based on the main applicant case.
Can you please point me to the source, where it says that since 1st of Jan 2017 54500+ PPRs were issued?
Sorry. As i mentioned it in my first mail. 54500 ITA's issued in 2017 and only around 3000+ are on the tracker. its too less of a sample. and ofcourse the more the cases the more stacked the visa offices are.