I am talking about CEC candidates not FSW.i think it all depends. if its FSW then its just sad, those are not getting looked into at all. For CEC its a bit different. for the 2021 draws with very low crs cut offs, those are very easy to check tbh. all they need is one year work exp in canada (which is usually easy to verify from a legit company and job duties match the noc code), and it doesnt matter if education or anything else cant be verified as even if you take everyhting away, theyd be above the crs cut-off, making them very easy to approve as long as there is no criminal inadmissibility/health (which again, is rare). So with those being so easy to verify, it makes sense to approve quickly, this then makes the overall average processing time look very nice once year end reports come out (and average out some CEC taking 2-3months while others taking the full 6-8months).
And one of my friends and his wife got the COPR in June 2021, but their ITA & AOR are from Jan 2021, they applied when the cut off mark is 453 or something (can’t remember exactly).
Anyway they had to submit docs to prove their previous work experience (back home), how I know this because they contacted me to get more information about CEC documents requirements.
mine it is almost 8 months now and if you check the August 2021 AOR thread, there are inland CEC applicants (single) almost close to 11 months now