According to presentations made by IRCC, this is due to thebestofluck said:Since long November applicants are awaiting nominations. They have paused sending nominations and we all are waiting for the good news
backlog of pre-Express Entry applications that are still in the
queue for processing
Processing times of Express Entry applications are now starting
to trend closer to 6 months of processing time, some exceeding
this amount of time
IRCC wants to maintain its promised processing times of 6
months from date of submission
Low number of ITAs expected to continue until
September/October 2016