I am US-based FSW-O applicant, Russian citizenship. I was expecting my application be processed slower because virtually all Russians are sent for security screening and I had one, but this one has been cleared since Nov 2020. So it's been almost a year now since "everything is passed" and no decision from IRCC.
Maybe it's not citizenship. Maybe it's my NOC. Maybe my kids. Maybe I look ugly on my photo lol. I can't find any reasonable explanation why my application is being de-prioritized for so long.
P.S. unequal treatment of people based on their origin is an ugly normal of any immigration system, not just Canada. The green card backlogs for Indians in the US is another example right on the surface. When I did some research around immigration to the UK, the set of requirements for different countries is also different, etc.