Bro please stay calm and relax, i saw a lot of your posts you are pretty discouraged , it sounds like IRCC take suggestions from you whether they wanted to stay home or they should open SYDNEY visa office. now you are saying they are just getting medicals results and can be passed from home and whatsoever. Bro don't make assumptions and find their answers of your own. for your consideration EE applicants have more skills, abilities and they are highly demanded not only in canada also from overseas. Please stay relax and have patience. Yelling at each other is not gonna help you out. Normal processing is 18 months. if you have already sent out your application The date they received it its gonna be you lock-in-date. they will consider your wait times the day they received it.
I second this, discouragement is not helping anyone.
My application was 100% in Sydney. Upfront medical passed within a week after I uploaded the proof. The doctor at the clinic does not decide whether it passes or not. Eventually it's someone at IRCC deciding whether your medical result meets the immigration requirement, regardless whether that person is a medical professional or immigration officer.
We see some good news in the past week, everything is suggesting IRCC is working on it. Definitely reduced capacity but this is the time we live in, the crisis happened, everyone is trying to make the best out of it.
Still, I hope everyone on this forum stay healthy, patient and encouraged. If you are not opting for EE, what we have now is the best that we can get. Let's focus on sharing the news and encouraging each other rather than yelling with negativity.
The waiting process is painful but it will be rewarding, we have hope for the good things that are about to happen.