I have spoken to IRCC today about your husband’s application and don’t have much more information to provide to you at this time.
PR (Family Sponsorship) Outland Application
The file was received May 24, 2019
Sponsor’s Eligibility – passed July 15, 2019
File was transferred to New York office to undergo Eligibility of Principal Applicant
Security – not started
Medical – expired August 1, 2020 (when they review the file they will provide further instructions on medical)
Criminality – completed but there is a Criminal Rehabilitation application in process that needs to be approved.
The Criminal Rehabilitation application has been matched to the PR Application.
The file is non-routine in nature and must be reviewed for Principal Applicant’s eligibility.
Unfortunately, until they review the file, he is criminally inadmissible to Canada as it stands.
The New York office is not fully operational yet. Expect delays in processing due to the COVID-19.
This is a more complicated file and is considered non-routine. There are no time frames on non-routine files.
I will continue to monitor the file and get another update in a month.