What do you think about Sept, Oct, Nov and Dec AORs in Montreal. Did they stop sending applicants to Montreal or these folks have not found us yet. Either on Canadavisa or whatsapp.
I hear that Montreal would soon start attending to their own Quebec EE. Should we get worried that their slow pace would become slower this year?
I think those guys are right now in wait and watch mode. And plus in all new threads started by legalfalcon; he has been posting finding VO is useless and was relevant only in paper application days. He is a respected member on the forum and hence may be newer folks are influenced by him. BUT of course everyone here who knows Montreal VO would respectfully disagree with legalfalcon on that.
Plus till August I used to go to each thread once a week and kind of "recruit" or "educate" people about Montreal VO. I have not done that for Sep onwards so not sure if those guys even know this.
But I think rather than less more files would be moving to smaller VOs now. I see many more people from smaller VOs on forum these days.
Now coming to your last point, I think, all that is speculation and yes since we are waiting we will always fear / assume the worst. But, I don't think Queubec EE makes any more of a difference in 2019 than it did in 2018. So it should not have any "additional" delay.
Unfortunately, IRCC inner workings are a big black box so we don't know why the delay is happening. But, it seems like delay is "deliberate" since June and it has manifested in full force from Sep AOR onward. The data for Sep AOR is beyond terrible. Let's wait and watch how Janurary progresses. I can tell you this very soon we will see more of petitions.