one friend told me the same that she got "passport request" in Apr, and her case was submitted in Aug,2019. we were not requested for med exam till now as she was requested 4 months after she submitted. but i believe they are processing some other part of the application.
Yeah, it seems like if you applied in August you're lucky! Everyone who applied after August seems to be slowed down and in some cases stuck.I saw on the August thread a "Decision made" on April 17th, 2020. I am presuming part of the delays across the board could be because of the 20,000 covid-19 contingency temporary foreign workers being processed by Immigration. Prime minister statement about the employment was by mid month of March.