Let's not go off topic here. Canada is also the only G7 country which is kind enough to give us a chance to become PRs like this. We should focus on that and appreciate that. Let's hope some of the restrictions are lifted soon and we get to see some movement out of this office.
I would LOVE to say exactly what you're saying here. Canada is the only G7 country that technically allows such an easy (it depends, but...) path to PR.
However, until I have my actual PR confirmation, I cannot be sure if this is all for real. If Canada's Express Entry isn't eventually a misleading false advertising.
I am in the queue since Sep 2019. I have received numerous GUs since October, webform responses say everything is passed, but I am still in the queue and there's no PPR in sight. Eligibility passed for more than a year.
I am in the US - so exempt from travel restrictions and can travel tomorrow. Or even today. Do I have to keep planning and building my life around potential opportunity to come to Canada, or should I seek alternative ways (i.e. transfer via work to someplace in Europe), etc.?
Lots of questions are unanswered.
I think IRCC is putting unnecessary stress on folks it singled out for backlogs. I know people with the same AOR already in Canada. I feel singled out, be it my ethnicity or anything. Or they didn't like my photo? So does Canada actually give me a chance? Or will my case eventually get denied, or stay backlogged for 5 more years? You can never tell.