Please help me understand this email from immigration canada

[Marwa 0308]

Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada at the Canadian Embassy in Beirut.
We understand your circumstances and we apologize for the delays occurring on your application.
Please note that your file is still pending statutory verifications.
Kindly note that the statutory verifications held by the IRCC comprise different departments and we are trying to finalize your case as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience.
What does statutory verifications mean???

 

[kasskiss125]

It means, your application is on track. they are doing their job. (security and background check).

nothing you can do at this point. Just wait and be patient.

 

[Marwa 0308]

How long do they take though they have been doing that for almost a year now and our application has gone over the maximun processing times its been 16 months

 

[kasskiss125]

I recommend that you order GCMS notes to see if there is any red flag.

 

[Marwa 0308]

Alright thank you so much