We applied on May 2017 and everything went on smoothly.they issued SA to my wife and thereafter l received a letter on July 7, 2018 that the application has been transferred for further assessment. I have been out of status as well.is been 8months since etobicoke received the transfer file but l have not heard from etobicoke office .we have written to them several times all they say is they are processing .WHAT!!! 23 months. Omg. So did you get landing interview or anything? When did you apply for sponsorship and what stage did you start your problem?