I think they probably do normally do some work, and probably the criminality, security, etc. portion did get ordered, but it seems like IRCC in Canada hasn't really touched paper applications since March, so there's just no evidence of any updates to my file other than registering the CSQ (and receipt of a couple of emails I sent regarding the CSQ). Maybe, if we're lucky, most of that is just sitting waiting to be reviewed when someone finally does decide they can go back to work, and we can just quickly move through the process once we pass medical, but I'm not feeling very optimistic.
It's unbelievably frustrating that they haven't apparently given any thought to how to process these applications for the last 6 months. Not to mention that they are only possibly just starting to return to the office at the end of August when everyone else not working for the Federal government has been back at work for months.
