Currently, if you follow the October, November and December 2019 threads, you will notice that:
- CEC-Inland applicants are getting their CoPRs
- PNP-Inland applicants are getting their CoPRs
On the other side, here are the applicants who's applications are probably on hold or being processed really slowly:
- FSW-Inland Applicants: Processing is either slow OR they are NOT getting their CoPRs even if processing is complete (i.e. final decision is made)
- FSW-Outland Applicants: Processing is either slow OR they are NOT getting their CoPRs even if processing is complete (i.e. final decision is made)
- PNP-Outland Applicants: Processing is either slow OR they are NOT getting their CoPRs even if processing is complete (i.e. final decision is made)
I am in PNP-Outland category (AOR- December 06th 2019 and OINP) and have crossed 6-months of processing time.
I am not aware if there are any CEC-Outland Applicants but you are free to go through the forums and check that for yourself.
That said, I believe it might be a decent gauge of what IRCC's intentions are.
if they are not processing applications that are already in the system
(or not issuing final decisions), they might not want to take in more applications for these categories. I feel that once they start releasing PPRs for these applicants, FSW draws will open - so keeping an eye on these forums might be a better gauge of when you can expect general draws to restart - and more worth your time.
For those pointing at PNP-FSW draws, remember that PNP only picks out Express Entry profiles of candidates who are in industries with extreme shortage of labour/work force. So they
might get picked from the pool -
However, being picked from the pool does not mean that they are being processed the same as inland candidates - all outland PNPs are either still being processed or not being given PPRs, if processing is complete - so being picked is no indication or guarantee of processing.
It might just be a more logical way to predict draws than simply guessing based on questionable data.