A few people seem to be complaining of not having an update on this yet. I imagine that for many of the people who have been asked for all of this paperwork, myself included, the process of collecting the required forms takes some time. I am intending to submit my initial response to the IRCC today. This is lacking the Entry/Exit records from my home country, which is taking too long to receive and jeopardizing the 60 days to respond requirement. We shall see if that causes further delay.
I would be hugely surprised if there were not at least some delay from this process; it takes time for the applicants to collect this data, and time for review. I would imagine that the IRCC is stating that they are trying to keep the timeline within that published on their website, which is 12 months, rather longer than some lucky people get based on the trackers.
I concur with your observations.
I am reluctant to guess much about the actual process yet. But I agree there is reason to think that IRCC's probable intention is to keep these PPQ-QAE applications in the routine processing queue, the applicants to be processed in due course along with other applications. But as you note, accomplishing that seems highly unlikely . . . given the time it is going to take applicants to submit even relatively complete responses . . . and given that all that additional information is likely to involve some sort of additional evaluation.
Actually, I believe real world trackers more than IRCC's self-declared good for nothing 12 months(which means nothing in their own world).
Trackers here are reflection of what is really going on, not what IRCC says is going on in their wonder world because they cant even get their call center straight.
Not really.
It is likely that IRCC has received
more than 100,000 applications (a conservative estimate, given that at least 40,000 were made in October alone) since the implementation of the 3/5 rule.
While statistically relevant information can sometimes be extrapolated from relatively small samples, that is dependent on how representative the sample is and there is virtually NO evidence that the trackers are based on a representative sample. Indeed, the contrary is readily apparent. Moreover, the sample size itself is smaller than relatively small. It is minute.
If the scores of posts in this forum are much of an example, a high percentage of the reports populating the tracker information derive from individuals who excessively follow their so-called progress. I mean, look at how many are focused on when their application gets IP status, which is utterly useless information for applicants. Some of those represented in the trackers go so far as to make ATIP requests within the first three or four months after applying, which for most is outrageously a waste. And one can hardly keep tabs on the scores who are foolishly telephoning the IRCC help centre. Not exactly bright stars in the sky of prospective citizens.
This is not to totally dismiss personal reports about what is happening in individual applications. Such reports do illuminate what is POSSIBLE (since they indicate what has happened for some individuals) and when there are numerous concurrent reports that can indicate a very ROUGH estimation of what is more likely to happen . . . but way too many put way too much emphasis on the latter, when the odds of that not happening are also very substantial.
It is a bit staggering how many seem to think that what is likely to happen is what will happen. And it is utterly crazy how many will declare what will happen for another applicant based on what happened to them. That is not reality. That is the kind of thinking casinos and bookies exploit to make a lot of money.
In any event, the report that a PPQ-QAE applicant has been scheduled for the test is an important report. If credible, it indicates that IRCC is indeed making an effort to process these applicants in the mainstream routine track. But one report, particularly a second-hand report, is not nearly a reliable source, SO it is imperative to wait to see further reports before even thinking of drawing inferences.
