If it comes to you as a shock that Jan 2020 applicants haven't received test invites, you'll be even more surprised to learn that July / August 2019 applicants are now getting test invites. The number of applications processed in 2020 went down drastically. Tests were cancelled from mid March up until September, if I'm not wrong. Online testing is a pilot program and hopefully, they will start issuing bulk invites.
On the positive side, I'm updating 2019 spreadsheet from time-to-time and I have seen a few applicants are getting test invites everyday. Though the numbers are small and not all applicants are on the spreadsheet, it is good to know that there is some progress.
I expect to see some significant progress by mid 2021 and I can only hope that the majority of the 2020 applicants get a test invite by the last quarter and some of them become citizens by the end of this year.
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