Got passport request todayI am oct 2019. Today i received Pre arrival letter. My file was in LVO like all pakistani files i send email to LVO exactly after 13 months of submission to give me status update in the next 10 days of that email i received email from Vienna Austria saying that, my file is transfered to them and will be processed soon and this email i got on 3 dec 2020. My husbands medical is expiring on 30 Dec 2020 so i planned that by 4 jan 2020 i will again bug vienna on same email thread that if they want we do another fresh medical since the one they have is expired. But today on 25 dec 2020 i got pre arrival letter.
What i have understood that if you have a straight forward genuine case, the sponsor must contact ircc exactly after 12 months for status update. Ircc offices are same as our home country Gov offices you need to give them wakeup calls so they pull your fill as you put inquiry and many times files are almost complete but due to big pile ups they are just handing there in queues. This is my personal feeling if anyone has straight file keep asking them.