Your case delay will be same as any other Iranian delay. As much as CIC would like to say each case is unique it is not. That is a bunch of crap to BS about their state of disorganization. Few discremnatoey checks are run and CBSA/CSIS come back with No Results (or something like that). Honestly, from statistics I see on this forum a lot of people are dealt with within days of 1, 3, 6, or 12 months. Which means, someone is dealing with the DAY'S files and doesn't care to go faster. Anyhow, the reason for few months is because some case don't go to CSIS which means 3 months saved already. Cases that go to CSIS and are about 3 months with CBSA and 3 months with CSIS and whoever else CBSA shares with so that is a total of 6 months. This is not defined rules but 2019 statistics I have deducted from this forum.Thanks for the reply, I believe our case is in Canada (that's what agents told me on the phone) as my wife is a temporary resident in Vancouver, Canada and I'm a resident in Seattle, WA.
Just to clarify, I did order CBSA notes before and that's how I got to know my wife was going through Comprehensive background check. What I am still not clear is how long this normally takes (I'm seeing a big range from 3 months to 2 years), but I guess it depends on case by case.
I will go ahead and order CSIS notes and see where we are at!
On a side note, since of this delay, we are planning to be relocated by my company to Toronto and obtain a Canadian work permit (for both), while waiting for the PR to finish. Do you see any issues with that?
On this forum you will find Excel sheets or you can compile your own list of people who reported their cases (Iranians because that is your bottleneck) and see how long it took them.
PR for a Persian friend of mine took 1.5 - 2 years overall. There was whole news on this and people were featured but the Persian MPs and the lone MPP are useless with this issue and there is no political will to fix this.
On a better note, your movement within Canada has nothing to do with immigration. Just update your address. Even that is not a biggy until they mail your card (or does it get picked up at an office now a days???).
You won't get your PR in 3 months for sure but security portion may finish in 3 months. Yeah, big range - but CIC is not sorry. Beauracracy at it's best.
If your spouse is a temporary resident of Canada still, and you are a resident of US, your applications should not be joined together. At least she is not allowed to sponsor you under a spousal case. And if your cases are not joined, are you talking about your wife's case only?