adtocanada said:Hi Sirine,
I suggest you call CIC and see where your security is stuck at. CIC sometimes use 3rd parties such as CBSA to assess background checks. I assume your file is with one of the 3rd parties. Since its been arnd 16 months for you, I suggest you contact the 3rd parties. You can do that by submitting a form ( you can get a relative or a friend in Canada to do it for you, since you are outland) .. if any of the experts in the forum can help explain how this is done since i havent done it yet, but ive seen ppl talk abt it on the forum.
Hope this helps
I emailed them several times and their last response was: "please be advised that your file is under background investigation. This is a quite long process which cannot be shortened". Does contacting this 3rd party can have any impact on the process? so far people are just saying that it helps to know where I'm standing...