I applied for visit visa for my minor sister (8 years old). I am Canadian Citizenand my mother also has Canadian visit visa.
Through NEW PORTAL
TIMELINE
Aplication submission: April 23,2022
AOR: same day (April 23, 2022)
After that long silence
Raised two webforms, same generic response both times
Passport request: December 5, 2022
Don't lose hope.
Honestly, I am seeing more approvals. People have been waiting for several months, so I think to compensate their time loss on waiting the responses, they are approving each and every visit visa applications which was not the case before Covid-19.
Waiting might be worth in the end.