"Background" is security + criminality. My security is done. My criminality is in progress, waiting on fingerprints. The tracker shows "Background: In progess"
Actually global criminality is part of prohibitions, like foreign arrests, acts against humanity, etc. Background is mostly all domestic security and criminality. that's the key difference. one is global and the other internal. That's why some folks get stuck on prohibitions for a year at times because of where they are originally from and/or lived is difficult to get such info.....
I was referring to internal, which IRCC and GCMS calls “criminality”.
It seems a lot of us have been transferred to Vancouver. It seems like they're centralizing citizenship (at least) processing there or something.
My wife's separate application had no FPR and also got transferred to Vancouver, with BG and test now complete.
We can only speculate about what’s happening here. If you look at the processing timelines, IRCC increased the lead time from 7 to 8 months right at the start of February. I’m still waiting for my test results, and it seems they haven’t even reviewed my application yet. Even if you call IRCC, I’m not sure how much the agents can actually do. They might just offer kind words and encourage you to stay patient while you wait
Your theory seems most plausible to me @DocumentJourney As for the extra month added to the timeline, I suspect it's to cover themselves since the layoffs may impact performance.
