CEC inland and submitted all docs and I have guided my colleagues atleast 5 and they all got PR. So I think I know what am doing . Yes raised 3 GCMS notes , contacted MP thrice and even got a reply from Ottawa in dec 2020. It is just that they did not touch my application due to pandemic. And as of last Monday, it is the same status and did various things and one of them might have worked and someone looked into my file after Monday and by Friday I got portal mail to upload photos as well. So I would say it all depends on when they touch your application. My security and criminality were pending since aug 2020 and rest all passed