There are a few things you can do to try to find more about your case and find others in a similar situation on the forums. Now that you have been waiting a lot more than 6 months, your AOR is less meaningful than a few other factors, such as:
- Your stream - if you are inland, such as CEC or PNP-I, your case is already different from most people on the Oct AOR thread (90% are outland FSW). Inland applicants face different delays such as being assigned to a smaller office, waiting for potential interview instead of PPR, etc. (I am CEC inland)
- Your Case Processing Centre (office where your file is being processed) - Most people here have CPC Ottawa, but many people (especially inland) are transferred to smaller offices for workload sharing. This typically means you will be waiting longer, as the main function of these offices is not permanent residence processing, so we can get somewhat sidelined. (I have CPC Edmonton)
- The status of the three major areas of application processing - Eligibility, Criminality, Security. These can give you some insight into whether there are any outstanding issues that you could maybe do something about. (mine have all been met, and my application provisionally approved since Apr 15)
- How many additional document requests (ADRs) you have received, and when the last one was. Each ADR can delay your application by a couple of months. (I had two, most recently in March)
You can find out your CPC office, and the status of Eligibility, Criminality, and Security by calling the IRCC call centre and asking them directly whether each one is "not started", "in progress", "recommended passed" or "met". You can also ask if there is any "review required" on any of these areas. Calling will give you an immediate snapshot of your application status. However, if you want details, for example why you have review required (if any), you need to order GCMS notes. These notes will contain all of the actions and notes (though with some items redacted), but it takes a month or so to arrive and so will be out of date.
