Hello Vensak,
Good to see you back again and I hope our team can be here and active again to share our experience. It seems we all turned to the lengthy after AOR wait! Mine started on 2 Oct. 2017 and currently on NA2, still waiting for updates!
Fingers crossed
That is ok.
They took only 3 months for my file, but than again Vienna does not have that many PR applications.
I guess if your AOR is from May onwards you went stuck in the overkill crowd that was created by the big amount of ITA. And if ever they miscalculated for that half year, they have to cool the system down now, hence the slower treatment.
I have landed in a mean time. And so far I have only used French with my suppliers from Quebec and even then it was optional.
But I do not complain, as French got me here so all is good.
Job market looks decent at least for my type of employment.
I was following the advice to follow the industry rather than follow the biggest cities.
In a way it is easier to get through outside of GTA (less competition). And easier to start for the newcomer on the market.
Just so you know even lot of young Canadians has the same problem in Toronto (unable to find an appropriate job).
Again wishing good luck to everybody