I appreciate you finding excuses for IRCC, and it's good of you, but some of us here are fed up with the wait - there were quite a few folks out there who had the same remedicals passed date and got their PPRs.
Others, like yours truly, are put at the end of the queue by IRCC. I recall having my biometrics done by a guy I went to the grad school with - we both graduated here in the US, applied for EE simultaneously. He is in Canada for 2 years now, he was able to travel to his home country, see his family, etc. I don't say it wasn't a struggle for him, it was.
But it's twice as much struggle for those who are made to pay for their medical twice (well, a third time might just as well be on the horizon), wait and wait, being unable to plan their lives, seeing their family members born, married, getting sick, die, etc. This makes no sense, especially for applicants waiting for final decision with all stages passed for YEARS.
There is no excuse for IRCC for messing with people's lives just because they're from a "wrong" country, have a "wrong" first letter of their last name, or last 4 digits of their application number - whatever is the reason for IRCC to push some applications back, it doesn't matter anymore. Everyone eligible should be treated equally.
