Directly from the CIC website:
Note: If your application was received before someone else’s, but you have not received all of the same requests, don’t be alarmed. Each file is different, and application steps may happen at different times for each file. We will contact you when:
- we need more information to process your file
- an update is available
- a decision has been made, or
- if your file is transferred to another office for processing
Make sure you regularly check to see if we have contacted you.