This could be one reason why they are slow. My question is: when QC limits immigrants to 50,000 per year, does this mean 50,000 PR and 50,000 citizens? I think this more accurate for PR because they require CSQ to apply for PR from QC, but for citizenship, if you have PR from any province, then you can apply for it in QC. If they consider 50,000 citizens a year, then it's not fair to process citizenship applications for PR from outside QC before those who went through an extra 12-18 months to get the CSQ and stayed in QC.