msf02 said:
Actually, lazybone, losing points for age between ITA and AOR is always recorded, but never taken into consideration as the lock-in date is the ITA and not the AOR. So it doesn't matter if he had PNP or not..

#justsaying
nice catch

...am aware of that
Brother...I had commented once before to your post...lock in date is NOT ITA...it is eAPR
eAPR is when you submit your documents for PR...that's your lock in date...and you are right about the exemption regarding age...the reason why I didn't get into those details is to make the OP understand that he is eligible and his concern is something else...his concern specifically was that he hasn't rec'd any updates other than his medicals being passed...
the officer @ NDVO will update his eligibility and not criminality... like I told the OP, he can find out from page 2 under assessments or admissibilities section of notes regarding criminality...criminality has nothing to do with an officer assessing eligibility...
Regarding the slow updates...unfortunately that's just how NDVO works...but I am assuming his criminality would have been passed by now before the file transfer to NDVO
Any way regarding the confusion about age-I will clear the air
Quoting vivekskumar8544 for your reference. He was from March 2016 thread.
Hope this helps!!
"Its not like the point is locked after ITA. There are still chances of rejection if the points drop after ITA and before e-APR. But there are some situations they exempt the candidate from rejection. Age is one of the factor in that exemption list.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/express/invite.asp
Check this link, if the applicant age is increased and by which the point is reduced and goes below the low cutoff, they are still eligible.
Change for which candidates are not penalized for losing points:
Candidate’s birthday occurs after an ITA was issued (see the Exemption to section A11.2: candidates whose birthday occurs after they receive an ITA section).
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/laws-policy/exempt-applicants-pr.asp
Public Policy to exempt applicants for Permanent Residence from certain age-based requirements between invitation to apply and application
Background
Section 11.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) which came into force on January 1, 2015, requires officers to refuse an application for permanent residence from an Express Entry candidate if, at the time the invitation was issued, or at the time the officer received the candidate’s application, the candidate did not or does not meet the criteria to be eligible to be invited to make an application for permanent residence, or the candidate did not or does not possess the qualifications on the basis of which they were invited to apply.
A candidate who reports an age difference between the time they receive an invitaition to apply (ITA) and the time they submit an application for permanent residence (APR) could lose points that were awarded to them for their age, which is one criterion used to establish their rank relative to other Express Entry candidates, and to determine their eligibility to receive an invitation to apply. Applications can be refused for this reason despite the applicant’s ability to meet regulatory requirements of the economic immigration program for which they have applied.
This temporary public policy will permit the exemption of candidates from application of section 11.2 of the IRPA only if the loss of eligibility or qualification has occurred due to aging of the applicant between the submission of an invitation by CIC and the receipt of the resulting application by CIC.
Public Policy
In the view of the circumstances described above and pursuant to my authority under section 25.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), I hereby establish that there are public policy considerations warranting exemption from application of section 11.2 of the IRPA where the application of that section would have occurred due to a loss of eligibility or qualification for reason of the applicant aging between receipt of invitation to apply for permanent residence and the submission of the application resulting from that invitation, and for exemption from the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) with respect to points allocated to applicants on the basis of age under section 81 for Express Entry candidates only, where the applicant would no longer meet those requirements as a result of aging between invitation to apply and application.
This public policy does not constitute a complete exemption from the above-cited provisions, but only exempts applicants for failure to meet the requirements of these provisions due to an increase in reported age within the specified period. Applicants are not exempted from meeting other requirements under these provisions, or other requirements of the IRPA and the IRPR.
This public policy is effective January 1, 2015 until revoked by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. "