Originally Posted by
majik
In fairness to CIC they have significantly reduced PR card processing times because of the implications of eTA. They are now down to 34 days from six months. If you have confirmed and paid for travel plans they process in about 21 days.
The current issues seem to stem from integrating airline IT and educating agents.
Interesting. Though New PR cards are still at 41 days (which is an average and doesn't include the 1-2 weeks it takes for CP to deliver from Sydney to anywhere in the country).
And of course, no guarantee. But still, an improvement.
Note: Those urgent plans have to involve serious illness, death, or work.