My theory is that the application was lodged in Oct 2017. The...

My theory is that the application was lodged in Oct 2017. The application was assigned to a case officer who went on a maternity leave, and the very last decision making meeting for 2018 has probably already been done. The case officer is also taking a long holiday after xmas. I have witnessed this exact scenario happening someone else at another agency and not a single fu**k was given to do something about it. Everyone one is always flat-out at the government )