Reading your stories makes me happy I've had my Canadian visa since I was a kid. We get to visit each other every 2-3 months tops.
I wish though, that the process was a bit more transparent, the anxiety of waiting months with absolutely no updates adds so much stress, and the fact that there's no clear timeline of when anything is happening. At least if we knew that in month 4 they work on this, and then month 5 work on that... but nothing.
I also see that there's no actual order, to me it doesn't make sense that they've requested my biometrics and medicals, but haven't approved my husband (the sponsor), or done background check. In my head those would be the most important things to do before working on the applicant.
I am glad it makes you smile!! we all here have a love story in this journey of immigration, you have the blessing of a visa that's awesome, yes I think the silence is what it kills the most! wish they could provide partner visas meantime or something lol
There's no order really in my case my husband is the sponsor he got approved then we got medical, then biometrics so really we don't know how they work.