links18 said:
Politren, this is another blanket statement that is not true for everyone. If you know how to read the GCMS notes and order them often enough, they can be very useful in figuring out the state of your file. For example, does the OP know if any of his clearances have expired? That would be one important piece of information in ascertaining when they might hear something. Moreover, if a clearance has expired--but IRCC/CIC has requested they be rerun AND there has been no further request for information or documents--this very well might indicate an intention to approve.
My point is that even assuming the notes are right this time, there is still nothing the applicant can do. All the control is in the agent hands.
If that application was under the new rules the chances are that IRCC would have contacted the OP already, letting him know what the problem is.
Here we have application under the Old rules which is enough indication for problematic waiting for the UNKNOWN. And all that because of the basic residence BULLS^%$T and the following subjectivity whether the Koo test will be used or not. We will see what will happen in the following years most probably.
Remember, the Old rules were very likely to create truly LONG AND EPIC STORIES. Lets see how many months or years this story will go until the final decision. I hope that the OP is young enough to wait for all that.