Ameen and thankyou very much Quietstorm!!
Yes, Mashallah it was 14 months from the date of filing. Anyways, we did nothing special other than providing them with proofs of all kind. This included but wasn't limited pictures together, shadi cards, post-rukhsati stuff, proof of moving to the in-laws, proof of landing in Pak for shadi ie: boarding passes, ticket photocopies, money sent/rcvd receipts, facebook and gmail inbox snapshots, fb-shadi-pics comments print outs, phone bills, condo lease in our names, my insurance naming my spouse as my nominee, gifts etc receipts, call logs, phone bills, chat logs..basically any and every kind of stuff that supports our being married.
I never emailed them before my 9 months of processing were up ie: in May 2011 and that too when I sent my Re-police cert voluntarily.
Anyways, I think it had nothing to do with us and everything to do with out parents and families duas and support. Baki Allah ki bari mehrbaani and Shukar ha k I didn't have to wait long after my Rukhsati ie: around 6 and a half months before my Visa came through. I've heard cases being stuck for over 30 months.
May Allah grant you all your wishes, and that your process speeds up Inshallah.
Take care and best of luck.