Incidentally for those wondering about the tracker/progress bar thing once you pass 6 months it says this;
“We are processing your application. We will send you a message when there is an update or if we need more information from you.
Your application is taking us longer than usual to process.
About 20% of our applications are more complex to process. They take us longer due to things like how easily we can verify information, how well and how quickly you answer our requests and whether the application is complete.
If you aren't seeing updates, contact us using this web form Make sure you read your messages and take action when we ask you to.”
So basically keep waiting we don’t know when it’ll be done
Don’t expect anything like an updated timeline or date.
“We are processing your application. We will send you a message when there is an update or if we need more information from you.
Your application is taking us longer than usual to process.
About 20% of our applications are more complex to process. They take us longer due to things like how easily we can verify information, how well and how quickly you answer our requests and whether the application is complete.
If you aren't seeing updates, contact us using this web form Make sure you read your messages and take action when we ask you to.”
So basically keep waiting we don’t know when it’ll be done
Don’t expect anything like an updated timeline or date.