Thanks for asking! There are some very nice people on this forum, of which you are one of them!
I wish I could say that some miraculously joyous event happened with our app, but absolutely nothing has happened as usual. In fact anytime I have gotten information from this VO since May 26, 2017 was when I initiated some kind of communication and did my own investigation of what was happening with the status of our application. Other than that, I am almost convinced that they have thrown our application back into some black hole.
As for our interview, I have heard absolutely nothing. I am waiting to get our GCMS notes, which might take another 3 more weeks as we had to resend our consent form (this was my fault as I was trying to take a short cut ... I was getting so tired of filling out forms for a 4th time to get the notes and did something careless). We hope we can find out if any of our reviews have been completed (like criminality which has been in progress since February ... so almost a year) and whether there is any kind of a note saying why after 10 months of looking at our application they decided we needed an interview. I plan to send an email to ask them of our interview status, and status in general unless we get an email from them between now and January 25.
Depending on what our latest set of GCMS notes say and whether the VO says anything of substance, if there has been no progress in our case since October, I guess I will go back to our MP and have them ask why our case is taking so long to process.
I hope you are ready for your interview which will be soon. Wish you the best of luck and that soon after that, you will be reunited with your hubby permanently!