So now that I've landed back on earth...key dates and events from my notes:
Application received at CIC-M: May 17th (transferred to NDVO on Jun 4th)
Notes generated: Dec 31st (received Jan 2nd)
Medicals updated: June 2013 (then NDVO went into hibernation mode...)
File moved to FCU-CA room from Registry: Nov 1st
File moved to SC01504: Nov 26th
Financial evaluation and Sponsorship agreement forms sent from CPC-M to NDVO: Nov 28th
Police certificate info added: Dec 23rd
Travel docs database (FOSS) searched for both sponsor and applicant: Dec 23rd
Eligibility recommend passed: Dec 23rd (INTERVIEW WAIVED! file sent to officer for review, so eligibility status is "in progress")
Criminality and Security: not started
My biggest tip: always look at paper file history to anticipate what's coming next! In my case, it took 5 mnths for file to be moved to the review dept, then took a month to assign a junior officer, then another mnth for him/her to open it, God knows wen the senior officers will review and stamp visa!
Criminal and security check will probably take only a day since my spouse has no travel history, so maybe another month before DM?? His PCC expiry date on notes is Feb 16th and medical is Feb 27th..so has to be before that!
