I think background checks may already be over by now. They've been saying the same nonsense to me for months. The officer just hasn't picked up our cases.
My understanding is that there needs to be some kind of a big update for them to open our cares like medical expiry or addition of a spouse, dependent etc.
You are absolutely right, in my case medical expiry triggered the process.
Otherwise, I don't know how much longer I would have waited for the progress
