@legalfalcon
Do you know the difference between security screening and criminality? I thought they were same before reading your post. Does this mean my husband has to undergo this security process and then do the bcg? Our application is going on 2 years in January (including appeal) and I'm just trying to get some clue where we are in the timeline
this is the emsil I received from my PM
application received Jan 10, 2017.
It was refused Jan 19, 2018 and re-opened Sept 4, 2018.
The standard processing time of 12 months does not apply in this non-routine file.
Sponsor and applicant eligibility has been met.
Security checks were initiated Oct 23, 2018 and are in progress. They cannot be expedited and timelines are not available.
Criminality has not started.
Medicals are valid until Oct 12, 2019.