Canuck in UK - thanks for your reply.
Andrew Brit - update for you, although not a particularly interesting one and not sure if this is the kind of info you track, but I had a reply from CIC to my general query asking should we submit a new police check and informing them that my partner had no illnesses in the previous year, etc, etc and received this yesterday:
Un Message En Francais Suivra
We have forwarded the information you provided to the responsible department. They will contact you only if they require further information.
Sincerely
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
I am assuming this was an automated response......
Beal Feirste: Hang in there. We too are fast approaching one year.....
Anyone have any theories as to why there are so many remaining 2014's not receiving DM's while so many 2015's are? I understand that processing is different in all cases, but I would assume our application follows the pattern of a relatively straightforward one so not sure why some get DM's in 7-8 months, while others are waiting so long........
The joys of immigration.......