My wife is a September 2015 spousal sponsorship applicant.
AOR2 was in December 2015.
We applied for a TRV in late February 2016 ( paper application at New Delhi).
8 business days after submission, my wife received an IMM1017 medical request form by e mail ( our upfront medicals done for spousal sponsorship was valid till August 2016 , not sure why they asked for another medical . I guess we can avoid a remedical for the spousal now)
Medical was done the next days .
On the 15th business day, the passport was returned to VFS with a one year multiple entry visa.
My wife is currently not working. She did work for 2-3 years in the UAE prior to our wedding, she had traveled 15-20 times between the UAE and Cochin , India during the time of her employment.
She was also able to show significant assets , both property and long term bank deposits in India.
She also has submitted Indian income tax returns for the last 5 years, showing 50K $CAD equivalent income annually from their family business.