i chose to spend this Friday eve to see the comments here and sympathize.. i called IRCC (yet again) and guess what.,..... same reply "in process"..."everything is fine with your file"...."back ground check pending".... " BS ..BS..BS..BS"..!!
P.S... i have sent them CSIS ATIP Notes... RCMP File... which clearly says "NO RECORDS FOUND"... "SECURITY CLEARED"... since APRIL 2018...
In short... we are victim of that 20% of files which Govt has to claim as "non routine"... " we-cant-process-everything-under-12 months-" rule.. 80% claimed to processed quickly...think about this.. all those IRCC agents... call centre agents... have to be paid salary... if they keep processing files so quickly... everyone will get suspicious about them

... as one of our dear friend pointed out somewhere---"political conundrum"!!!
so my fellow applicants... take-a-chill-pill.. or rather go have a tequila shot... if anyone is in toronto and wants to have a shot with me... let me know

hahaha!!!.. we'll vent together,