Salam Everyone.
I wish you are all in good health InshAllah. I wanted to share with you my timeline. I'm a December 2015 Applicant sponsoring my husband from Dubai and our security check has started August 2016 and is still on going every time I make an enquiry with CIC they reply the same message that they are awaiting the results of the security check once they receive that only then they can proceed and issue the Visa and my MP said they are getting same response from CIC and that there is nothing anyone can do we just have to wait and pray to God. Our criminality has passed and is valid medical has passed and expired aside from that we are just at the last stage of security. After that InshAllah my husband will get Visa. Till then just waiting.