Sorry I have no advice for you....but thank you for sharing - I am just hitting the 13 month mark from a low risk country....impatiently checking my emails/junk filters and immigration account daily...no news. I've been doing this for the past month hoping I might get lucky and be one of the ones who get approved around 12 months....but now I'm hearing 15-18 months is the wait time

Pretty disappointing but oh well, I think I need to stop this daily checking and hoping for news! Back in July, I got asked to provide form 80, medicals etc - just a routine email, not a case officer request. I submitted the form 80 and medicals(as everything else they requested had already been submitted) - and I have heard nothing since. Hopefully some good news will arrive soon!