An SDS applicant shared a full 2022 timeline: filed 1 April, biometrics updated 7 April, medical updated 27 April, then silence — until a webform raised on 5 July (day 95) was followed by PPR on 9 July, four days later. Dates and durations are historical, but two lessons drew discussion.
- A minimal SDS financial file can be enough. The applicant showed only a GIC and one year of prepaid tuition — no property evaluation, no liquid funds, no ITR — and was approved. For clean SDS profiles, the two core proofs the stream is built on carried the file.
- The webform question. Asked whether the webform caused the update, the applicant was honest: IRCC is hard to predict, but the update came only after the webform, so they believe it helped. The reasonable reading: a status-inquiry webform after a long, past-standard-processing silence costs nothing and sometimes coincides with movement — but it isn't a lever you can pull on demand.
- 'Review' can be invisible. The applicant noted the file showed as still in process a day before PPR — eligibility review appeared to last less than a day. Don't over-read a stagnant status page.
Practical takeaway: build the SDS file on the stream's two pillars (GIC + prepaid tuition), be patient through the quiet stretch, and consider a polite webform only once you're well past posted processing times.