Historical note: this is a COVID-era (2021-22) delay thread; webform replies at the time blamed pandemic backlogs.An SDS applicant (applied November 2021, medical approved late January, studying online meanwhile) had no decision and 3-4 webform attempts had produced only canned replies.
- Order GCMS/ATIP notes. Members said IRCC often 'springs into action' once an Access to Information request lands, and it at least shows where the file is stuck.
- The likely culprit was a background-check loop - a member with the same 6+ month delay explained nothing external accelerates it; the check completes when it completes.
- Stop sending webforms. Repeated webforms were seen as useless or even counterproductive; one or two is enough.
- Note the poster's agent discouraged the GCMS request - members disagreed, since ATIP requests are a standard applicant right and don't harm the file.