If your non-SDS study permit application is running past the standard processing window (13+ weeks in this case) with no reply to a webform inquiry, the group's advice centered on protecting your intake option rather than just waiting.
What group members advised:- Check your college's deferment deadline. Before your current intake date arrives, confirm the last date by which you can defer to a later intake without losing your seat.
- If the deadline is approaching and you still have no decision, go ahead and defer. One member described doing exactly this — deferring and uploading a new offer letter through the webform — rather than risking missing the intake entirely.
- Submitting a webform inquiry doesn't guarantee a reply, so don't rely on it alone as your only action; treat deferment as your practical backup plan while you wait.
This reflects processing conditions at a specific point in time (a particular intake cycle), so always check IRCC's current published processing times for non-SDS study permits before assuming a similar wait is typical now.