If it's been 40+ days since your Acknowledgment of Receipt (AOR) on a CEC application with no medical or biometrics update, even though the general trend suggests these usually update within 20-30 days:
- Wait rather than raising a webform right away. Some files simply take longer, and prematurely raising a webform doesn't necessarily speed things up.
- Recognize that timelines vary by visa office and by the individual officer processing your file — the 20-30 day trend is a general pattern, not a guarantee for every file.
- It's useful to compare notes with others in a similar boat (same AOR window, inland vs outland) to get a sense of whether your wait is unusual or within the range others are also experiencing.
The practical guidance here: give it more time before escalating, since a webform submitted too early is unlikely to change anything and file-to-file variation is normal.