A long silence after submitting Additional Documents (AD) for a SINP PNP application — with no email or portal update for months — understandably raises concern about whether something is wrong.
What group members advised:- Compare against typical timelines, but recognize normal variation. One member's SINP case went from AOR to nomination in about 4 months, which can make a stalled case feel abnormal, but processing times do vary case by case.
- If it's genuinely taking unusually long, call SINP customer service directly for a status update rather than continuing to wait passively — this is the direct channel to raise the concern.
- If you applied through a consultant and they can only tell you 'it's in process,' consider that you can generally handle SINP/PNP/Express Entry applications yourself without an agency, as long as you're comfortable reading and following official instructions — this gives you more direct visibility and control than relying on a consultant's secondhand updates.
The key actionable step when a file stalls well beyond typical timelines is to contact the provincial program directly rather than relying solely on a consultant or comparing notes with other applicants.