A member who applied for a study visa under SDS, with no update besides a medical status change, asked whether they could reapply under non-SDS without first withdrawing their existing SDS application.
What the thread clarified:- You can submit a new application under non-SDS while your SDS application is still pending, without needing to withdraw the SDS file first. These are treated as separate applications that can run in parallel.
- This means you're not locked into waiting on one application before trying another route — if you're not seeing movement on your SDS file, filing a second application through a different stream is a legitimate option rather than something you need to choose between.
The practical takeaway: if your SDS application has stalled with no update, you can submit a separate non-SDS application in parallel without withdrawing the original — you're not required to pick one stream and wait it out exclusively.