A member's SDS application from Pakistan had been sitting in the 'eligibility' stage for over 40 days with no progress, despite biometrics, medical, and background checks all being completed on time.
What the thread suggested:- Check the current official processing time posted on the IRCC website before assuming something is wrong. 40 days isn't inherently abnormal for SDS — but if IRCC's own published times show something much shorter (e.g., 20 days), that's a signal your file may be taking longer than average.
- Real signal to worry: applicants who applied after you and already received their visa. The clearest indicator that something may be off with your file isn't the raw number of days elapsed — it's seeing people who submitted later than you already getting decisions. Until that happens, delays alone aren't necessarily cause for concern.
Takeaway: compare your wait against IRCC's current published processing time for your category and country, and watch for later applicants getting decided before you — rather than treating any specific day count as automatically abnormal.