A student who applied for a study permit extension a month earlier was worried IRCC hadn't 'started reviewing eligibility'. The thread's collected experience:
- A month of silence is well within normal. Members reported waits of over four months on extensions, so no movement after one month is not a red flag.
- The status can jump straight to decision. The most useful data point: one member who received their extension in 61 days said the eligibility review 'started' the same day the decision was made. In other words, the portal's review status often doesn't change until the very end — an untouched status doesn't mean an untouched file.
- There is no action to take. Nobody suggested webforms or follow-ups at the one-month mark; the consistent advice was to wait it out.
- Maintained (implied) status protects you meanwhile — as long as you applied before your permit expired, you can generally continue studying under the same conditions while the extension processes (verify your own eligibility for maintained status on IRCC's site).
Benchmarks from the thread (2022-era): one approval at 61 days, others waiting past four months. Plan around the slower end and don't read meaning into a static 'eligibility' line.