GU always mean something and we all new that.I am really not sure if those ghost updates mean anything; I have had around d 8-10 in October so far (Latest was Oct 17) but when I asked my local MP office for updates with regards to my wife's application, the details they sent me showed that nothing had been started yet as shown below:
Only other thing I can think of is if the MP had access to a different platform and simply just extracted the information from there as opposed to actually talking to someone from IRCC.
- Your Sponsorship application was received on March 28, 2022 and is being processed at the Beirut office.
- The eligibility of your application: not started
- Security verification: not started
- Assessment of criminality: not started
- Medical: passed
- Other Comments: no pending documents at the moment.
Once you receive a GU, it means that an officer was checking your file even for consultation OR updates.
We always receive something after one or many GU.