Canada immigration processing time
Canadian immigration application processing times vary, depending on your category
of Canadian immigration. You can speed up the process by finding
work in Canada.
The Canadian immigration application processing times provided below are based on
information from Citizenship and Immigration Canada and are updated on a regular basis. Although a useful
benchmark, these application processing times are only averages and are historical in nature. Your particular
application processing time may differ.
Applications Processed at Canadian Visa Offices
Skilled Workers – Federal
July 2005 to June 2006, Statistical Information:
Citizenship and Immigration Canada staff work at locations around the world.
Officers in Canadian embassies, high commissions and consulates process applications abroad for permanent residence
for people wishing to immigrate to Canada.
The tables below show the number of months that were required to approve or refuse
applications at visa offices around the world.
The length of time it takes to finalize applications may be different at different
visa offices.
Past processing times may not indicate the length of time it will take to finalize
applications in the future.
Months Required to
Finalize Applications
|
ALL REGIONS
|
|
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Processing Times at Visa Offices in All
Regions
|
32
|
52
|
59
|
63
|
|
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
|
|
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Processing Times at Visa Offices in Africa and the Middle
East
|
47
|
57
|
62
|
65
|
|
|
|
Processing Times at Individual Visa Offices in Africa and
the Middle East
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Abidjan
|
16
|
24
|
37
|
43
|
|
Accra
|
55
|
57
|
59
|
61
|
|
Cairo
|
30
|
41
|
53
|
63
|
|
Damascus
|
59
|
62
|
66
|
69
|
|
Nairobi
|
19
|
28
|
42
|
49
|
|
Pretoria
|
32
|
44
|
53
|
58
|
|
Rabat
|
20
|
24
|
44
|
48
|
|
Tel Aviv
|
19
|
43
|
52
|
56
|
|
ASIA AND PACIFIC
|
|
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Processing Times at Visa Offices in Asia and
Pacific
|
54
|
58
|
63
|
65
|
|
|
|
Processing Times at Individual Visa Offices in Asia and
Pacific
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Beijing
|
57
|
59
|
61
|
62
|
|
Colombo
|
14
|
53
|
58
|
60
|
|
Hong Kong
|
54
|
60
|
66
|
68
|
|
Islamabad
|
55
|
57
|
58
|
61
|
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
33
|
35
|
39
|
40
|
|
Manila
|
53
|
56
|
59
|
61
|
|
New Delhi
|
62
|
64
|
66
|
69
|
|
Seoul
|
21
|
25
|
49
|
52
|
|
Singapore
|
40
|
46
|
52
|
54
|
|
Sydney
|
16
|
20
|
23
|
28
|
|
Taipei
|
22
|
23
|
25
|
36
|
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Processing Times at Visa Offices in
Europe
|
28
|
49
|
57
|
62
|
|
|
|
Processing Times at Individual Visa Offices in
Europe
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Ankara
|
55
|
60
|
66
|
68
|
|
Berlin
|
14
|
15
|
17
|
19
|
|
Bucharest
|
55
|
58
|
61
|
63
|
|
Kyiv
|
25
|
45
|
60
|
67
|
|
London
|
25
|
28
|
47
|
52
|
|
Moscow
|
56
|
64
|
68
|
70
|
|
Paris
|
48
|
51
|
54
|
56
|
|
Rome
|
41
|
49
|
55
|
57
|
|
Vienna
|
5
|
9
|
18
|
45
|
|
Warsaw
|
52
|
62
|
67
|
68
|
|
THE AMERICAS
|
|
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Processing Times at Visa Offices in the
Americas
|
19
|
23
|
35
|
44
|
|
|
|
Processing Times at Individual Visa Offices in the
Americas
|
30% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
50% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
70% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
80% of cases finalized in:
(months)
|
|
Bogota
|
24
|
35
|
43
|
50
|
|
Buenos Aires
|
12
|
19
|
47
|
49
|
|
Buffalo
|
20
|
24
|
36
|
45
|
|
Caracas
|
14
|
16
|
18
|
20
|
|
Guatemala City
|
7
|
9
|
12
|
15
|
|
Havana
|
17
|
23
|
48
|
54
|
|
Kingston
|
12
|
15
|
19
|
27
|
|
Lima
|
7
|
9
|
12
|
16
|
|
Mexico City
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
18
|
|
Port-au-Prince
|
10
|
11
|
13
|
17
|
|
Port of Spain
|
19
|
21
|
24
|
26
|
|
Santiago
|
17
|
26
|
44
|
44
|
|
Sao Paulo
|
11
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
Processing times are presented only where
an office has finalized 10 or more cases in the category in the above-mentioned
12-month time period
More info Here...
|
| 
