Canada Immigration Latest Processing Times As Of October 19!

Last Updated On 19 October 2022, 2:08 PM EDT (Toronto Time)

Canada immigration minister, honourable Sean Fraser announced enhancements on improving processing timelines on March 31, 2022, as part of an attempt to modernize Canada’s immigration system. Based on those, this page contains the new processing timelines from the IRCC website as of October 19, 2022. This timeline is updated every week.

What Updates Does the Processing Time Include?

This new IRCC tool is intended to provide weekly processing times based on the previous six months’ data, as well as exact processing times.

Furthermore, it represents the application volume with operational capacity to help future immigrants plan their immigration to Canada more effectively.

IRCC bases processing time on the time it takes to process previous similar applications. The processing time begins when the application is received by IRCC. And, it concludes when the immigration officer makes a decision on the application.

So, the processing time may fluctuate depending on whether the application was submitted on paper or online.

Canada Immigration Processing Times for Citizenship & PR cards

Citizenship grant: 25 months
Citizenship Certificate (proof of citizenship): 17 months
Resumption of citizenship: 23 months
Renunciation of citizenship: 17 months
Search of citizenship records: 16 months
New PR card: 65 days (increased by 1 day since last week’s update)
Renewing PR card: 93 days (increased by 2 days since last week’s update)

Processing Time for Family Sponsorship

Spouse or common-law partner living outside Canada: 22 months
Spouse or common-law partner living inside Canada: 14 months
Parents or Grandparents: 37 months

Processing time for Canadian Passport

1. Submitted in person at a passport office (Service Canada Centre – Passport Services) or Service Canada Centre that offers 10-day processing: 10 business days
2. Submitted in person at a regular Service Canada Centre, a Service Canada Scheduled Outreach Site that offers passport services or by mail: 20 business days
3. In-Canda Urgent pick-up: By end of next business day (reduced by 1 day since last week’s update)
4. In-Canada Express pick-up: 2-9 business days (lower range reduced by 1 day since last week’s update)
5. Regular passport application mailed from outside Canada: 20 business days after receiving.

Canada Immigration Processing time for Economic Class

Canadian Experience Class (CEC): 17 months
Federal Skilled Worker (FSWP): 26 months
Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP): 47 months
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) via express entry: 15 months
Non-Express Entry PNP: 23 months
Quebec skilled worker: 24 months.
Quebec business class: 65 months.
Federal Self-employed: 41 months
Atlantic Immigration Program: 15 months.
Start-up Visa: 32 months

IRCC Processing Time for Temporary Residence Application

Visitor visa outside Canada: Varies by country (India: 147 days – Increased by 13 days since last update on October 12).
Visitor visa inside Canada: 15 days online and 41 days by paper. (Increased by 2 days (paper based) since last update on October 12)
Parents or grandparents Super Visa: Varies by country (India: 77 days: Increased by 15 days since last update on October 12)
Visitor extension (Visitor record): 204 days online and 184 days by paper. (reduced by 1 day (paper based) since last update on October 12)
Study permit outside Canada: 13 weeks
Study permit inside Canada: 4 weeks
Work permit outside Canada: Varies by country (India: 18 weeks: Reduced by 2 weeks since last update on October 12). Applications for critical occupations are being prioritised. If you are not applying for a job in a critical occupation, your processing time may be longer than shown above.
Study permit extension: 79 days online and 75 days by paper. (Increased by 6 days (online), but reduced by 3 days (paper-based) last update on October 12)
Work permit inside Canada (initial application or extension): 168 days online and 87 days by paper. (reduced by 4 days (paper-based) since last update on October 12)
International Experience Canada (Current Season): 7 Weeks (Increased by 1 week since last update on October 12) – IEC 2022 (International Experience Canada) Ended On Oct 17