Beginning in early 2022, IRCC has begun to improve the online processing tool in order to provide actual processing timelines. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced the overhaul on March 31, 2022, as part of an attempt to enhance Canada’s immigration system. This article enlists the latest processing times from the IRCC website as of September 20, 2022.
What Updates Does the Processing Time Include?
This new IRCC tool is intended to provide weekly computations based on the previous six months’ data, as well as exact processing timeframes. Furthermore, it represents the application volume with operational concerns to help potential immigrants plan their immigration to Canada more effectively.
IRCC bases processing time on the time it takes to process previous comparable applications. The processing time begins when the application is received by IRCC and concludes when the immigration officer reaches a judgement on the application. Furthermore, the processing period may fluctuate depending on whether the application was submitted on paper or online.
Processing Times for Citizenship & PR cards
- Citizenship grant: 26 months
- Citizenship Certificate (proof of citizenship): 17 months
- Resumption of citizenship: 23 months
- Renunciation of citizenship: 17 months
- Search of citizenship records: 15 months
- New PR card: 63 days (reduced by 2 days since last week’s update)
- Renewing PR card: 84 days (increased by 4 days since last week’s update)
Processing Time for Family Sponsorship
- Spouse or common-law partner living outside Canada: 23 months
- Spouse or common-law partner living inside Canada: 15 months
- Parents or Grandparents: 36 months
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Processing time for Canadian Passport
- 1. In-Canada New Passport (Regular application submitted in person at Service Canada Centre – Passport services): 10 business days
- 2. In-Canada New Passport (Regular application submitted by mail to Service Canada Centre): 20 business days
- 3. In-Canada New Passport (Standard pick-up): 10 business days
- 4. In-Canda Urgent pick-up: By the end of the next business day
- 5. In-Canada Express pick-up: 2-9 business days
- 6. Regular passport application mailed from outside Canada: 20 business days after receiving.
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Processing time for Economic Class
- Canadian Experience Class (CEC): 15 months
- Federal Skilled Worker (FSWP): 26 months
- Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP): 43 months (reduced by 1 month since last week’s update)
- Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) via express entry: 16 months
- Non-Express Entry PNP: 24 months
- Quebec skilled worker: 27 months.
- Quebec business class: 64 months.
- Federal Self-employed: 41 months
- Atlantic Immigration Program: 18 months.
- Start-up Visa: 32 months
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IRCC Processing Time for Temporary Residence Application
- Visitor visa outside Canada: Varies by country (India: 129 days: Reduced by 8 days since last update on September 13)
- Visitor visa inside Canada: 14 days online and 34 days by paper. (Reduced by 1 day (online), but increased by 1 day (paper based) since last update on September 13)
- Parents or grandparents Super Visa: Varies by country (India: 33 days: Reduced by 15 days since last update on September 13)
- Visitor extension (Visitor record): 201 days online and 191 days by paper. Reduced 5 days (online) and by 1 day (paper-based) since last update on September 13.
- Study permit outside Canada: 13 weeks (Increased by 1 week since last update on September 13).
- Study permit inside Canada: 4 weeks
- Work permit outside Canada: Varies by country (India: 27 weeks: Reduced by 2 weeks since last update on September 13). 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: 62 days online and 114 days by paper. (Increased by 9 days (online), but reduced by 12 days (paper based) since last update on September 13)
- Work permit inside Canada (initial application or extension): 166 days online and 116 days by paper. (Reduced by 17 days only for paper-based since last update on September 13).
- International Experience Canada (Current Season): 6 Weeks (Reduced by 1 week since last update on September 13).
Source: IRCC
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