Last Updated On 2 February 2024, 10:17 AM EST (Toronto Time)
This page lists the most recent official Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada-IRCC processing times as of January 31, 2024, for all the application types, as well as comparisons with times officially reported over the last 4 weeks.
For the benefit of our readers, we at Immigration News Canada (INC) have been monitoring these processing times since 2021 and updating them once a week as soon as they are updated by IRCC.
Click here to view our 2023 processing time page.
To completely understand the implications of these processing times, please carefully read the material below to avoid any misconceptions.
Early in 2022, the IRCC updated its processing tool to provide accurate data on typical processing times as opposed to only service standards.
Before, it merely showed the IRCC service standards, which stood for the organization’s objective of processing applications more quickly. Seldom are service standards updated.
Processing schedules for eighty percent of applications are now available for most citizenship and permanent residency applications, and they are updated every week using data from the previous six months.
These updates offer more precise data that takes into consideration variations in the IRCC’s application handling capacity as well as processing volume variations.
Weekly updates are also made to the processing times for applications for temporary residency, which are based on data from the previous eight or sixteen weeks.
The purpose of these processing schedules is to provide prospective immigrants and visa applicants in Canada with an estimate of the time it will take for a decision about the acceptance or rejection of their application.
This does not mean that the same amount of time will be spent processing your application.
Your application’s processing time may vary from what is indicated because it is based on the average processing times of 80% of applications approved or refused.
Canada Citizenship and PR cards
| Application Type | Current Processing Time | Change Since January 23 | Change Since January 16 | Change Since January 9 | Change Since January 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship grant | 15 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Citizenship certificate (proof of citizenship)* | 9 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | -1 month |
| Resumption of citizenship | Not enough data | No Change | No Change | No Change | Not enough data |
| Renunciation of Citizenship | 14 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Search of citizenship records | 14 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| New PR card | 18 days | +3 days | +3 days | +2 days | -11 days |
| PR card renewals | 56 days | No Change | -2 days | -3 days | -4 days |
*Citizenship certificate: There may be a delay in processing requests from nations other than the US and Canada.
Family Sponsorship
| Application Type | Current Processing Time | Change Since January 23 | Change Since January 16 | Change Since January 9 | Change Since January 2 | Change since Dec 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spouse or common-law partner living outside Canada (intention to live outside Quebec) | 12 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Spouse or common-law partner living outside Canada (intention to live in Quebec) | 39 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | -3 months |
| Spouse or common-law partner living inside Canada (intention to live outside Quebec) | 10 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Spouse or common-law partner living inside Canada (intention to live in Quebec) | 26 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Parents or Grandparents PR (intention to live outside Quebec) | 24 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | +1 month |
| Parents or Grandparents PR (intention to live in Quebec) | 48 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
In late 2023, the IRCC began disclosing disparities in the duration of processing family sponsorship applications for Quebec and the remaining regions of Canada.
Economic Permanent Residency Applications
| Application Type | Current Processing Time | Change since Jan 23 | Change since Jan 16 | Change since Jan 9 | Change since Jan 2 | Change since Dec 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Experience Class (CEC) | 5 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) | 6 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | +1 month |
| Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) | (not updated by IRCC since March 1 as there could be no application in processing for FSTP as of now | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) via Express Entry | 8 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Non-Express Entry PNP | 14 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | -1 month |
| Quebec Skilled Workers (QSW) | 10 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | -2 months |
| Quebec Business Class entrepreneurs (Quebec) investors (Quebec) self-employed persons (Quebec) | 61 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | +1 month |
| Federal Self-Employed | 54 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | +2 months |
| Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) | 6 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Start-Up Visa | 37 months | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
Temporary Visas
| Application Type | Current Processing Time | Change since Jan 23 | Change since Jan 16 | Change since Jan 9 | Change since Jan 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visitor visa outside Canada (Varies by country) | India: 29 Days Nigeria: 145 Days United States: 20 Days Pakistan: 75 Days Philippines: 21 Days | -1 day for India +5 Days for Nigeria +2 days for United States +6 Days for Pakistan +2 Days for Philippines | +1 day for India +10 Days for Nigeria +2 days for United States +8 Days for Pakistan +5 Days for Philippines | -3 Days for India +19 Days for Nigeria -9 Days for United States +10 Days for Pakistan +5 Days for Philippines | -2 Days for India +30 Days for Nigeria -8 Days for United States +13 Days for Pakistan +4 Days for Philippines |
| Visitor visa inside Canada (TRV) | Online: 16 days Paper-Based: 33 days as of Dec 20 | No Change | -1 Day for online | -1 Day for online | No Change for online (IRCC no longer reporting processing time for paper-based applications) |
| Parents or Grandparents Super Visa Varies by country | India: 62 Days Nigeria: 63 Days United States: 164 Days Pakistan: 132 Days Philippines: 158 Days | +2 Days for India -25 Days for Nigeria -26 Days for United States -9 Days for Pakistan +9 Days for Philippines | +3 Days for India -25 Days for Nigeria -26 Days for United States -6 Days for Pakistan +12 Days for Philippines | +7 Days for India -28 Days for Nigeria -14 Days for United States -5 Days for Pakistan +1 Day for Philippines | +12 Days for India -33 Days for Nigeria +3 Days for United States +3 Days for Pakistan +15 Days for Philippines |
| Study Permit Outside Canada | 9 Weeks | No Change | No Change | -1 Week | -1 Week |
| Visitor Extension (Visitor Record) | Online: 70 days Paper-Based: 113 days as of Dec 20 | -2 Days | No Change | No Change | No Change |
| Study Permit Inside Canada | 5 weeks | +1 Week | +1 Week | +1 Week | +1 Week |
| Study Permit Extension | Online: 63 Days Paper-Based: 71 Days as of Dec 20 | No Change | -6 Days for online | -14 Days | -14 Days |
| Work Permit Outside Canada Varies by country | India: 17 Weeks Nigeria: 12 Weeks United States: 25 Weeks Pakistan: 33 Weeks Philippines: 19 Weeks | +2 Weeks for India No Change for Nigeria +1 Week for United States +2 Weeks for Pakistan -1 Week for Philippines | +3 Weeks for India No Change for Nigeria +2 Weeks for United States +4 Weeks for Pakistan -4 Weeks for Philippines | +4 Weeks for India -1 Week for Nigeria +2 Weeks for United States +4 Weeks for Pakistan -1 Week for Philippines | +4 Weeks for India No Change for Nigeria +4 Weeks for United States +5 Weeks for Pakistan +5 Weeks for Philippines |
| Work Permit Inside Canada | Online: 103 Days Paper-Based: 15 Days as of Dec 20 | -3 Days | -6 Days | -9 Days | -10 Days for online |
| International Experience Canada (Current Season) | 5 Weeks | -1 Week | -1 Week | No Change | No Change |
| Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) | 24 Days | -2 Days | -2 Days | -2 Days | -1 Day |
| Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) | 5 minutes | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
The IRCC is currently only giving priority to applications for work permits for priority occupations. Your processing time can be longer if you’re not looking for work in a crucial field.
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