What are IRCC’s processing times right now?
As of March 31, processing times are the following:Economic class immigration
- Express Entry Canadian Experience Class (CEC): 7 months
- Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP): 27 months
- Express Entry Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP): 27 months
- Express Entry Provincial Nominee Program (PNP): 22 months
- Non-Express Entry aligned PNP: 27 months
- Quebec skilled worker streams: 31 months
- Quebec business class: 65 months
- Federal Self-employed persons: 42 months
- Atlantic Immigration Program: 14 months
- Start-up Visa: 31 months
- Caregivers Pilots: No processing times available
Family class immigration
- Spouse or common-law partner living in Canada: 16 months
- Spouse or common-law partner living outside Canada: 19 months
- Parents or grandparents: 32 months
- Dependent child: Varies by country
- Adopted child or relative: Varies by country
Refugees and humanitarian & compassionate (H&C) applicants
- Government-assisted refugees: Varies by country
- Privately-sponsored refugees: Varies by country
- Protected persons and convention refugees in Canada: 22 months
- H&C cases: 16 months
Temporary residence application
- Visitor visa outside Canada: Varies by country
- Visitor visa inside Canada: 16 days online and 48 days by paper
- Visitor extension: 162 days online and 201 days by paper
- Parents or grandparents Super Visa: Varies by country
- Study permit outside Canada: 13 weeks
- Study permit inside Canada: 9 weeks
- Study permit extension: 75 days online and 156 days by paper
- Work permit outside Canada: Varies by country
- Work permit inside Canada (initial application or extension): 133 days online and 239 days by paper
- International Experience Canada: Varies by country
- Electronic Travel Authorization: 5 minutes
Citizenship
- Citizenship grant: 27 months
- Citizenship certificate (Proof of citizenship): 17 months
- Resumption of citizenship: 23 months
- Renunciation of citizenship: 15 months
- Search of citizenship record: 15 months
- Adoption: 11 months for part 1; part 2 varies on complexity
Permanent resident (PR) cards
- Renewing or replacing a PR card: 108 days
- Waiting for first card: 103 days
Replacing or amending documents, verifying status
- Verification of status: 26 weeks
- Replacement of valid temporary resident documents: 22 weeks
- Amendments of immigration documents: 47 weeks
- Amendments of valid temporary resident documents: 27 weeks
