IRCC updates processing times tool to provide more accurate information

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