Canada visa processing times

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As of 2026-10-21 (IRCC)

Country	Visitor visa (outside Canada)	Super visa	Study permit	Work permit	Sponsor a dependent child	Adopted child (citizenship)	Government-assisted refugees	Privately sponsored refugees
Afghanistan	44 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Albania	41 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Algeria	23 days	51 days	7 weeks	12 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Andorra	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Angola	169 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Antigua and Barbuda	28 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Argentina	19 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Armenia	11 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Australia	8 days	60 days	3 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Austria	38 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Azerbaijan	83 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bahamas	32 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bahrain	60 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bangladesh	37 days	55 days	6 weeks	49 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	14 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Barbados	18 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Belarus	15 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Belgium	39 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	2 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Belize	20 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Benin	59 days	No processing time available	17 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bhutan	35 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bolivia	26 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bosnia and Herzegovina	35 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Botswana	567 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Brazil	28 days	33 days	4 weeks	3 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Brunei Darussalam	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Bulgaria	34 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Burkina Faso	37 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Burundi	89 days	71 days	7 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Cabo Verde	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Cambodia	44 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Cameroon	48 days	118 days	9 weeks	9 weeks	31 months	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Canada	—	No processing time available	7 weeks	16 weeks	17 months	23 months	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Central African Republic	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Chad	112 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	12 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Chile	25 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
China	42 days	89 days	8 weeks	5 weeks	13 months	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Colombia	18 days	70 days	6 weeks	5 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Comoros	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Costa Rica	21 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Côte d'Ivoire	46 days	37 days	8 weeks	12 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Croatia	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Cuba	22 days	58 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Cyprus	36 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Czech Republic	37 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Democratic Republic of the Congo	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Denmark	42 days	No processing time available	2 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Djibouti	112 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: 38 months
Dominica	20 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Dominican Republic	27 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Ecuador	27 days	No processing time available	7 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Egypt	61 days	39 days	8 weeks	8 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	13 months	sponsor: 27 months / refugee: 26 months
El Salvador	26 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Equatorial Guinea	115 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Eritrea	137 days	232 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Estonia	24 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Eswatini	804 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Ethiopia	133 days	109 days	7 weeks	No processing time available	20 months	29 months	18 months	sponsor: 27 months / refugee: 26 months
Federated States of Micronesia	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Fiji	9 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Finland	16 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
France	37 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	3 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Gabon	45 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Gambia	59 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Georgia	81 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Germany	36 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Ghana	86 days	25 days	8 weeks	21 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Greece	40 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Grenada	19 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Guatemala	23 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	1 week	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Guinea	71 days	47 days	6 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Guinea-Bissau	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Guyana	15 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Haiti	25 days	33 days	3 weeks	5 weeks	32 months	46 months	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Honduras	24 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	2 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Hong Kong	21 days	59 days	6 weeks	16 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Hungary	41 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Iceland	70 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
India	29 days	83 days	8 weeks	10 weeks	8 months	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 28 months / refugee: 17 months
Indonesia	25 days	No processing time available	8 weeks	12 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 26 months / refugee: 32 months
Iran	79 days	231 days	21 weeks	57 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Iraq	71 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	27 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Ireland	22 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Israel	33 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	5 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 26 months / refugee: 35 months
Italy	41 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	9 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Jamaica	39 days	49 days	3 weeks	7 weeks	8 months	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Japan	55 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	3 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Jordan	56 days	No processing time available	8 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	26 months	sponsor: 26 months / refugee: 34 months
Kazakhstan	10 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Kenya	124 days	143 days	4 weeks	5 weeks	17 months	Not enough data	19 months	sponsor: 26 months / refugee: 16 months
Kiribati	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Kosovo	40 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Kuwait	64 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Kyrgyzstan	10 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Laos	42 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Latvia	27 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Lebanon	66 days	25 days	7 weeks	6 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	11 months	sponsor: 1 month / refugee: 32 months
Lesotho	95 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Liberia	104 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Libya	33 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	2 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Liechtenstein	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Lithuania	17 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Luxembourg	37 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Madagascar	128 days	No processing time available	13 weeks	38 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Malawi	198 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Malaysia	21 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	10 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	17 months	sponsor: 27 months / refugee: 27 months
Maldives	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Mali	70 days	No processing time available	7 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Malta	36 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Marshall Islands	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Mauritania	92 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Mauritius	135 days	No processing time available	11 weeks	11 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Mexico	16 days	78 days	2 weeks	2 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Moldova	47 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	6 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Monaco	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Mongolia	21 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Montenegro	26 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Morocco	22 days	25 days	8 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	15 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Mozambique	418 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Myanmar	43 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Namibia	219 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Nauru	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Nepal	43 days	51 days	5 weeks	10 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Netherlands	28 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
New Zealand	8 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Nicaragua	22 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Niger	77 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	22 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Nigeria	106 days	34 days	10 weeks	10 weeks	22 months	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
North Macedonia	41 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Norway	41 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Oman	61 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Pakistan	63 days	104 days	7 weeks	9 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 1 month / refugee: 16 months
Panama	26 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Papua New Guinea	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Paraguay	21 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Peru	26 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	5 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Philippines	25 days	103 days	6 weeks	9 weeks	11 months	17 months	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Poland	11 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Portugal	37 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Qatar	61 days	No processing time available	5 weeks	11 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Republic of the Congo	38 days	No processing time available	8 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Romania	38 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Russia	20 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	5 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Rwanda	61 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	10 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	13 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Samoa	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
San Marino	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Sao Tome and Principe	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Saudi Arabia	49 days	91 days	4 weeks	4 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: 21 months
Senegal	62 days	35 days	7 weeks	13 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Serbia	38 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Seychelles	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Sierra Leone	114 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Singapore	21 days	No processing time available	9 weeks	9 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Slovakia	22 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Slovenia	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Solomon Islands	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Somalia	121 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
South Africa	178 days	No processing time available	19 weeks	16 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 25 months / refugee: 36 months
South Korea	56 days	No processing time available	2 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
South Sudan	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	14 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Spain	37 days	No processing time available	2 weeks	2 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Sri Lanka	41 days	40 days	6 weeks	9 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
St Kitts and Nevis	25 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
St Lucia	16 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Sudan	74 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: 19 months
Suriname	27 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Sweden	40 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Switzerland	38 days	No processing time available	3 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Syria	89 days	652 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Taiwan	52 days	No processing time available	7 weeks	5 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Tajikistan	16 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 26 months / refugee: 19 months
Tanzania	63 days	No processing time available	9 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	60 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Thailand	41 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	10 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	7 months	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Timor-Leste	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Togo	48 days	No processing time available	16 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Tonga	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Trinidad and Tobago	17 days	No processing time available	6 weeks	3 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Tunisia	36 days	19 days	4 weeks	4 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Turkey	76 days	81 days	6 weeks	10 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	13 months	sponsor: 27 months / refugee: 27 months
Turkmenistan	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Tuvalu	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Uganda	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 28 months / refugee: 30 months
Ukraine	22 days	No processing time available	7 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
United Arab Emirates	56 days	72 days	7 weeks	7 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 1 month / refugee: 24 months
United Kingdom	24 days	97 days	5 weeks	4 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
United States	18 days	75 days	5 weeks	6 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Uruguay	17 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Uzbekistan	16 days	No processing time available	4 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Vanuatu	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Venezuela	32 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Vietnam	40 days	46 days	5 weeks	5 weeks	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Yemen	53 days	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data
Zambia	336 days	No processing time available	12 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: 28 months / refugee: Not enough data
Zimbabwe	195 days	No processing time available	15 weeks	No processing time available	No processing time available	Not enough data	Not enough data	sponsor: Not enough data / refugee: Not enough data

Permanent residence programs

Front-of-line estimates, updated monthly — as of 2026-10-09 (IRCC)

Program	Processing time	People waiting
AIP (aip)	About 26 months	About 11,500 people waiting
Caregiver (caregiver)	About 77 months	About 36,400 people waiting
CEC (cec)	About 6 months	About 53,900 people waiting
Citizen Grants (citizen-grants)	About 12 months	About 322,700 people waiting
Citizen Proofs (citizen-proofs)	About 34 months	About 130,700 people waiting
Dependants Abroad Quebec (dependants-abroad-quebec)	More than 10 years	About 22,900 people waiting
Dependants Abroad Roc (dependants-abroad-roc)	About 41 months	About 60,400 people waiting
FSW (fsw)	About 7 months	About 58,300 people waiting
Government Refugees Quebec (government-refugees-quebec)	About 9 months	About 400 people waiting
Government Refugees Roc (government-refugees-roc)	About 14 months	About 17,900 people waiting
Humanitarian Quebec (humanitarian-quebec)	More than 10 years	About 20,800 people waiting
Humanitarian Roc (humanitarian-roc)	More than 10 years	About 58,800 people waiting
Pgp Quebec (pgp-quebec)	About 63 months	About 10,300 people waiting
Pgp Roc (pgp-roc)	About 28 months	About 35,600 people waiting
PNP Base (pnp-base)	About 13 months	About 96,500 people waiting
PNP Ee (pnp-ee)	About 7 months	About 13,100 people waiting
Private Refugees Quebec (private-refugees-quebec)	About 54 months	About 2,200 people waiting
Private Refugees Roc (private-refugees-roc)	About 40 months	About 71,000 people waiting
Protected Persons In Canada Quebec (protected-persons-in-canada-quebec)	More than 10 years	About 42,600 people waiting
Protected Persons In Canada Roc (protected-persons-in-canada-roc)	About 13 months	About 77,600 people waiting
Qsw (qsw)	11 months	About 20,500 people waiting
Quebec Business (quebec-business)	About 75 months	About 3,600 people waiting
Self Employed (self-employed)	More than 10 years	About 8,000 people waiting
Spousal Abroad Quebec (spousal-abroad-quebec)	About 33 months	About 19,400 people waiting
Spousal Abroad Roc (spousal-abroad-roc)	About 18 months	About 65,600 people waiting
Spousal Canada Quebec (spousal-canada-quebec)	About 32 months	About 14,500 people waiting
Spousal Canada Roc (spousal-canada-roc)	About 26 months	About 55,600 people waiting
Startup Visa (startup-visa)	More than 10 years	About 47,500 people waiting

Other processing times

As of 2026-10-21 (IRCC)

Category	Processing time
Visitor Inside Canada	12 days
Visitor Extension	341 days
Study Extension	56 days
Work Extension	121 days
Iec	6 weeks
Iec — Iec Past	Not enough data
Eta	5 minutes
Fed Skilled Trades — Skilled Trades Ee	Not enough data
Citizenship — Cit Resumption	Not enough data
Citizenship — Cit Renunciation	4 months
Citizenship — Cit Search	19 months
Citizenship — Cit Adoption Part1	Part 1: 4 months
Pr Card — New Pr	30 days
Pr Card — Existing Pr	40 days
Rep Documents — Vos	16 weeks
Rep Documents — Replacement	11 weeks
Rep Documents — Amend Imm	13 weeks
Rep Documents — Amend Tr	9 weeks
Sawp — Sawp Current	95 days

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada — “Check processing times”. This is a copy of the version available at https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html. Reproduced under the Government of Canada’s non-commercial reproduction terms; not endorsed by or affiliated with IRCC.

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