Permanent Residence:
Skilled Worker, Entrepreneur, Investor,
Self-employed: 42 - 48
months
Family Class:
6 months
Provincial Nominee, Quebec, Arranged
Employment Offers:
6 months
Refugees: Up to 18 months
Temporary Residence:
Visitors:
In Person: Same day processing
Drop-In Service: 24 Hours
By Mail: 10 working days
Students: 6 weeks
Temporary workers: 6
weeks
Returning Residents:
2 working days
All applications in all categories are dealt with in strict chronological sequence,
i.e. in the order in which they are received.
All applicants for permanent residence are sent an Acknowledgement
of Receipt within 12 weeks from the date we receive a completed
application. The Acknowledgement provides details of processing times.
Please read it carefully.
*Average
processing times might not be indicative of the times required to
process particular applications. Nationals of the following countries
applying for a visa at our offices may be subject to longer processing
times:
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Burundi, Cambodia, China (PRC), Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic
of Congo, Croatia, Cuba, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Nigeria, North Korea, Palestine
Authority, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia-Montenegro, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
