IRCC processing times
How long IRCC is taking, today.
Already in Canada
Extensions, PR cards and documents.
These don't depend on your country. Apply to extend before your status expires and you can usually keep living, working or studying on the same conditions while you wait.
- Visitor record (extend your stay)357days
- Work permit extension118days
- Study permit extension56days
- Visitor visa, applied inside Canada12days
- PR card, new permanent resident33days
- PR card renewal38days
- International Experience Canada (IEC)6weeks
- Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)5minutes
- Verification of status (VOS)16weeks
- Replace an immigration document11weeks
- Amend a PR document (COPR, record of landing)13weeks
- Amend a temporary resident document9weeks
- Citizenship record search19months
- Renounce citizenship4months
- Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP)108days
Compare
Same application, different wait.
Visa offices abroad carry different loads, so the time depends on where you apply from. The most common countries we see, side by side.
| Country | Visitor visa | Super visa | Study permit | Work permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 29 days | 77 days | 7 weeks | 11 weeks |
| Philippines | 24 days | 103 days | 6 weeks | 8 weeks |
| Nigeria | 103 days | 35 days | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Pakistan | 65 days | 105 days | 8 weeks | 9 weeks |
| China (People’s Republic of) | 40 days | 85 days | 6 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Bangladesh | 34 days | 53 days | 5 weeks | 44 weeks |
| Vietnam | 40 days | 44 days | 5 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Iran | 90 days | 265 days | 16 weeks | 60 weeks |
| Mexico | 19 days | 78 days | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Brazil | 29 days | 24 days | 4 weeks | 3 weeks |
| United Kingdom | 23 days | 97 days | 5 weeks | 4 weeks |
| United States of America | 18 days | 68 days | 5 weeks | 6 weeks |
What the number measures
How long IRCC took to process most applications of this type recently, from the day it receives a complete application to the day it decides. Your own file can be faster or slower.
What makes a file slower
Missing documents, a request for biometrics or a medical exam, an interview, or extra background checks all add time. A complete, well-organised application is the one thing you control.
Permanent residence isn't on this board
Express Entry, provincial nominee, sponsorship and citizenship grant times are published separately on IRCC's processing times tool. See our Express Entry, OINP and citizenship guides.
When a wait goes far past the published time
Check your account and any messages first. After that, the usual options are a case-specific enquiry, ordering your GCMS notes, or in a long, unexplained delay, a writ of mandamus.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published processing times, refreshed from IRCC every 12 hours. CHK Immigration Services is a licensed RCIC firm, not part of IRCC.
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