Citizenship and Immigration Canada staff work at locations around the
world. Officers in Canadian embassies, high commissions and consulates
process applications abroad for permanent residence for people wishing
to immigrate to Canada.
The tables below show the number of months that were required to approve
or refuse applications at visa offices around the world.
The length of time it takes to finalize applications may be different
at different visa offices.
Past processing times may not indicate the length of time it will take
to finalize applications in the future.
| ALL
REGIONS |
| |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Processing Times at Visa Offices in All Regions |
3 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
| AFRICA
AND THE MIDDLE EAST |
| |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Processing Times at Visa Offices in Africa and the
Middle East |
4 |
9 |
13 |
18 |
| |
| Processing Times at Individual
Visa Offices in Africa and the Middle East |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Abidjan |
9 |
15 |
24 |
36 |
| Accra |
8 |
10 |
15 |
21 |
| Cairo |
2 |
4 |
16 |
19 |
| Damascus |
2 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
| Nairobi |
4 |
9 |
12 |
18 |
| Pretoria |
2 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
| Rabat |
5 |
9 |
12 |
13 |
| Tel Aviv |
1 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
| ASIA
AND PACIFIC |
| |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Processing Times at Visa Offices in Asia and Pacific |
2 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
| |
| Processing Times at Individual
Visa Offices in Asia and Pacific |
30% of cases finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases finalized in:
(months) |
| Beijing |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Colombo |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Hong Kong |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
| Islamabad |
2 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
| Kuala Lumpur |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Manila |
3 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
| New Delhi |
1 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
| Seoul |
2 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
| Singapore |
5 |
7 |
13 |
16 |
| Sydney |
4 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
| Taipei |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| EUROPE |
| |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Processing Times at Visa Offices in Europe |
3 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
| |
| Processing Times at Individual
Visa Offices in Europe |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Ankara |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| Berlin |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bucharest |
2 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
| Kyiv |
2 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
| London |
2 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
| Moscow |
5 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
| Paris |
5 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
| Rome |
3 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
| Vienna |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Warsaw |
4 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
| THE AMERICAS |
| |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Processing Times at Visa Offices in the Americas |
3 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
| |
| Processing Times at Individual
Visa Offices in the Americas |
30% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
50% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
70% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
80% of cases
finalized in:
(months) |
| Bogota |
6 |
8 |
16 |
24 |
| Buenos Aires |
2 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
| Buffalo |
3 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
| Caracas |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Guatemala City |
7 |
9 |
12 |
17 |
| Havana |
3 |
5 |
8 |
9 |
| Kingston |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
| Lima |
3 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
| Mexico City |
5 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
| Port-au-Prince |
5 |
8 |
12 |
17 |
| Port of Spain |
4 |
7 |
10 |
15 |
| Santiago |
4 |
7 |
9 |
12 |
| Sao Paulo |
6 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
