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Statistical Information: Applications Processed at Canadian Visa Offices

Family Class: Parents and Grandparents

August 2005 to September 2006

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.

As a result of the April 18, 2005, announcement on speeding up the processing of parent and grandparent applications, the oldest applications received at all visa offices will benefit from this initiative. Throughout 2006, visa offices will be working to finalize the immigration applications submitted to the visa office abroad prior to May 2004. While it is difficult to project processing times for cases received in May 2004 or later, it is unlikely these will be finalized in 2006.

Sponsors who wish to know whether or not their parents’ or grandparents’ application will likely be processed this year should refer to the date of the Acknowledgment of Receipt for the immigration application at the visa office, and not the date of the sponsorship application sent to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga.

Find information on processing times for sponsorship applications for parents or grandparents.

For more information on processing times for parents and grandparent, see Frequently Asked Questions.

All Regions / Africa and the Middle East / Asia and Pacific / Europe / Americas

Months Required to Finalize Applications [see note]

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	26	31	36	39
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	28	31	35	38

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	22	32	39	47
Accra	32	38	44	50
Cairo	6	18	25	28
Damascus	29	32	35	37
Nairobi	27	33	38	40
Pretoria	27	31	33	35
Rabat	29	32	34	36
Tel Aviv	22	25	34	39
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	26	32	36	39

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	30	31	33	34
Colombo	11	16	25	30
Hong Kong	19	29	34	35
Islamabad	23	30	35	38
Kuala Lumpur	17	26	31	32
Manila	27	31	35	38
New Delhi	27	34	39	43
Seoul	30	33	36	37
Singapore	30	34	37	40
Sydney	25	28	30	32
Taipei	26	31	32	34
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	22	27	31	34

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	17	19	20	24
Berlin	23	30	31	32
Bucharest	29	30	32	34
Kyiv	23	27	30	32
London	6	7	20	26
Moscow	23	25	28	31
Paris	25	31	35	37
Rome	18	27	32	38
Vienna	22	25	28	30
Warsaw	26	29	31	34
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	22	29	34	37

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	27	29	32	35
Buenos Aires	-	-	-	-
Buffalo	20	25	34	38
Caracas	20	28	33	34
Guatemala City	24	28	33	36
Havana	-	-	-	-
Kingston	15	22	31	37
Lima	28	31	33	35
Mexico City	-	-	-	-
Port-au-Prince	22	28	34	44
Port of Spain	29	33	35	36
Santiago	-	-	-	-
Sao Paulo	-	-	-	-

* Processing times are presented only where an office has finalized 10 or more cases in the category in the above-mentioned 12-month time period.


	Last Updated: 2006-10-11		Important Notices