Processing times
Current IRCC forward-looking processing times for permanent residence and citizenship streams: Express Entry, PNP, sponsorship, and citizenship grant.
Data as of Aug 12, 2026
Processing-time snapshots
Snapshot: Aug 12, 2026
Express Entry
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Express Entry: Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
6 months
Queue: About 59,700 people waiting
History: 5-7 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker (FSW)
About 6 months
Queue: About 52,400 people waiting
History: 5-7 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Express Entry: Provincial Nominee (EE-linked PNP)
About 7 months
Queue: About 11,800 people waiting
History: 5-8 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
Provincial Nominee Program
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Provincial Nominee Program (base: non-EE)
About 13 months
Queue: About 102,400 people waiting
History: 12-21 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
Family Sponsorship
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Caregiver permanent residence
About 78 months
Queue: About 37,400 people waiting
History: 78-82 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Dependent children abroad: Quebec
More than 10 years
Queue: About 22,400 people waiting
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Dependent children abroad: outside Quebec
About 40 months
Queue: About 60,700 people waiting
History: 32-40 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Parents and Grandparents Program (Quebec)
About 64 months
Queue: About 10,400 people waiting
History: 44-67 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Parents and Grandparents Program (Rest of Canada)
About 29 months
Queue: About 39,000 people waiting
History: 24-36 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Spousal Sponsorship: Inside Canada (Quebec)
About 32 months
Queue: About 14,000 people waiting
History: 27-40 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Spousal Sponsorship: Inside Canada (Rest of Canada)
About 27 months
Queue: About 56,800 people waiting
History: 12-36 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Spousal Sponsorship: Outside Canada (Quebec)
About 33 months
Queue: About 19,000 people waiting
History: 32-41 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Spousal Sponsorship: Outside Canada (Rest of Canada)
About 17 months
Queue: About 58,000 people waiting
History: 10-17 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
Refugees & Humanitarian
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Government-assisted refugees: Quebec
About 9 months
Queue: About 300 people waiting
History: 9-10 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Government-assisted refugees: outside Quebec
About 14 months
Queue: About 17,600 people waiting
History: 14-14 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Humanitarian and compassionate: Quebec
More than 10 years
Queue: About 20,100 people waiting
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Humanitarian and compassionate: outside Quebec
More than 10 years
Queue: About 55,800 people waiting
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Privately sponsored refugees: Quebec
About 54 months
Queue: About 2,300 people waiting
History: 54-55 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Privately sponsored refugees: outside Quebec
About 40 months
Queue: About 72,000 people waiting
History: 40-42 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Protected persons in Canada: Quebec
More than 10 years
Queue: About 41,900 people waiting
History: 117-119 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Protected persons in Canada: outside Quebec
About 13 months
Queue: About 92,200 people waiting
History: 13-15 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Dependants of protected persons
Not enough data
History: 51-52 months
Data as of: May 26, 2026
Business & Economic
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Atlantic Immigration Program
About 26 months
Queue: About 12,100 people waiting
History: 26-38 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Quebec-selected skilled workers
11 months
Queue: About 21,200 people waiting
History: 11-11 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Start-up visa
More than 10 years
Queue: About 47,600 people waiting
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Quebec business immigration
About 75 months
Queue: About 3,700 people waiting
History: 75-78 months
Data as of: Jul 7, 2026
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Self-employed persons
More than 10 years
Queue: About 8,000 people waiting
Data as of: Jul 7, 2026
Citizenship
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Citizenship grant
About 12 months
Queue: About 328,200 people waiting
History: 12-13 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Proof of citizenship
About 25 months
Queue: About 121,800 people waiting
History: 7-25 months
Data as of: Aug 10, 2026
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Renunciation of citizenship
4 months
History: 4-18 months
Data as of: Aug 5, 2026
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Citizenship adoption (Part 1)
Part 1: 4 months
History: 4-6 months
Data as of: Jul 7, 2026
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Search of citizenship records
17 months
History: 13-17 months
Data as of: May 20, 2026
Temporary Residence
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Study permit extension (in-Canada)
66 days
Data as of: Aug 12, 2026
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Visitor visa extension (in-Canada)
418 days
Data as of: Aug 12, 2026
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Work permit extension (in-Canada)
119 days
Data as of: Aug 5, 2026
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International Experience Canada (IEC)
7 weeks
Data as of: Jul 28, 2026
PR Card & Document Services
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PR card renewal
41 days
Data as of: Aug 12, 2026
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Amendment of an immigration document
8 weeks
Data as of: Aug 5, 2026
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Replacement of an immigration document
7 weeks
Data as of: Aug 5, 2026
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Verification of status (VOS)
10 weeks
Data as of: Aug 5, 2026
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New PR card
41 days
Data as of: Jul 22, 2026
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Amendment of a temporary resident document
6 weeks
Data as of: Jul 7, 2026
Frequently asked questions
What does a processing time here mean?
It is IRCC's published estimate for how long a new application in that stream may wait for a decision, given the current queue. Most streams report in months; a few short-duration streams such as PR card and document services report in days or weeks. Values preserve IRCC's published text as written, including approximate and capped figures, so a stream reading "about 4 months" is reproduced rather than rounded to a number.
Are these official IRCC processing times?
The values come from IRCC's public processing-time page and JSON feed. Passavia republishes the data with historical snapshots and links back to the official source. The current table uses the latest snapshot available for each stream, and every historical point is a snapshot of an IRCC-published value rather than a prediction.
Does a shorter processing time mean I will be invited faster?
No. Processing time starts after an application is submitted. Express Entry invitations, PNP nomination timing, and document preparation happen before this stage.
Why does a trend or sparkline sometimes disappear?
Streams with two or more snapshots draw a line showing how the IRCC estimate has moved over time; a stream can lengthen or shorten when intake, inventory, or processing capacity changes. Streams with a single observation render as a dot at the latest value, and change chips require at least two snapshots. Short-duration streams are excluded from trend charts and month-based filters entirely, because their published text is not a month count.
What is the queue inventory chip?
It is the number of people already waiting in that stream, taken from IRCC's total-people block. IRCC publishes it only for permanent-residence and citizenship streams, so temporary residence, PR card, and document-service streams show no inventory here.
Which processing times are not covered here?
Per-country temporary-resident processing times (visitor visas, study permits, and work permits applied for from outside Canada) depend on the applicant's country and are served by IRCC's interactive tool only. In-Canada extension applications for visitors, students, and workers are tracked under Temporary Residence. Express Entry category-based draws have no separate forward-looking processing-time values in IRCC's public feed.
Can I use this as immigration advice?
No. The dashboard is educational and data-oriented. Always verify current processing times with IRCC and get professional advice before relying on the numbers for a real application plan.