Processing times

Current IRCC forward-looking processing times for selected permanent residence and citizenship streams, including Express Entry, PNP, sponsorship, citizenship grant, and proof of citizenship.

Data as of Jun 24, 2026

Processing-time snapshots

Snapshot: Jun 24, 2026

Express Entry

• Express Entry — Provincial Nominee (EE-linked PNP)

  About 6 months

  Queue: About 14,000 people waiting

  History: 5-8 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Express Entry — Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

  About 7 months

  Queue: About 60,900 people waiting

  History: 5-7 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Express Entry — Federal Skilled Worker (FSW)

  About 7 months

  Queue: About 52,000 people waiting

  History: 5-7 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

Provincial Nominee Program

• Provincial Nominee Program (base — non-EE)

  About 13 months

  Queue: About 110,200 people waiting

  History: 12-21 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

Family Sponsorship

• Caregiver permanent residence

  About 80 months

  Queue: About 38,800 people waiting

  History: 80-82 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Dependent children abroad — Quebec

  More than 10 years

  Queue: About 21,500 people waiting

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Dependent children abroad — outside Quebec

  About 35 months

  Queue: About 59,300 people waiting

  History: 32-35 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Parents and Grandparents Program (Quebec)

  About 67 months

  Queue: About 11,000 people waiting

  History: 44-67 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Parents and Grandparents Program (Rest of Canada)

  About 32 months

  Queue: About 43,500 people waiting

  History: 24-36 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Spousal Sponsorship — Inside Canada (Quebec)

  About 32 months

  Queue: About 13,100 people waiting

  History: 27-40 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Spousal Sponsorship — Inside Canada (Rest of Canada)

  About 26 months

  Queue: About 55,200 people waiting

  History: 12-36 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Spousal Sponsorship — Outside Canada (Quebec)

  About 33 months

  Queue: About 18,600 people waiting

  History: 32-41 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Spousal Sponsorship — Outside Canada (Rest of Canada)

  About 16 months

  Queue: About 51,300 people waiting

  History: 10-16 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

Refugees & Humanitarian

• Privately sponsored refugees — outside Quebec

  About 41 months

  Queue: About 76,200 people waiting

  History: 41-42 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Protected persons in Canada — Quebec

  About 119 months

  Queue: About 39,000 people waiting

  History: 117-119 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Protected persons in Canada — outside Quebec

  About 15 months

  Queue: About 104,100 people waiting

  History: 15-15 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Dependants of protected persons

  Not enough data

  History: 51-52 months

  Data as of: May 26, 2026

• Government-assisted refugees — Quebec

  About 10 months

  Queue: About 400 people waiting

  History: 10-10 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Government-assisted refugees — outside Quebec

  About 14 months

  Queue: About 17,300 people waiting

  History: 14-14 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Humanitarian and compassionate — Quebec

  More than 10 years

  Queue: About 19,100 people waiting

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Humanitarian and compassionate — outside Quebec

  More than 10 years

  Queue: About 53,000 people waiting

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Privately sponsored refugees — Quebec

  About 54 months

  Queue: About 2,300 people waiting

  History: 54-54 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

Business & Economic

• Atlantic Immigration Program

  About 26 months

  Queue: About 12,900 people waiting

  History: 26-38 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Quebec business immigration

  About 76 months

  Queue: About 3,700 people waiting

  History: 76-78 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Quebec-selected skilled workers

  11 months

  Queue: About 24,800 people waiting

  History: 11-11 months

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Self-employed persons

  More than 10 years

  Queue: About 8,100 people waiting

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

• Start-up visa

  More than 10 years

  Queue: About 46,600 people waiting

  Data as of: May 12, 2026

Citizenship

• Citizenship grant

  About 13 months

  Queue: About 326,400 people waiting

  History: 13-13 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Proof of citizenship

  About 15 months

  Queue: About 82,000 people waiting

  History: 7-15 months

  Data as of: Jun 8, 2026

• Citizenship adoption (Part 1)

  Part 1: 5 months

  History: 4-6 months

  Data as of: May 20, 2026

• Search of citizenship records

  17 months

  History: 13-17 months

  Data as of: May 20, 2026

• Renunciation of citizenship

  7 months

  History: 7-22 months

  Data as of: May 20, 2026

Temporary Residence

• Study permit extension (in-Canada)

  71 days

  Data as of: Jun 24, 2026

• Visitor visa extension (in-Canada)

  288 days

  Data as of: Jun 24, 2026

• Work permit extension (in-Canada)

  144 days

  Data as of: Jun 24, 2026

• International Experience Canada (IEC)

  5 weeks

  Data as of: May 20, 2026

PR Card & Document Services

• New PR card

  38 days

  Data as of: Jun 24, 2026

• PR card renewal

  32 days

  Data as of: Jun 24, 2026

• Amendment of an immigration document

  8 weeks

  Data as of: Jun 3, 2026

• Amendment of a temporary resident document

  5 weeks

  Data as of: Jun 3, 2026

• Replacement of an immigration document

  5 weeks

  Data as of: Jun 3, 2026

• Verification of status (VOS)

  13 weeks

  Data as of: Jun 3, 2026

How these times work

What the duration means

IRCC's published estimate for how long a new application in this stream may wait for a decision, based on the current queue. Most streams report in months; a few short-duration streams (PR card, document services) report in days or weeks.

Why trends can move

A stream can lengthen or shorten when intake, inventory, or processing capacity changes. The dashboard keeps historical snapshots so each current estimate can be read in context.

What is not included

Per-country temporary-resident processing times — visitor visas, study permits, and work permits applied 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.

Key facts

• Values preserve IRCC's published text, including approximate, capped, and short-duration (days/weeks/minutes) values.
• Queue inventory chips come from IRCC's total-people block, available only for permanent-residence and citizenship streams.
• Temporary residence, PR card, and document-service streams have no queue inventory in IRCC's feed.
• Express Entry category-based draws do not have separate forward-looking processing-time values in IRCC's public feed.
• Short-duration streams (PR card, document services) render IRCC's published text verbatim and are excluded from trend charts and month-based filters.
• The current table uses the latest snapshot available for each stream.
• Historical points are snapshots of IRCC-published values, not predictions.

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