Recent Changes in Online Processing Times from June 15

Post by : Admin on Jun 21,2022

How often have you been frustrated by the uncertainty and complexity of processing times? The new changes to the online processing tool supposedly can end your worries now. Sean Fraser, the Canadian immigration Minister announced the recent update on 31st March 2022. The update would let the processing tool provide accurate information about the processing times.

A Brief Overview of this Online Processing Tool

The tool is not limited to showing accurate processing times. It also provides new weekly calculations based on previous data of six months.

In short, future immigrants can plan their visits better with the new updates to this tool.

Current Processing Times of Specific Immigration Applications

Over 2.13 million people are awaiting processing for Canadian Immigration. Adding to the pressure, the pandemic caused major haywire in the processing times of applications. No wonder this update is a hit among people interested in immigrating to Canada.

Here are some current processing times as per the update.

Citizenship & PR cards

  • PR card renewal- 60 days
  • New PR card- 71 days
  • Citizenship renunciation- 15 months
  • Citizenship resumption- 23 months
  • Search of citizenship records- 15 months
  • Citizenship certificate- 17 months
  • Citizenship grant- 27 months
     

Family Sponsorship

  • Parents/grandparents- 34 months
  • Common law partner/spouse living inside Canada- 15 months
  • Common law partner/spouse living outside Canada- 23 months

 

Canadian Passport

  • Passport application mailed from outside Canada- 20 business days
  • In-Canada urgent pick-up- Almost at the end of the next business day
  • In-Canada New Passport- 10 business days for standard pickup and regular application submitted in person
  • In-Canada Express pick-up- 2-9 business days
     

Economic Class

  • Start-up Visa- 31 months
  • Federal self-employed- 41 months
  • Quebec skilled worker and business class- 32 and 64 month respectively
  • Federal self-employed- 41 months
  • Non-Express Entry PNP- 27 months
  • Atlantic Immihgration Program- 18 months
  • Canadian Experience Class- 11 months
  • PNP through Express Entry- 21 months
  • FSTP- 43 months
  • FWP- 26 months

 

Temporary Residence Application

  • Study permit- 12 weeks (outside Canada) 3 weeks (inside Canada)
  • Study permit extension- 210 days (by paper) and 66 days online
  • Work permit outside Canada- 3 weeks
  • Work permit inside Canada- 151 days (by paper) and 147 days online
  • IEC- 7 weeks
  • Visitor visa inside Canada- 29 days by paper and 171 days online
  • Visitor visa outside Canada- Depends on the country
  • Parents/grandparents Super Visa- Depends on the country
  • Visitor extension- 213 days by paper and 191 days online

 

Connect with Onkar Immigration for More Details

It can be difficult to track the changes in Canadian application processing times. This is where we come in. Connect with us to gather more information about the updated processing times of any Canadian Immigration application. Our team is here to guide you through the entire procedure of each application.


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