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Statistical information: Applications processed at Canadian visa offices
Other members of the family class
2007
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 / 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 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
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 |
3 |
6 |
14 |
19 |
|
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 |
4 |
10 |
17 |
21 |
Accra |
6 |
9 |
14 |
18 |
Cairo |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Damascus |
2 |
5 |
13 |
23 |
Nairobi |
2 |
3 |
14 |
19 |
Pretoria |
1 |
2 |
11 |
17 |
Rabat |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Tel Aviv |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
15 |
|
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 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Colombo |
6 |
25 |
30 |
30 |
Hong Kong |
8 |
9 |
14 |
15 |
Islamabad |
4 |
5 |
11 |
15 |
Kuala Lumpur |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Manila |
5 |
10 |
15 |
22 |
New Delhi |
24 |
46 |
52 |
53 |
Seoul |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Singapore |
2 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
Sydney |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Taipei |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
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 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
|
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 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Berlin |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Bucharest |
3 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
Kyiv |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
London |
3 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
Moscow |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
Paris |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Rome |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Vienna |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
Warsaw |
5 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
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 |
6 |
10 |
14 |
|
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 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
Buenos Aires |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Buffalo |
3 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
Caracas |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Guatemala City |
7 |
9 |
15 |
22 |
Havana |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kingston |
6 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
Lima |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mexico City |
2 |
3 |
9 |
20 |
Port-au-Prince |
3 |
9 |
14 |
18 |
Port of Spain |
5 |
10 |
12 |
22 |
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.