Federal Business Class

Statistical Information: Applications Processed at Canadian Visa Offices

October 2006 to September 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.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has made a commitment to finalize 1,000 federal investor cases in 2006. These cases will be processed in the order in which they have been received at visa offices around the world. Applications submitted before July 2004 will be assessed in 2006. Applications received from July 2004 on will not likely be finalized before 2007.

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 30 38 61 66
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 33 59 65 68
 
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 - - - -
Accra - - - -
Cairo 39 48 57 69
Damascus 31 61 65 67
Nairobi - - - -
Pretoria - - - -
Rabat - - - -
Tel Aviv 30 40 53 69
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 29 32 61 66
 
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 29 44 59 66
Colombo - - - -
Hong Kong 30 51 65 69
Islamabad 24 43 50 52
Kuala Lumpur - - - -
Manila - - - -
New Delhi 53 67 69 70
Seoul 29 31 33 34
Singapore 25 32 44 51
Sydney - - - -
Taipei 29 31 32 33
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 32 50 60 65
 
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 20 25 35 37
Berlin 12 15 26 28
Bucharest - - - -
Kyiv - - - -
London 29 37 61 66
Moscow 30 42 59 64
Paris 53 58 61 64
Rome 30 43 47 48
Vienna 13 16 29 29
Warsaw - - - -
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 29 46 50 56
 
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 - - - -
Buenos Aires - - - -
Buffalo 32 46 51 57
Caracas - - - -
Guatemala City - - - -
Havana - - - -
Kingston - - - -
Lima - - - -
Mexico City - - - -
Port-au-Prince - - - -
Port of Spain 38 41 42 43
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.