Federal Skilled Workers / Professionals Processing Times

Application Processing Times at the Canadian Immigration Visa Offices are based on the latest information available from Canadian Immigration Authorities.

• Americas
• Africa and the Middle East
• Asia and Pacific
• Europe

Months Required to Finalize Canadian Permanent Resident Applications

Processing Times at Visa Offices	Finalized in months (Updated on 2008-02-06)
Americas	30%	50%	70%	80%
Bogota	34	40	72	75
Buenos Aires	17	20	22	22
Buffalo	16	19	22	25
Caracas	14	16	20	22
Guatemala City	11	13	17	19
Havana	24	26	27	28
Kingston	17	19	23	30
Lima	13	15	17	18
Mexico City	20	21	24	26
Port-au-Prince	17	19	22	25
Port of Spain	31	33	35	37
Santiago	20	24	30	32
Sao Paulo	13	14	16	18
Africa and the Middle East	30%	50%	70%	80%
Abidjan	10	12	16	19
Accra	65	68	70	72
Cairo	40	42	44	47
Damascus	63	66	69	71
Nairobi	26	31	37	43
Pretoria	38	40	45	63
Rabat	33	34	36	37
Tel Aviv	23	29	63	64
Asia and Pacific	30%	50%	70%	80%
Beijing	53	64	67	68
Colombo	29	51	68	71
Hong Kong	25	29	65	68
Islamabad	65	67	69	70
Kuala Lumpur	33	35	39	40
Manila	58	61	64	65
New Delhi	68	70	72	73
Seoul	26	28	30	31
Singapore	41	44	47	50
Sydney	27	29	31	32
Taipei	28	30	32	33
Europe	30%	50%	70%	80%
Ankara	61	66	72	76
Berlin	22	24	27	29
Bucharest	29	53	66	67
Kyiv	31	46	68	77
London	31	33	35	38
Moscow	17	21	50	70
Paris	31	52	58	62
Rome	31	35	41	45
Vienna	11	14	17	19
Warsaw	16	23	51	65