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Federal Skilled Workers / Professionals Processing Times

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

On November 28, 2008, Citizenship and Immigration Canada's introduced its Action Plan for Faster Immigration.  The Action Plan is applicable to all Federal Skilled Worker applications submitted since February 27, 2008 and seeks to reduce immigration application processing times to 6 to 12 months.

The processing times below are for applications that were submitted prior to this date.

Months Required to Finalize Canadian Permanent Resident Applications

Processing Times at Visa Offices Finalized in months
(Updated on 2009-05-11)
Americas 30% 50% 70% 80%
flag Bogota 38 41 48 51
Image Buenos Aires 19 23 26 30
Image Buffalo 13 16 21 24
Image Caracas 23 24 26 27
Image Guatemala City 17 20 23 24
Image Havana 22 24 26 27
Image Kingston 22 25 27 28
Image Lima 18 22 24 26
Image Mexico City 25 27 30 31
Image Port-au-Prince 26 29 32 34
Image Port of Spain 33 36 39 42
Image Santiago 15 19 22 25
flag Sao Paulo 19 21 22 23
Africa and the Middle East 30% 50% 70% 80%
Image Abidjan 15 17 20 22
Image Abu Dhabi - - - -
Image Accra 77 81 84 87
Image Cairo 50 54 56 59
Image Damascus 61 65 70 76
Image Nairobi 41 46 55 66
Image Pretoria 20 45 50 56
Image Rabat 32 36 40 42
Image Tel Aviv 27 31 34 36
Asia and Pacific 30% 50% 70% 80%
Image Beijing 26 29 37 43
Image Colombo 22 25 35 45
Image Hong Kong 30 33 35 37
Image Islamabad 61 66 72 75
Image Kuala Lumpur 32 35 37 39
Image Manila 56 59 62 64
Image New Delhi 61 69 74 75
Image Seoul 27 29 31 31
Image Singapore 46 48 51 52
Image Sydney 33 35 38 40
Image Taipei 34 36 38 38
Europe 30% 50% 70% 80%
Image Ankara 33 40 52 56
Image Berlin 28 30 34 36
Image Bucharest 18 35 60 71
Image Kyiv 30 44 71 82
Image London 34 36 39 41
Image Moscow 17 19 21 23
Image Paris 24 35 48 53
Image Rome 20 23 26 29
Image Vienna 22 25 28 29
Image Warsaw 11 14 19 22

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