Statistical information: Applications processed at Canadian visa offices

Family class: Parents and grandparents

April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009

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.

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All Regions / Africa and the Middle East / Asia and Pacific / Europe / Americas

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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	12	14	17	20

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	10	13	17	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	-	-	-	-
Abu Dhabi	14	17	19	22
Accra	16	22	44	52
Cairo	11	12	14	16
Damascus	9	12	15	17
Nairobi	15	18	26	33
Pretoria	13	14	16	18
Rabat	17	18	21	22
Tel Aviv	15	16	18	19

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	13	15	17	20
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	18	21	23	24
Colombo	11	18	33	40
Hong Kong	13	14	15	16
Islamabad	12	13	16	19
Kuala Lumpur	7	7	13	14
Manila	15	17	20	22
New Delhi	12	14	16	17
Seoul	14	15	17	18
Singapore	19	24	25	27
Sydney	16	17	19	21
Taipei	12	14	16	16

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	10	12	17	20
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	9	10	12	13
Berlin	11	14	17	19
Bucharest	11	15	21	23
Kyiv	17	19	21	23
London	8	9	12	14
Moscow	9	11	13	15
Paris	12	19	36	39
Rome	19	20	22	22
Vienna	11	13	14	16
Warsaw	7	9	11	12

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	9	12	16	19
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	6	9	13	17
Buenos Aires	41	46	54	57
Buffalo	7	10	13	16
Caracas	12	14	16	19
Guatemala City	12	15	20	22
Havana	12	14	16	17
Kingston	14	16	18	20
Lima	13	15	16	18
Mexico City	20	22	23	24
Port-au-Prince	15	19	23	26
Port of Spain	7	9	13	16
Santiago	8	13	19	19
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.