Statistical information: Applications processed at Canadian visa offices

Family class: Parents and grandparents

October 1, 2008 to September 30, 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	14	16	21	24

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	11	14	18	21
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	11	13	15	21
Abu Dhabi	19	21	22	23
Accra	14	22	33	49
Cairo	11	13	16	18
Damascus	9	12	15	17
Nairobi	17	21	26	30
Pretoria	16	17	19	20
Rabat	17	20	22	23
Tel Aviv	20	22	24	24

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	15	17	22	24
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	24	25	26	27
Colombo	12	15	28	42
Hong Kong	13	15	17	18
Islamabad	15	18	23	27
Kuala Lumpur	7	8	12	13
Manila	21	22	24	25
New Delhi	14	16	17	19
Seoul	20	21	22	23
Singapore	24	25	27	28
Sydney	18	21	22	24
Taipei	14	15	16	17
Tokyo	-	-	-	-

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	11	15	19	22
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	11	14	15
Berlin	11	14	17	21
Bucharest	14	16	20	22
Kiev	19	20	23	25
London	7	10	13	14
Moscow	9	11	13	15
Paris	19	36	41	43
Rome	20	22	24	25
Vienna	13	15	17	19
Warsaw	7	9	11	13

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	11	14	18	21
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	8	12	21	26
Buenos Aires	38	45	50	51
Buffalo	10	12	15	17
Caracas	12	15	17	24
Guatemala City	16	18	20	21
Havana	9	11	14	17
Kingston	13	16	19	21
Lima	15	16	18	18
Mexico City	23	24	25	26
Port-au-Prince	16	20	23	25
Port of Spain	8	11	15	19
Santiago	-	-	-	-
Sao Paulo	13	16	17	18

* 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.