Processing times for investor class (Quebec) applications

The tables below indicate application processing times at Canadian visa offices. The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Processing times are subject to change.

These processing times only apply to the federal part of the processing (at the visa office) once we have received the complete application. It does not include the time it takes for the province of Quebec to process the Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ).

Last quarterly update: January 16, 2013

Africa and Middle East
Visa Office Processing Times
IN MONTHS
(based on a complete application package)
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates 43
Accra – Ghana –
Amman – Jordan –
Ankara – Turkey 34
Beirut – Lebanon –
Cairo – Egypt 20
Dakar – Senegal –
Nairobi – Kenya –
Pretoria – South Africa –
Rabat – Morocco 23
Tel Aviv – Israel –

Asia and Pacific
Visa Office Processing Times
IN MONTHS
(based on a complete application package)
Beijing – China 18
Colombo – Sri Lanka 39
Hong Kong – China 16
Islamabad – Pakistan –
Manila – Philippines –
New Delhi – India –
Seoul – South Korea 15
Singapore – Singapore 20
Sydney – Australia –

Europe
Visa Office Processing Times
IN MONTHS
(based on a complete application package)
Bucharest – Romania –
Kyiv – Ukraine –
London – United Kingdom 37
Moscow – Russia –
Paris – France 14
Rome – Italy –
Vienna – Austria –
Warsaw – Poland –

Americas
Visa Office Processing Times
IN MONTHS
(based on a complete application package)
Bogota – Colombia –
Buenos Aires – Argentina –
Caracas – Venezuela –
Detroit – United States –
Guatemala City – Guatemala –
Havana – Cuba –
Kingston – Jamaica –
Lima – Peru –
Los Angeles – United States –
Mexico City – Mexico –
New York – United States –
Ottawa (Case Processing Pilot) - Canada –
Port-au-Prince – Haiti –
Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago –
Santiago – Chile –
Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic –
Sao Paulo – Brazil –
Seattle – United States –
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  • (-) indicates that not enough data are available. Processing times are shown only where an office has finalized 10 or more cases in the past 12 months.

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