Processing times for federal skilled worker applications

If you applied as a Federal Skilled Worker before February 27, 2008, changes to the law may affect your application.

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 April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.Processing times are subject to change and are based on a complete application package.

Last quarterly update: April 24, 2013

Africa and Middle East
Visa Office Processing Times IN MONTHS
for applications received
BEFORE February 27, 2008 BETWEEN February 27, 2008 and June 25, 2010 On or after June 26, 2010
Accra – Ghana – 33 20
Amman – Jordan – – –
Ankara – Turkey 97 29 22
Beirut – Lebanon – – –
Cairo – Egypt 91 37 18
Dakar – Senegal 65 43 26
Nairobi – Kenya 97 36 24
Pretoria – South Africa – 34 18
Rabat – Morocco 67 – 6
Tel Aviv – Israel – 29 19

Asia and Pacific
Visa Office Processing Times IN MONTHS
for applications received
BEFORE February 27, 2008 BETWEEN February 27, 2008 and June 25, 2010 On or after June 26, 2010
Beijing – China 71 33 16
Colombo – Sri Lanka 97 35 20
Hong Kong – China 72 36 13
Islamabad – Pakistan 97 49 –
Manila – Philippines 95 30 14
New Delhi – India 97 36 16
Seoul – South Korea 73 32 16
Singapore – Singapore 84 34 24
Sydney – Australia 80 30 17

Europe
Visa Office Processing Times IN MONTHS
for applications received
BEFORE February 27, 2008 BETWEEN February 27, 2008 and June 25, 2010 On or after June 26, 2010
Bucharest – Romania – 32 16
Kyiv – Ukraine – – 20
London – United Kingdom 83 38 21
Moscow – Russia 97 36 27
Paris – France 67 43 14
Rome – Italy – 36 21
Vienna – Austria 68 35 14
Warsaw – Poland 92 43 19

Americas
Visa Office Processing Times IN MONTHS
for applications received
BEFORE February 27, 2008 BETWEEN February 27, 2008 and June 25, 2010 On or after June 26, 2010
Bogota - Colombia 83 45 26
Buenos Aires - Argentina – – 20
Caracas – Venezuela 73 51 –
Detroit – United States – 33 24
Guatemala City – Guatemala   37 24
Havana – Cuba – – –
Kingston – Jamaica – 49 –
Lima – Peru – – 11
Los Angeles – United States   33 26
Mexico City – Mexico – 42 16
New York – United States – 35 26
Ottawa (Case Processing Pilot) - Canada 65 32 13
Port-au-Prince – Haiti – – –
Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago 71 35 18
Santiago – Chile – – –
Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic – – –
Sao Paulo – Brazil – 35 16
Seattle – United States – 34 28

Notes

  • You can view your application status online.
  • If it has been longer than the time shown above since you applied and your visa office has not contacted you, you may wish to contact the visa office that is processing your application by e-mail, letter or fax. The Call Centre does not have information about applications processed outside Canada.
  • (-) 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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