Canada Immigration Processing Time

The Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has defined processing times for the processing of each Canadian immigration applications that falls under the various categories.

The below table gives the processing time applicable to the various Canadian immigration programs:

Program name	Processing Time (months)
Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)	6
Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)	6
Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	6
Federal Self-Employed	25
Quebec Skilled Worker	Depends on the time taken for the issuance of the CSQ
Express Business Immigration	Generally faster than other business immigration programs
Express Investor Immigration	Generally faster than other business immigration programs

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