The times presented below are historical processing times. This means that they may not accurately
represent the processing times for cases that are submitted today, but rather processing times as they were for cases submitted in
the past.
Essentially, for skilled worker cases are currently being submitted one can expect longer immigration processing times than are
suggested below.
Immigrating from 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 |
26
|
52
|
60
|
64
|
Immigrating from Africa & 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 |
55
|
60
|
63
|
65
|
| |
| 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 |
13
|
19
|
23
|
25
|
| Accra |
58
|
61
|
63
|
64
|
| Cairo |
33
|
43
|
58
|
66
|
| Damascus |
61
|
63
|
66
|
68
|
| Nairobi |
27
|
34
|
48
|
55
|
| Pretoria |
37
|
48
|
57
|
61
|
| Rabat |
27
|
29
|
31
|
32
|
| Tel Aviv |
26
|
51
|
60
|
63
|
Immigrating from Asia & 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 |
56
|
60
|
64
|
66
|
| |
| 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 |
58
|
60
|
62
|
64
|
| Colombo |
23
|
57
|
62
|
63
|
| Hong Kong |
54
|
60
|
66
|
69
|
| Islamabad |
57
|
58
|
61
|
63
|
| Kuala Lumpur |
35
|
37
|
39
|
41
|
| Manila |
56
|
59
|
61
|
62
|
| New Delhi |
64
|
66
|
67
|
69
|
| Seoul |
20
|
22
|
24
|
26
|
| Singapore |
36
|
47
|
53
|
55
|
| Sydney |
21
|
23
|
26
|
28
|
| Taipei |
23
|
24
|
26
|
27
|
Immigrating from 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 |
28
|
40
|
57
|
62
|
| |
| 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 |
56
|
60
|
66
|
68
|
| Berlin |
15
|
17
|
20
|
22
|
| Bucharest |
53
|
56
|
60
|
63
|
| Kyiv |
30
|
55
|
68
|
73
|
| London |
27
|
29
|
37
|
54
|
| Moscow |
52
|
61
|
68
|
71
|
| Paris |
49
|
52
|
56
|
57
|
| Rome |
39
|
46
|
55
|
60
|
| Vienna |
6
|
9
|
18
|
34
|
| Warsaw |
51
|
61
|
66
|
68
|
Immigrating from 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 |
18
|
21
|
25
|
31
|
| |
| 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 |
26
|
39
|
54
|
65
|
| Buenos Aires |
14
|
18
|
40
|
44
|
| Buffalo |
18
|
21
|
25
|
31
|
| Caracas |
16
|
19
|
21
|
22
|
| Guatemala City |
8
|
11
|
15
|
21
|
| Havana |
15
|
21
|
30
|
47
|
| Kingston |
14
|
16
|
20
|
24
|
| Lima |
11
|
13
|
15
|
16
|
| Mexico City |
14
|
16
|
18
|
19
|
| Port-au-Prince |
12
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
| Port of Spain |
25
|
28
|
31
|
32
|
| Santiago |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Sao Paulo |
12
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
