Processing times for the Federal Self-Employed Class program were previously shown by individual visa office.
However, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has a new way of processing applications meaning waiting times are no longer country or visa office-specific.
Instead, applications can be processed by any of the visa offices in Canada’s global network.
Therefore, IRCC publishes one global processing time, depending on when the application was submitted.
These processing times only apply to the federal part of the processing. It does not include the time it takes for the province of Quebec to process the Certificat de Sélection du Québec (CSQ).
| Program | Processing Times in months
(based on a complete application package) |
| Federal Self-Employed Class | 94 |
Notes
- You can check your application status online.
- If it has been longer than the time shown above since you applied, you should contact Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
Interested employers: Kindly contact us here to receive further information.
Interested candidates: Find out whether you qualify to Canada by completing our free on-line evaluation. We will provide your evaluation results within 1-2 business days.
