Spouses, Common-law or conjugal partners and dependent children Sponsorship applications : Processing times

Colin R. Singer
mayo 16, 2021

The tables below indicate application processing times at Canadian visa offices once Step 1 has been completed. The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases finalized between July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Processing times are subject to change.

Africa and Middle East
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Americas

Last quarterly update: August 27, 2015

Africa and Middle East
Visa Office	Processing Times in months (based on a complete application package)
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates	13
Accra – Ghana	14
Amman – Jordan	24
Ankara – Turkey	11
Beirut – Lebanon	17
Cairo – Egypt	17
Dakar – Senegal	19
Nairobi – Kenya	20
Pretoria – South Africa	14
Rabat – Morocco	7
Tel Aviv – Israel	9

Asia and Pacific
Visa Office	Processing Times in months (based on a complete application package)
Beijing – China	10
Colombo – Sri Lanka	9
Hong Kong – China	11
Islamabad – Pakistan	47
Manila – Philippines	16
New Delhi – India	17
Seoul – South Korea	–
Singapore – Singapore	27
Sydney – Australia	11

Europe
Visa Office	Processing Times in months (based on a complete application package)
Bucharest – Romania	17
Kyiv – Ukraine	12
London – United Kingdom	28
Moscow – Russia	27
Paris – France	8
Rome – Italy	12
Vienna – Austria	16
Warsaw – Poland	13

Americas
Visa Office	Processing Times in months (based on a complete application package)
Bogota – Colombia	14
Buenos Aires – Argentina	16
Guatemala City – Guatemala	–
Havana – Cuba	10
Kingston – Jamaica	22
Lima – Peru	7
Los Angeles – United States	27
Mexico City – Mexico	17
New York – United States	39
Ottawa (Case Processing Centre) – Canada	17
Port-au-Prince – Haiti	23
Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago	17
Santiago – Chile	26
Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic	15
Sao Paulo – Brazil	5

Notes

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If it has been longer than the time shown above since you applied, you may contact the visa office that is processing your application. We do not have information about applications processed outside Canada.
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