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As of April 29, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) had more than 2.1 million applicants waiting on decisions for citizenship, immigration, and temporary residence.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser appeared recently before the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and made promising remarks on reducing application backlogs and improving IRCC procession standards by end of this calendar year.
IRCC processing standards refer to the goal that the department sets to process an application, be it citizenship, immigrtaion, or temporary residence like study or work permits. In any case, these standards do not necessarily reflect actual processing times as each application is unique.
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Faster Immigration to Canada
Minister told the committee that his department is eyeing to return to IRCC processing standards for the majority of visa categories by the end of 2022.
“I think we’ll be able to do it – on a majority of lines of business – potentially this calendar year,” Fraser said, “and where we can’t do it, we should be broadcasting those timelines.”
Minister also laid out plans for better utilization of the $827 million budget to digitize and transform immigration to Canada. This has already helped IRCC make 156,000 permanent residency applications in the first quarter of 2022 alone.
Proposed Changes to Express Entry
Minister Fraser hinted at proposed changes to the Express Entry system. In near future, the Express Entry system includes exclusive pathways to permanent residence for international students and temporary foreign workers. There could be occupation-specific Express Entry draws to fill gaps in key sectors.
IRCC Processing Standards for Various Canadian Visa Categories
Please refer to the official website or contact our consultants for latest information. .
| Immigration Category | Program | IRCC Processing Standard |
| Economic-class | Express Entry Canadian Experience Class (CEC) | 7 months |
| Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) | 27 months | |
| Express Entry Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) | 27 months | |
| Express Entry Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) | 22 months | |
| Non-Express Entry aligned PNP | 27 months | |
| Quebec skilled worker streams | 31 months | |
| Federal Self-employed persons | 42 months | |
| Atlantic Immigration Program | 14 months | |
| Start-up Visa | 31 months | |
| Quebec business class | 65 months |
| Immigration Category | Program | IRCC Processing Standard |
| Temporary Residence | Study permit outside Canada | 13 weeks |
| Study permit inside Canada | 09 weeks | |
| Study permit extension | 75 days online and 156 days by paper | |
| Work permit outside Canada: | Varies by country | |
| Work permit inside Canada (initial application or extension) | : 133 days online and 239 days by paper | |
| Parents or grandparents Super Visa | Varies by country |
| Immigration Category | Program | IRCC Processing Standard |
| Family class | Spouse or common-law partner living in Canada | 16 months |
| Spouse or common-law partner living outside Canada | 19 months | |
| Parents or grandparents | 32 months | |
| Dependent child | Varies by country | |
| Adopted child or relative | Varies by country |
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