The most common questions asked by immigration candidates is “How much time will the processing of my Canada immigration visa application take?

According to the Canada immigration system, the processing can be defined as the time taken by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to process the Canada immigration visa application, from the day they receive the application to the day they give the decision on it.

Sometimes, applicants think that processing time includes the period from the day they submit the Expression of interest or they receive the ITA. Neither submission of EOI nor receiving of ITA, submission of final documents or the application form is countable in the processing time of Canada application.

There are more than 80 Canada immigration options encompassing different categories of foreign nationals and the processing time for Canada immigration varies from one program to another. So if you are interested in moving to Canada, then let’s discuss the average processing time for some popular immigration programs.

Processing time for Canada immigration programs:

Canada Express entry Program:

Canada express entry is one of the easiest ways to migrate to Canada. The Federal Government of Canada introduced this program in 2015 to improve the quality of influx of immigrants as well as the transparency and speed of the Canada merit-based immigration system.  It has three immigration categories including, Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class. As compared to other programs, Canada Express entry processing time is the shortest.

Quebec Skilled Worker Class:

Quebec has its own rules and regulation for immigration. Its eligibility and selection criteria to migrate to Canada are different from other provinces.  The government of Quebec and the Federal government of Canada developed the Quebec skilled worker Program (QSWP). Highly educated and trained foreign nationals are selected to immigrate to Quebec as skilled workers through QSWP.

The average processing time for applications under QSWP is around 15-17 months

Atlantic Immigrant Nominee Program:

In 2017, four Atlantic Provinces like Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island in coordination with the Federal government introduced the Atlantic immigration pilot program (AIPP). This three-year program helps Canadian employers to target foreign skilled workers in filling up vacant job positions in these Atlantic Provinces which have not been filled locally

The average processing time for applications under Atlantic Immigrant Nominee Program is 6 months

Provincial Nominee Program:

There are 11 Provincial Nominee Programs to nominate skilled and experienced prospects from different countries to meet the shortage of skills in Canadian provinces. Broadly, there are two PNP categories – Express entry linked PNPs (Enhanced PNPs) and Non-Express entry linked PNPs (Base PNPs). As the name implies, Express entry linked PNPs select candidates for provincial nominations from the Express entry pool. On the contrary, Base PNPs select candidates for nominations outside express entry pool.

Spousal Sponsorship:

Spouse visa is a sub-category of Canada Family visa which allows the entry of foreign nationals to Canada as permanent residents who shared a genuine relationship with citizens or permanent residents of Canada as a spouse/conjugal partner/common-law partner.

The average spouse visa Canada processing time is 12 months after December 07, 2016.

For further any information on processing time for Canada immigration, feel free to contact experts of countrywide visas. Countrywide visas is one of the best Canada Immigration Consultants in Delhi for Canada PR with a large, devoted team of Immigration experts offers hassle-free and professional services to its clients for filing their applications for various immigration programs.

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