Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada released its weekly snapshot of processing times on 23 July, highlighting modest shifts across key temporary-resident categories. Work-permit applicants filing from within Canada now wait an average of 122 days, down two days from the previous week, while in-country visitor-visa processing improved by five days to 29. Conversely, work-permit applicants in Pakistan saw waits jump from seven to ten weeks, and super-visa processing for parents and grandparents lengthened by seven days for the same country. Study-permit timelines remained unchanged across all five benchmark nations tracked by IRCC—Canada, India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the United States—holding steady at four to seven weeks depending on location. Visitor-visa applicants from the Philippines benefited from a one-day reduction to 16 days, the fastest turnaround among the sample. For employers planning September onboarding, the figures underline the importance of filing complete work-permit applications early and, where possible, using the Global Skills Stream or intra-company transfer routes that enjoy shorter service standards. International students awaiting fall-term visas should continue to monitor weekly updates, as IRCC typically adjusts study-permit forecasts in late July once post-secondary institutions finalise enrolment numbers. Immigration practitioners welcomed the publication of granular week-over-week data but warned clients not to treat posted times as guarantees. “Estimates are calculated on 80 percent of cases—outliers can still take considerably longer,” noted Toronto immigration lawyer Ana-Maria Popescu. She urged applicants to submit medicals and police certificates up-front to avoid additional delays. The next update is scheduled for 29 July. Stakeholders expect to see whether a recent hiring surge at IRCC’s Sydney, Nova Scotia processing centre translates into measurable reductions across super-visa and family-sponsorship queues.
Source: CIC News
