10/09/2025
🇨🇦 IRCC Updates Processing Times – October 2025 🇨🇦
IRCC has just released new updates on application processing times for permanent residence, temporary residence, and citizenship. Here are the highlights:
🟢Spousal Sponsorship (in-Canada, Quebec-bound applicants) – processing time has increased by almost 16 months.
🟢Dependent Child Sponsorship from inside Canada – processing time has dropped significantly (by ~17 months).
🟢Express Entry:
• Canadian Experience Class → around 6 months
• Federal Skilled Worker → 5–6 months
🟢Citizenship:
• Grant of Citizenship → about 13 months
• Citizenship Certificate → about 7 months
📌 What this means for you:
🟢Be prepared for delays in some family sponsorship cases, especially in Quebec.
🟢Many categories are moving faster, which means now could be the right time to apply.
🟢Submitting early ensures your place in the processing queue.
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