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Processing times for self-employed class (federal) applications processed by visa offices outside Canada

Processing times for self-employed class (federal) applications processed by visa offices outside Canada

The tables below indicate application processing times at Canadian visa offices outside Canada. The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011. Processing times are subject to change.

Last quarterly update: April 27, 2011

Africa and Middle East

Visa Office

Processing Times IN MONTHS

Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

-

Accra - Ghana

-

Cairo - Egypt

-

Dakar - Senegal*

-

Damascus - Syria

-

Nairobi - Kenya

-

Pretoria - South Africa

-

Rabat - Morocco

-

Tel Aviv - Israel

-

[*] Note: applications are no longer processed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The visa office in Dakar, Senegal now processes these applications.

Asia and Pacific

Visa Office

Processing Times IN MONTHS

Beijing - China

51

Colombo - Sri Lanka

-

Hong Kong - China

-

Islamabad - Pakistan

-

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

-

Manila - Philippines

-

New Delhi - India

82

Seoul - South Korea

43

Singapore - Singapore

-

Sydney - Australia

-

Taipei - Taiwan

-

Tokyo - Japan

-

Europe

Visa Office

Processing Times IN MONTHS

Ankara - Turkey

-

Berlin - Germany

25

Bucharest - Romania

-

Kiev - Ukraine

-

London - United Kingdom

53

Moscow - Russia

-

Paris - France

-

Rome - Italy

-

Vienna - Austria

-

Warsaw - Poland

-

Americas

Visa Office

Processing Times IN MONTHS

Bogota - Colombia

-

Buenos Aires - Argentina

-

Buffalo – United States

21

Caracas - Venezuela

-

Guatemala City - Guatemala

-

Havana - Cuba

-

Kingston – Jamaica

-

Lima - Peru

-

Mexico City - Mexico

-

Port-au-Prince - Haiti

-

Port of Spain - Trinidad and Tobago

-

Santiago - Chile

-

Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic

-

Sao Paulo - Brazil

-