{"id":23385,"date":"2026-08-26T04:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/processing-times-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T04:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:23:00","slug":"processing-times","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/processing-times\/","title":{"rendered":"IRCC Processing Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current processing times for the Canadian applications that matter most to Iranian applicants \u2014 straight from IRCC’s official data, auto-refreshed twice a day. Visitor, study and work times are calculated for applications from Iran.<\/p>\n

Application type<\/th>Current processing time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Visitor visa (applying from Iran)<\/td>157 days<\/td><\/tr>
Super visa (from Iran)<\/td>348 days<\/td><\/tr>
Study permit (from Iran)<\/td>54 weeks<\/td><\/tr>
Work permit (from Iran)<\/td>38 weeks<\/td><\/tr>
Express Entry \u2014 FSW<\/td>About 6 months<\/td><\/tr>
Express Entry \u2014 CEC<\/td>6 months<\/td><\/tr>
Express Entry \u2014 PNP<\/td>About 7 months<\/td><\/tr>
PNP base (non-Express Entry)<\/td>About 13 months<\/td><\/tr>
Spousal sponsorship \u2014 abroad<\/td>About 17 months<\/td><\/tr>
Spousal sponsorship \u2014 in Canada<\/td>About 27 months<\/td><\/tr>
Citizenship grant<\/td>About 12 months<\/td><\/tr>
PR card \u2014 first card<\/td>40 days<\/td><\/tr>
PR card \u2014 renewal<\/td>40 days<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>

Source: IRCC's official processing-times data, refreshed automatically twice a day. Last refresh: August 31, 2026. Times are IRCC's estimates for 80% of applications and change frequently.<\/p><\/div>\n

What do these numbers mean?<\/h2>\n

IRCC publishes the time within which 80% of recent applications were finalized \u2014 yours can be faster or slower. For files stuck well beyond the normal range, tools like GCMS notes and, in extreme cases, mandamus exist \u2014 tell us your situation in the free assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current processing times for the Canadian applications that matter most to Iranian applicants \u2014 straight from IRCC’s official data, auto-refreshed twice a day. Visitor, study and work times are calculated for applications from Iran. What do these numbers mean? IRCC publishes the time within which 80% of recent applications were finalized \u2014 yours can be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avalvisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}