Immitracker vs. IRCC: immigration processing time insights (June 2023)
Starting this summer, Immitracker is launching a new initiative for Canada! With the help of our users who thoughtfully put in their case information, we’re able to glean valuable insights regarding actual processing times for the most popular Canadian immigration programs.
For each visa and immigration program and citizenship, the IRCC provides average processing time estimates. These official estimates by program can be found here. From the cases that get logged in the Canadian trackers on Immitracker, we noticed that the actual processing times are quite different from the ones presented by the IRCC.
June 2023 High Level Processing Time Comparison
Our first analysis is for June 2023. The programs that Immitracker took for our analysis are from the most popular trackers and include:
Spousal Sponsorship
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker
Express Entry: Provincial Nominee Program
Express Entry: Canadian Experience Class
Citizenship
On the graph below, we display the government processing time estimates for each of these programs (published the week of July 10th) on the left side and the actual processing time estimates calculated by Immitracker on the right side. The Immitracker numbers were calculated based on the cases that successfully finished processing in June.
June 2023 Processing Time Analysis by Program
In this section, we break down our Immitracker processing time insights by individual program including the quantity of cases that were analyzed and the number of days on average it took the case to go from submission to completion.
Express Entry
The Express Entry analysis includes the Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Worker, and Express Entry Provincial Nominee programs. We indicate the quantity of cases we analyzed for each of the programs and the average number of days it took these applicants to receive a PPR (Passport Request).
Spousal Sponsorship
The Spousal Sponsorship data for June 2023 is for Outland applicants only. For Outland cases, the spouse is based outside of Canada. We indicate the quantity of cases we analyzed for Outland Spousal Sponsorship and the average number of days it took these applicants to receive a PPR (Passport Request).
Citizenship
For Citizenship applicants, we analyzed the cases that received their Oath Letter in June 2023. The Oath Letter is one of the final steps in the citizenship application process - in this letter, the IRCC provides the applicant with an invitation to and date for their citizenship ceremony. During the citizenship ceremony, the applicant formally becomes a Canadian citizen and receives their citizenship certificate.
June 2023 Summary Infographic
If you’re interested in getting a copy of our data analysis summaries, you can download them along with the infographic for free at the following link!
Looking for processing time insights for other programs? Check out the Immitracker trackers or reach out to us through our Contact Form and we can help you find the answers!
