CIMM – Inventories and Processing Times Chart – March 20, 2024
Breakdown of Inventories and Processing Times by Line of Business January 31, 2024
Permanent Residents
| Immigration Category Group | Subcategories | Admissions January 1 – January 31, 2024 |
Processing InventoryFootnote 1 | Processing Time (in months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) | 1,100 | 7,600 | AIP: 6 |
| Canadian Experience Class (CEC) | 9,200 | 21,600 | CEC:5 | |
| Caregiver Program Includes: Caring for Children Program (CCP) Home Child Care Program (HCCP) Home Support Worker Program (HSWP) Interim Pathway Measure (IPM) Live-in Caregiver (LCP) |
600 | 42,400 | CCP: -- HCCP: 37 HSWP: 37 IPM: 52 LCP: 108 |
|
| Federal Business Includes: Self-Employed (SE) Start-Up Visa (SUV) |
600 | 39,900 | SE: 56 SUV: 37 |
|
| Federal High Skilled (FSW)Footnote 2Express Entry (EE) | 2,500 | 15,200 | FSW EE: 6 | |
| Ministerial Instruction Economic Programs/ Pilot Programs Includes: Agri-Food Immigration Pilot (AFIP) Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMP) Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) |
1,000 | 6,000 | AFIP: 8 EMP: 8 RNIP: 7 |
|
| Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) Pathway | 1,400 | 9,100 | 28 | |
| Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Includes: PNP Express Entry (EE) PNP Non-EE |
12,700 | 87,700 | PNP EE: 7 PNP Non-EE: 13 |
|
| Quebec Business | 600 | 7,100 | 59 | |
| Quebec Skilled Workers | 2,200 | 22,100 | 11 | |
| Total | 31,900 | 258,700 | - | |
| Family | Family Class – Spouse, Partners and Children (including In-Canada Spouse and Partner Public Policy (FCH)) | 7,500 | 94,800 | Quebec: Domestic 26 Overseas: 38 Rest of Canada: Domestic: 10 Overseas: 13 |
| Parents and Grandparents | 1,800 | 74,300 | Quebec: 51 Rest of Canada: 25 |
|
| Total | 9,300 | 169,100 | - | |
| Refugee, Humanitarian & Other | Refugee Includes: Government Assisted Refugees (GAR) Privately Sponsored Refugees (PSR) |
2,800 | 112,900 | GAR: 27 PSR: 41 |
| Protected Person in Canada (including Dependents Abroad) | 2,900 | 110,200 | In Canada: 28 Overseas: 48 |
|
| Humanitarian & Other | 800 | 71,600 | 19 | |
| Total | 6,500 | 294,700 | - | |
| Grand Total | 47,700 | 722,500 | - | |
Temporary Residents
| Immigration Category Group (excluding extensions) | Subcategories | Applications Processed | Inventory | Processing Time (in days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers | Work Permit (WP) | WP: 38,900 CUAET WP: 3,700 |
WP: 95,100 CUAET WP: 6,900 |
WP (Non-CUAETFootnote 3): 119 CUAET WP: 410 |
| Students (includes Student Direct Stream (SDS)) | Study Permit (SP) | 64,900 | 115,900 | Study Permit: 70 SDS: 17 |
| Visitors (excludes Super Visa & electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)) | Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) | TRV: 331,000 CUAET TRV: 1,400 |
TRV: 731,400 CUAET TRV: 1,500 |
TRV: 90 CUAET TRV: 478 |
| Total | 439,900 | 950,800 | - | |
| Immigration Category Group | Subcategories | Applications Processed | Inventory | Processing Time (in days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers - Extensions | Work Permit Extension | 75,300 | 144,700 | 102 |
| Students - Extensions | Study Permit Extension | 25,700 | 34,700 | 64 |
| Visitors - Extensions | Visitor Record (Extension) | 24,000 | 53,300 | 70 |
| Total | 125,000 | 232,700 | - | |
| Immigration Category Group | Subcategories | Applications Processed | Inventory | Processing Time (in days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visitors - other | electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) | 258,700 | 34,000 | 1 minute |
| Super Visa | 7,200 | 15,100 | 90 days |
Citizenship
| Citizenship Category Group | Subcategories | Applications Processed | Inventory | Processing time (in months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship | Grants | 36,000 | 251,400 | 15 |
| Proofs | 7,400 | 21,900 | 8 |
Notes:
- All values are rounded, as a result data may not sum to the totals indicated.
- Please note that a minimum of 10 cases are required to calculate processing times.
- Permanent Resident and Citizenship processing times should read as 80% of cases finalized in the last 6 months were completed within X months or less. Temporary resident processing times should read as 80% of cases finalized in the last 8 weeks were completed within X days or less.