On February 7, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the application processing times to help applicants know how long their application processing may take until a decision is made. According to the update, IRCC processes citizenship applications within 23 months. Application processing times for spousal sponsorship applications were around 14-16 months, while PR applications for parents and grandparents took 39 months. The latest IRCC data reveals that the Canadian immigration backlog was at a staggering 918,300, and 1.055 million applications were processed within IRCC service standards.
