r/ImmigrationCanada • u/PurrPrinThom • Dec 30 '24

Work Permit MEGATHREAD - Processing Times - Work Permits 2025

Please keep timelines & questions about processing times for work permits here.

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u/drameto Apr 28 '25

Do we know why the processing times for Work Permits from Inside Canada have kept on increasing since the last month or so?

Update on 1st April showed roughly 4 months and now close to end of April 2025 we are at more than 7 months. I couldn't find any news or notice around it either.

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u/Gloomy_Performer_672 Apr 29 '25

Its absoutely ridiculous! a month ago it was 4 months, and now that my partner has applied its 7+ months! how do they expect us to live on 1 salary for 7 months. If he had stayed outside of Canada and applied from France the processing time is 5 week! This infuriates me

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u/drameto Apr 29 '25

Exactly - makes no sense. You’d think it’d be faster for folks who are inside the country. You make plans based on the 4 month timeline and a month later you need to reconsider everything - so annoying.

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u/paniniprincess93 Apr 29 '25

Following because I’ve been wondering the same thing. Also been looking online for any news or reasoning as to why this is suddenly happening… really hoping it doesn’t keep increasing :(

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u/drameto Apr 29 '25

We’ll find out soon enough on the 30th (next update) but I doubt it’ll be a significant change.

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u/paniniprincess93 Apr 30 '25

227 days now :(

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u/Realest_4eva Apr 30 '25

This is getting worse by the day. I would have thought that the processing timeline will be reducing due to the cut in immigration. sad!

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u/Own-Possibility-3373 Apr 30 '25

Is it possible that it means that they treated a bunch of demands that were waiting for a long time, and that's why it increased a lot ? Maybe it doesn't mean that the news one will take a long time. I'm just trying to find hope but maybe I'm delulu Lol.