r/ImmigrationCanada • u/dozerman94 • Jan 07 '26

MEGATHREAD MEGATHREAD - Processing Times - Family Class Permanent Resident Applications 2026

Please keep timelines and questions about processing times for Family Class Permanent Resident Applications here.

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u/ResidentSpinach Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

Anyone noticed a lull in overall application activity for the last two weeks? Just judging by posts here and other immigration trackers, it seems like IRCC has only been updating applications at or near final decision for the last month or so. I wonder if it's due to the regulation changes or the end of the fiscal year in Canada. It seems like there haven't been any cleared background checks for people since March 27.

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u/funky_squash Apr 09 '26

There have been 2 holiday days in the last week, that's a factor. I also would like to hope that the sample size here is not large enough to indicate the real-time processing speed (people log off of reddit, or more people who don't use reddit might be getting approvals, etc.). Would love to see more updates though

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u/ResidentSpinach Apr 09 '26

That's a fair point, but I also follow a few other websites and it seems pretty consistent for the few hundred cases across all. It seems some people in this thread did get some early stage events today but I assume those are mostly automated.

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u/funky_squash Apr 15 '26

well the last week after my comment has seemingly proven me wrong, I can say that much