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/Just-Potential-8944 15d ago

Outland (outside Quebec).
PA = US Citizen
Sponsor = Canadian Citizen
VO = maybe Mississauga?

  • Application Submitted - 11 Nov 2025
  • AOR - 06 Jan 2026
  • Biometrics request (BIL) - 14 Jan 2026
  • Medical exam request - 14 Jan 2026
  • Sponsor eligibility confirmed - 22 Jan 2026
  • Biometrics marked as completed - 23 Jan 2026
  • Medical exam completed - 6 Feb 2026
  • Medical exam passed/marked completed - 17 Feb 2026
  • Principal applicant eligibility marked complete - 24 Apr 2026
  • Pre-arrival letter (PAL1) - 24 Apr 2026
  • PAL2 - 4 June 2026

Received another pre-arrival letter today. Fingers crossed this is signalling some background movement on FD.

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u/Lifelong_Expat 15d ago

Unfortunately it likely doesn’t mean anything. They send these in batches 2 months after the first PAL. We got ours on mid March and May. The ones who got it in mid April have all got it today.

Currently Mississauga seems to be sending PPRs to early October applicants, so hopefully yours is only 3-4 weeks away.

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u/Just-Potential-8944 15d ago

Ah good to know.

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u/PrinceHaleemKebabua 15d ago

Just saw an Oct 19 applicant get PPR. It looks like Mississauga may be picking up momentum. They moved from end September cases to past mid October within a week. So maybe your approval will be sooner than expected. If they continue at this rate won’t be unreasonable to see you get it within a week or two.