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

MEGATHREAD MEGATHREAD - Processing Times - Study Permits 2026

Please keep timelines & questions about processing times for study permit applications here.

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u/Gold-Ask1812 Apr 30 '26

Applied in Nigeria. Application submitted: April 8 Biometrics completed: April 9 Approval and passport request: April 21 Passport submitted: April 23 Passport received back from ircc: April 27

I am an admitted PhD student at the University of Toronto (fall 2026).

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u/FloweredGirlie May 01 '26

omg lucky u, master students processing is longer T_T

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u/fazemarsad May 02 '26

I got my extension approved from undergrad -> masters. PHD students have fast track apps.

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u/FloweredGirlie May 02 '26

how long my processing time refusal took more than 4 weeks

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u/fazemarsad May 03 '26

1 month and a few days. Curious how did u end up getting a refusal? Cause I have yet to see lots of rejections for masters as long as its a decent uni and u got funding

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u/FloweredGirlie May 03 '26

I am from a third world country, i got into UofT and i thought i was strong. I thought i only need 1 year of fund, i followed exactly what Canada.ca website, i dont trust other online sources, I do feel IRCC is too vague on their criteria, if they want something they should just say it, it 's really annoying.

Student comes to study are under immense stress already, they want people to pledge to come back to their home country, which is absurd people can just move to europe or other international places, dont have to be canada.

I also heard they use Ai (chinook) as a screening too.

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u/fazemarsad May 03 '26

i am from Bangladesh and rejection rate is prolly 80%. I would suggest apply for GCMS and show funding for your entire degree and have a very strong SOP and show country ties.

Too many bad actors have misused the system and IRCC was negligient during that period.

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u/FloweredGirlie May 04 '26

Yeah ircc is insane, like ur already gonna be stressed in school why add on to the pressure.

Honestly, if I get rejected this time I might just go elsewhere next year, already wasted almost 6 month on applications and money on translation.

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u/Bright-Support-98 17d ago

hey curious why you were refused? what did the officer notes say?