GovWait Official government processing times, tracked weekly

Canada Work permit: processing time by applicant country

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) publishes how long the government is currently taking to process this permit category, per applicant country, and refreshes the figures roughly weekly. 65 of 212 countries currently have a published time; the median is 42 days. Countries without a published figure are listed too — that absence is itself official information.

Last updated by IRCC: August 19, 2026 · verified by us August 21, 2026 · official source ↗
Applying fromOfficial processing timevs. typical
Guatemala 1 week faster than typical
Belgium 2 weeks faster than typical
Libya 2 weeks faster than typical
Peru 2 weeks faster than typical
Spain 2 weeks faster than typical
United States 2 weeks faster than typical
France 3 weeks faster than typical
Japan 3 weeks faster than typical
Mexico 3 weeks faster than typical
Nicaragua 3 weeks faster than typical
Romania 3 weeks faster than typical
Taiwan 3 weeks faster than typical
Türkiye 3 weeks faster than typical
Brazil 4 weeks typical
Chile 4 weeks typical
Costa Rica 4 weeks typical
El Salvador 4 weeks typical
Honduras 4 weeks typical
Jamaica 4 weeks typical
Saudi Arabia 4 weeks typical
United Kingdom 4 weeks typical
China 5 weeks typical
Dominican Republic 5 weeks typical
Ecuador 5 weeks typical
Israel 5 weeks typical
Nepal 5 weeks typical
Vietnam 5 weeks typical
Argentina 6 weeks typical
Cameroon 6 weeks typical
Colombia 6 weeks typical
Germany 6 weeks typical
Haiti 6 weeks typical
Moldova 6 weeks typical
Philippines 6 weeks typical
Thailand 6 weeks typical
Tunisia 6 weeks typical
United Arab Emirates 6 weeks typical
Algeria 7 weeks typical
Australia 7 weeks typical
Bangladesh 7 weeks typical
Ireland 7 weeks typical
Italy 7 weeks typical
Malaysia 7 weeks typical
Morocco 7 weeks typical
Pakistan 7 weeks typical
Senegal 7 weeks typical
Kenya 8 weeks typical
Sri Lanka 8 weeks typical
Egypt 9 weeks slower than typical
India 9 weeks slower than typical
Nigeria 9 weeks slower than typical
Qatar 10 weeks slower than typical
Rwanda 11 weeks slower than typical
Canada 13 weeks slower than typical
Côte d’Ivoire 13 weeks slower than typical
South Africa 15 weeks slower than typical
Indonesia 16 weeks much slower than typical
Singapore 16 weeks much slower than typical
Hong Kong SAR China 17 weeks much slower than typical
Ghana 18 weeks much slower than typical
South Korea 25 weeks much slower than typical
Iran 31 weeks much slower than typical
Mauritius 41 weeks much slower than typical
Madagascar 42 weeks much slower than typical
Zimbabwe 48 weeks much slower than typical
Afghanistan No official time published
Albania No official time published
Andorra No official time published
Angola No official time published
Anguilla No official time published
Antigua & Barbuda No official time published
Armenia No official time published
Aruba No official time published
Austria No official time published
Azerbaijan No official time published
Bahamas No official time published
Bahrain No official time published
Barbados No official time published
Belarus No official time published
Belize No official time published
Benin No official time published
Bermuda No official time published
Bhutan No official time published
Bolivia No official time published
Bosnia & Herzegovina No official time published
Botswana No official time published
British Indian Ocean Territory No official time published
Brunei No official time published
Bulgaria No official time published
Burkina Faso No official time published
Burundi No official time published
Cambodia No official time published
Cape Verde No official time published
Caribbean Netherlands No official time published
Cayman Islands No official time published
Central African Republic No official time published
Chad No official time published
Comoros No official time published
Congo - Brazzaville No official time published
Congo - Kinshasa No official time published
Croatia No official time published
Cuba No official time published
Cyprus No official time published
Czechia No official time published
Denmark No official time published
Djibouti No official time published
Dominica No official time published
Equatorial Guinea No official time published
Eritrea No official time published
Estonia No official time published
Eswatini No official time published
Ethiopia No official time published
Fiji No official time published
Finland No official time published
French Polynesia No official time published
Gabon No official time published
Gambia No official time published
Georgia No official time published
Greece No official time published
Greenland No official time published
Grenada No official time published
Guinea No official time published
Guinea-Bissau No official time published
Guyana No official time published
Hungary No official time published
Iceland No official time published
Iraq No official time published
Jordan No official time published
Kazakhstan No official time published
Kiribati No official time published
Kosovo No official time published
Kuwait No official time published
Kyrgyzstan No official time published
Laos No official time published
Latvia No official time published
Lebanon No official time published
Lesotho No official time published
Liberia No official time published
Liechtenstein No official time published
Lithuania No official time published
Luxembourg No official time published
Macao SAR China No official time published
Malawi No official time published
Maldives No official time published
Mali No official time published
Malta No official time published
Marshall Islands No official time published
Martinique No official time published
Mauritania No official time published
Micronesia No official time published
Monaco No official time published
Mongolia No official time published
Montenegro No official time published
Mozambique No official time published
Myanmar (Burma) No official time published
Namibia No official time published
Nauru No official time published
Netherlands No official time published
New Caledonia No official time published
New Zealand No official time published
Niger No official time published
North Korea No official time published
North Macedonia No official time published
Norway No official time published
Oman No official time published
Palestinian Territories No official time published
Panama No official time published
Papua New Guinea No official time published
Paraguay No official time published
Poland No official time published
Portugal No official time published
Puerto Rico No official time published
Russia No official time published
Samoa No official time published
San Marino No official time published
São Tomé & Príncipe No official time published
Serbia No official time published
Seychelles No official time published
Sierra Leone No official time published
Slovakia No official time published
Slovenia No official time published
Solomon Islands No official time published
Somalia No official time published
South Sudan No official time published
St. Kitts & Nevis No official time published
St. Lucia No official time published
St. Vincent & Grenadines No official time published
Sudan No official time published
Suriname No official time published
Sweden No official time published
Switzerland No official time published
Syria No official time published
Tajikistan No official time published
Tanzania No official time published
Timor-Leste No official time published
Togo No official time published
Tonga No official time published
Trinidad & Tobago No official time published
Turkmenistan No official time published
Turks & Caicos Islands No official time published
Tuvalu No official time published
U.S. Virgin Islands No official time published
Uganda No official time published
Ukraine No official time published
Uruguay No official time published
Uzbekistan No official time published
Vanuatu No official time published
Vatican City No official time published
Venezuela No official time published
WB No official time published
Yemen No official time published
Zambia No official time published
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) · extracted values only, republished with attribution · not legal advice.