Adopted child sponsorship · all countries
Canada adopted child sponsorship processing times by country
For Canadian citizens and permanent residents bringing home a child adopted outside Canada.
Find your country
Arrows compare with about three months earlier.
- C
- Canada23 months▲ 3 months
- E
- Ethiopia29 months▼ 8 months
- H
- Haiti46 months● Steady
- P
- Philippines17 months● Steady
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What do these numbers mean?
It looks back, not forward
IRCC's figure is how long it took to decide 8 in 10 of the applications of this kind that it finished recently. The other 2 in 10 took longer.
The clock starts with a complete application
It counts from the day IRCC had a complete application to the day it made a decision.
It changes often
IRCC revises the figure regularly, usually every week. A single application can be faster or slower.
Common questions
Is the adopted child sponsorship wait getting shorter?
Compared with about three months ago, adopted child sponsorship figures are shorter for 1 countries, longer for 1 and about the same for 2.
Is this an official government website?
No. Canada Visa Wait is an independent site and is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. The figures are IRCC's own. Before you rely on a date, check IRCC's official processing-times tool.