Dependent child sponsorship · all countries
Canada dependent child sponsorship processing times by country
For Canadian citizens and permanent residents sponsoring a dependent child who lives outside Canada.
Typical wait across 10 countries
517.5 days
about 17 months
Half of the countries wait less than this, and half wait longer.
IRCC figures, update of October 21, 2026. Check IRCC's tool
Find your country
Arrows compare with about three months earlier.
- C
- Cameroon31 months● Steady
- Canada17 months● Steady
- China (People’s Republic of)13 months▲ 2 months
- Cubano figure
- D
- Dominican Republicno figure
- E
- Ethiopia20 months● Steady
- H
- Haiti32 months● Steady
- I
- India8 months▲ 1 month
- J
- Jamaica8 months▼ 3 months
- K
- Kenya17 months● Steady
- N
- Nigeria22 months● Steady
- P
- Philippines11 months▼ 1 month
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Shortest and longest right now
Shortest waits
- India8 months
- Jamaica8 months
- Philippines11 months
- China (People’s Republic of)13 months
- Canada17 months
Is the typical wait getting shorter?
The middle figure across all countries at each IRCC update, in days.
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
How long does a dependent child sponsorship application take?
It depends on where you apply from. In IRCC's update of October 21, 2026, the typical figure across 10 countries was 517.5 days. The shortest was India (8 months) and the longest was Haiti (32 months). Find your country above.
Is the dependent child sponsorship wait getting shorter?
Compared with about three months ago, dependent child sponsorship figures are shorter for 2 countries, longer for 2 and about the same for 5. The typical figure went from 639.2 days to 517.5 days.
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.