Canada Visa Wait

Permanent residence

Federal Skilled Trades processing time

The Express Entry program for qualified tradespeople.

Current processing time

No current figure

IRCC's latest update has no figure for this. The last published figure was 70 months, on February 28, 2023.

IRCC figure, update of October 21, 2026. Check IRCC's tool

Is it getting faster or slower?

Each point is an IRCC update. Lower means a shorter wait.

What does this number mean?

1

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.

2

The clock starts with a complete application

It counts from the day IRCC had a complete application to the day it made a decision.

3

It changes often

IRCC revises the figure regularly, usually every week. A single application can be faster or slower.

Common questions

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.

All published figures

Every published figure: Federal Skilled Trades (Express Entry)
IRCC updateFigureChange
April 6, 2023not enough data–
March 29, 2023no published time–
March 7, 2023no published time–
February 1, 202370 months+7 months
January 10, 202363 months+1 month
December 14, 202262 months+11 months
November 30, 202251 months+2 months
November 3, 202249 months+2 months
October 4, 202247 months+4 months
September 20, 202243 months−1 month
September 13, 202244 months−1 month
September 6, 202245 months−1 month
August 9, 202246 months−1 month
July 5, 202247 months+5 months
June 29, 202242 months−1 month
June 1, 202243 months+3 months
May 24, 202240 months−1 month
May 3, 202241 months+4 months
April 5, 202237 months+10 months
March 31, 202227 months+21 months
April 3, 20196 monthsfirst figure

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