CIMM – Q-1729 - Annex A – December 05, 2023
Q-1729 - With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the prolonged visa application wait times for applicants from francophone countries: (a) what are the mean and median wait times to process a permanent residency application between 2020 and 2023 from francophone countries, broken down by country, including, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo, Haiti, Martinique, and Lebanon; (b) which of these countries have average visa application wait times above the IRCC recommended guidelines; (c) how many applications for permanent residency did the IRCC process from francophone countries between 2020 and 2023, broken down by country, and how many were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected; (d) what are the mean and median processing times for applicants that filed for permanent residency in (i) French, (ii) English; and (e) does the IRCC currently have plans to recommend additional visa application centers in francophone countries, and, if so, which countries?
| Country Group | Country Of Residence | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 6 month period ending August 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80%Footnote * | 50% | 80%Footnote * | 50% | 80%Footnote * | 50% | 80%Footnote * | 50% | ||
| FrancophoneFootnote ** | Algeria | 26 | 15 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| Belgium | 27 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 36 | 16 | 29 | 5 | |
| Burkina-Faso | 28 | 20 | 41 | 22 | 39 | 22 | 45 | 11 | |
| Burundi | 38 | 32 | 43 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 38 | 32 | |
| Central African Republic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Chad, Republic of | 41 | 29 | 49 | 33 | 50 | 34 | 53 | 40 | |
| Comoros | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 35 | 29 | 51 | 33 | 44 | 30 | 46 | 24 | |
| Congo, People's Republic of the | 35 | 30 | 37 | 27 | 49 | 31 | 47 | 23 | |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon | 31 | 26 | 39 | 25 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 4 | |
| France | 28 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 32 | 8 | |
| Gabon Republic | -- | -- | 39 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 51 | 9 | |
| Guinea, Republic of | 29 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 44 | 32 | 43 | 26 | |
| Haiti | 38 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 44 | 23 | 50 | 36 | |
| Lebanon | 23 | 14 | 33 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 25 | 19 | |
| Madagascar | 21 | 17 | 33 | 21 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 9 | |
| Mali, Republic of | 34 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 42 | 28 | 31 | 19 | |
| Martinique | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Mauritania | -- | -- | 38 | 18 | -- | -- | 57 | 12 | |
| Mauritius | 20 | 13 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | |
| Morocco | 19 | 15 | 31 | 19 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 5 | |
| Peoples Republic of Benin | 23 | 15 | 40 | 21 | 47 | 38 | 48 | 5 | |
| Republic of Djibouti | 30 | 15 | 39 | 33 | 45 | 34 | 44 | 34 | |
| Republic of Ivory Coast | 32 | 25 | 39 | 20 | 41 | 21 | 31 | 12 | |
| Republic of the Niger | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 6 | |
| Rwanda | 33 | 13 | 30 | 14 | 42 | 35 | 36 | 21 | |
| Senegal | 30 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 39 | 21 | 36 | 13 | |
| Seychelles | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Switzerland | 23 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 7 | |
| Togo, Republic of | 23 | 14 | 37 | 21 | 43 | 15 | 14 | 5 | |
| Tunisia | 26 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | |
| All FrancophoneFootnote ** Countries | 27 | 17 | 36 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 29 | 8 | |
| All Countries of Residence | 22 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 9 | |
Note:
Service Standards (based on a target of 80% of submitted applications) for permanent resident (PR) applications vary between 6 and 12 months depending on the PR stream.
Cells with '--' represent less than 10 applications processed.
| Country of Citizenship | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | |
| Francophone CountriesFootnote ** | 19,906 | 1,845 | 345 | 22,096 | 42,936 | 2,471 | 796 | 46,203 |
| Algeria | 2,554 | 89 | 19 | 2,662 | 3,041 | 87 | 32 | 3,160 |
| Belgium | 335 | 19 | 14 | 368 | 618 | 30 | 28 | 676 |
| Burkina-Faso | 151 | 9 | 2 | 162 | 421 | 25 | 5 | 451 |
| Burundi | 897 | 115 | 27 | 1,039 | 1,392 | 83 | 16 | 1,491 |
| Central African Republic | 117 | 9 | 5 | 131 | 185 | 16 | 10 | 211 |
| Chad, Republic of | 86 | 36 | 1 | 123 | 240 | 15 | 10 | 265 |
| Comoros | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 857 | 479 | 40 | 1,376 | 2,170 | 444 | 67 | 2,681 |
| Congo, People's Republic of the | 77 | 34 | 1 | 112 | 273 | 44 | 1 | 318 |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon | 1,181 | 120 | 29 | 1,330 | 3,255 | 221 | 58 | 3,534 |
| France | 4,632 | 123 | 61 | 4,816 | 13,051 | 224 | 248 | 13,523 |
| Gabon Republic | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 78 | 6 | 5 | 89 |
| Guinea, Republic of | 166 | 27 | 9 | 202 | 471 | 46 | 14 | 531 |
| Haiti | 1,039 | 240 | 24 | 1,303 | 3,706 | 610 | 84 | 4,400 |
| Lebanon | 1,202 | 140 | 40 | 1,382 | 1,962 | 161 | 31 | 2,154 |
| Madagascar | 84 | 10 | 0 | 94 | 225 | 4 | 1 | 230 |
| Mali, Republic of | 157 | 10 | 3 | 170 | 321 | 28 | 11 | 360 |
| Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritania | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 84 | 6 | 3 | 93 |
| Mauritius | 392 | 30 | 8 | 430 | 763 | 18 | 17 | 798 |
| Morocco | 2,355 | 83 | 24 | 2,462 | 3,251 | 66 | 35 | 3,352 |
| Peoples Republic of Benin | 208 | 8 | 0 | 216 | 420 | 24 | 7 | 451 |
| Republic of Djibouti | 346 | 16 | 1 | 363 | 341 | 27 | 4 | 372 |
| Republic of Ivory Coast | 509 | 91 | 12 | 612 | 1,589 | 85 | 37 | 1,711 |
| Republic of the Niger | 26 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 85 | 12 | 4 | 101 |
| Rwanda | 312 | 52 | 9 | 373 | 892 | 81 | 16 | 989 |
| Senegal | 264 | 22 | 3 | 289 | 827 | 35 | 13 | 875 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 159 | 15 | 5 | 179 | 319 | 14 | 14 | 347 |
| Togo, Republic of | 183 | 15 | 0 | 198 | 387 | 16 | 3 | 406 |
| Tunisia | 1,555 | 47 | 6 | 1,608 | 2,557 | 41 | 22 | 2,620 |
| All Other Countries | 156,686 | 22,563 | 2,783 | 182,032 | 412,422 | 24,919 | 11,666 | 449,007 |
| Grand Total | 176,592 | 24,408 | 3,128 | 204,128 | 455,358 | 27,390 | 12,462 | 495,210 |
| Country of Citizenship | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | |
| Francophone CountriesFootnote ** | 75,276 | 3,660 | 1,272 | 80,208 | 45,801 | 3,561 | 749 | 50,111 |
| Algeria | 6,867 | 91 | 72 | 7,030 | 4,071 | 142 | 49 | 4,262 |
| Belgium | 692 | 44 | 48 | 784 | 419 | 27 | 11 | 457 |
| Burkina-Faso | 622 | 32 | 14 | 668 | 334 | 47 | 1 | 382 |
| Burundi | 1,611 | 70 | 23 | 1,704 | 702 | 64 | 26 | 792 |
| Central African Republic | 982 | 6 | 17 | 1,005 | 222 | 12 | 15 | 249 |
| Chad, Republic of | 275 | 28 | 5 | 308 | 216 | 53 | 0 | 269 |
| Comoros | 19 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4,401 | 400 | 82 | 4,883 | 3,633 | 361 | 59 | 4,053 |
| Congo, People's Republic of the | 369 | 56 | 12 | 437 | 186 | 60 | 8 | 254 |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon | 8,290 | 392 | 83 | 8,765 | 8,631 | 561 | 54 | 9,246 |
| France | 15,920 | 445 | 300 | 16,665 | 7,718 | 344 | 133 | 8,195 |
| Gabon Republic | 79 | 16 | 6 | 101 | 80 | 11 | 10 | 101 |
| Guinea, Republic of | 649 | 96 | 19 | 764 | 360 | 88 | 17 | 465 |
| Haiti | 5,721 | 1,067 | 190 | 6,978 | 2,220 | 724 | 115 | 3,059 |
| Lebanon | 5,187 | 162 | 118 | 5,467 | 3,176 | 179 | 62 | 3,417 |
| Madagascar | 369 | 5 | 3 | 377 | 316 | 16 | 0 | 332 |
| Mali, Republic of | 491 | 28 | 16 | 535 | 338 | 25 | 4 | 367 |
| Martinique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritania | 98 | 11 | 2 | 111 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 109 |
| Mauritius | 1,181 | 43 | 9 | 1,233 | 894 | 17 | 10 | 921 |
| Morocco | 7,661 | 209 | 74 | 7,944 | 4,527 | 169 | 40 | 4,736 |
| Peoples Republic of Benin | 982 | 48 | 19 | 1,049 | 482 | 29 | 8 | 519 |
| Republic of Djibouti | 322 | 18 | 8 | 348 | 258 | 24 | 10 | 292 |
| Republic of Ivory Coast | 3,904 | 157 | 22 | 4,083 | 1,863 | 310 | 22 | 2,195 |
| Republic of the Niger | 125 | 3 | 7 | 135 | 93 | 10 | 0 | 103 |
| Rwanda | 1,061 | 55 | 27 | 1,143 | 708 | 101 | 26 | 835 |
| Senegal | 1,247 | 44 | 29 | 1,320 | 762 | 59 | 15 | 836 |
| Seychelles | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 285 | 26 | 11 | 322 | 140 | 9 | 12 | 161 |
| Togo, Republic of | 791 | 37 | 8 | 836 | 588 | 44 | 4 | 636 |
| Tunisia | 5,065 | 70 | 44 | 5,179 | 2,737 | 72 | 38 | 2,847 |
| All Other Countries | 423,623 | 27,680 | 19,824 | 471,127 | 295,216 | 26,657 | 9,792 | 331,665 |
| Grand Total | 498,899 | 31,340 | 21,096 | 551,335 | 341,017 | 30,218 | 10,541 | 381,776 |
| Country of Citizenship | 2020 | 2021 - 2021 Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | |
| Francophone CountriesFootnote ** | 11,354 | 1,288 | 211 | 12,853 | 16,084 | 1,617 | 401 | 18,102 |
| Algeria | 2,019 | 68 | 10 | 2,097 | 1,412 | 49 | 16 | 1,477 |
| Belgium | 105 | 16 | 6 | 127 | 173 | 9 | 10 | 192 |
| Burkina-Faso | 87 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 172 | 11 | 1 | 184 |
| Burundi | 332 | 43 | 17 | 392 | 411 | 49 | 3 | 463 |
| Central African Republic | 15 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| Chad, Republic of | 116 | 32 | 1 | 149 | 126 | 16 | 25 | 167 |
| Comoros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 161 | 98 | 8 | 267 | 578 | 245 | 12 | 835 |
| Congo, People's Republic of the | 36 | 19 | 0 | 55 | 154 | 39 | 2 | 195 |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon | 808 | 88 | 14 | 910 | 2,084 | 157 | 39 | 2,280 |
| France | 597 | 62 | 14 | 673 | 1,145 | 79 | 45 | 1,269 |
| Gabon Republic | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 56 |
| Guinea, Republic of | 74 | 18 | 6 | 98 | 224 | 27 | 3 | 254 |
| Haiti | 276 | 119 | 10 | 405 | 1,281 | 313 | 34 | 1,628 |
| Lebanon | 2,356 | 330 | 73 | 2,759 | 2,563 | 308 | 106 | 2,977 |
| Madagascar | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 86 |
| Mali, Republic of | 46 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 111 | 19 | 4 | 134 |
| Martinique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 41 |
| Mauritius | 225 | 21 | 4 | 250 | 293 | 5 | 4 | 302 |
| Morocco | 1,672 | 70 | 11 | 1,753 | 1,314 | 33 | 9 | 1,356 |
| Peoples Republic of Benin | 126 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 180 | 15 | 4 | 199 |
| Republic of Djibouti | 79 | 97 | 1 | 177 | 178 | 61 | 4 | 243 |
| Republic of Ivory Coast | 371 | 59 | 10 | 440 | 1,158 | 68 | 28 | 1,254 |
| Republic of the Niger | 155 | 10 | 3 | 168 | 237 | 1 | 9 | 247 |
| Rwanda | 317 | 20 | 11 | 348 | 548 | 28 | 9 | 585 |
| Senegal | 129 | 14 | 0 | 143 | 442 | 21 | 9 | 472 |
| Seychelles | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 54 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 104 | 8 | 9 | 121 |
| Togo, Republic of | 97 | 35 | 0 | 132 | 173 | 15 | 1 | 189 |
| Tunisia | 1,041 | 38 | 3 | 1,082 | 828 | 19 | 7 | 854 |
| All Other Countries | 165,238 | 23,120 | 2,917 | 191,275 | 439,274 | 25,773 | 12,061 | 477,108 |
| Grand Total | 176,592 | 24,408 | 3,128 | 204,128 | 455,358 | 27,390 | 12,462 | 495,210 |
| Country of Citizenship | 2020 | 2021 - 2021 Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | Approved | Refused | Withdrawn | Total | |
| Francophone CountriesFootnote ** | 42,081 | 3,105 | 861 | 46,047 | 29,925 | 2,875 | 482 | 33,282 |
| Algeria | 4,761 | 61 | 38 | 4,860 | 2,973 | 111 | 19 | 3,103 |
| Belgium | 275 | 34 | 18 | 327 | 191 | 27 | 4 | 222 |
| Burkina-Faso | 313 | 24 | 5 | 342 | 183 | 32 | 0 | 215 |
| Burundi | 686 | 27 | 6 | 719 | 769 | 19 | 9 | 797 |
| Central African Republic | 57 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 37 |
| Chad, Republic of | 356 | 26 | 16 | 398 | 143 | 41 | 6 | 190 |
| Comoros | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1,041 | 195 | 15 | 1,251 | 644 | 127 | 11 | 782 |
| Congo, People's Republic of the | 233 | 27 | 6 | 266 | 142 | 29 | 4 | 175 |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon | 7,060 | 313 | 48 | 7,421 | 7,151 | 489 | 34 | 7,674 |
| France | 2,674 | 192 | 87 | 2,953 | 1,561 | 229 | 60 | 1,850 |
| Gabon Republic | 51 | 12 | 3 | 66 | 73 | 15 | 6 | 94 |
| Guinea, Republic of | 330 | 83 | 5 | 418 | 211 | 73 | 10 | 294 |
| Haiti | 3,093 | 900 | 141 | 4,134 | 1,191 | 535 | 81 | 1,807 |
| Lebanon | 6,089 | 613 | 323 | 7,025 | 4,612 | 396 | 116 | 5,124 |
| Madagascar | 163 | 2 | 1 | 166 | 142 | 22 | 0 | 164 |
| Mali, Republic of | 249 | 10 | 2 | 261 | 195 | 16 | 1 | 212 |
| Martinique | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mauritania | 40 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 77 |
| Mauritius | 644 | 37 | 1 | 682 | 618 | 8 | 2 | 628 |
| Morocco | 4,730 | 168 | 45 | 4,943 | 3,098 | 131 | 28 | 3,257 |
| Peoples Republic of Benin | 689 | 39 | 10 | 738 | 325 | 28 | 2 | 355 |
| Republic of Djibouti | 293 | 31 | 7 | 331 | 170 | 32 | 11 | 213 |
| Republic of Ivory Coast | 3,250 | 144 | 14 | 3,408 | 1,541 | 289 | 12 | 1,842 |
| Republic of the Niger | 200 | 2 | 19 | 221 | 342 | 5 | 1 | 348 |
| Rwanda | 1,283 | 17 | 19 | 1,319 | 1,087 | 64 | 43 | 1,194 |
| Senegal | 676 | 32 | 14 | 722 | 464 | 44 | 2 | 510 |
| Seychelles | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 170 | 34 | 1 | 205 | 79 | 16 | 7 | 102 |
| Togo, Republic of | 480 | 35 | 3 | 518 | 431 | 36 | 0 | 467 |
| Tunisia | 2,168 | 40 | 10 | 2,218 | 1,469 | 50 | 12 | 1,531 |
| All Other Countries | 456,818 | 28,235 | 20,235 | 505,288 | 311,092 | 27,343 | 10,059 | 348,494 |
| Grand Total | 498,899 | 31,340 | 21,096 | 551,335 | 341,017 | 30,218 | 10,541 | 381,776 |
| Calendar Year | PA Official LanguageFootnote *** | 80% | 50% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | English | 22 | 13 |
| French | 28 | 18 | |
| 2021 | English | 31 | 20 |
| French | 37 | 23 | |
| 2022 | English | 29 | 18 |
| French | 38 | 18 | |
| 6 month period ending August 31, 2023 | English | 24 | 9 |
| French | 26 | 5 |
| Calendar Year | PA Official LanguageFootnote *** | 80% | 50 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | English | 20 | 13 |
| French | 27 | 23 | |
| 2021 | English | 17 | 7 |
| French | 26 | 16 | |
| 2022 | English | 22 | 13 |
| French | 25 | 13 | |
| 6 month period ending August 31, 2023 | English | 22 | 8 |
| French | 23 | 6 |