Where are applications submitted?
Applications for Canadian permanent residence must be filed with an appropriate visa office outside of Canada. The effective selection of the processing visa office can greatly reduce the overall processing time, which varies, from post to post. In some regions skilled worker applications are processed by Area/Regional Processing Centres. This concept designates certain missions abroad as area centres, responsible for the processing of skilled worker applications within a geographic territory. Applicants within a specified territory are encouraged although not required, to file applications for permanent residence with a designated Regional Processing Centre. Again, the effective selection of the visa office, which may be outside the designated area processing centre, can greatly reduce the overall processing time of the application. For business applications, the Department has also implemented the use of Business Immigrant Coordination Centres that are designed to offer a specialized
Applications for Canadian permanent residence are generally filed with an appropriate immigration office outside of Canada that serves the country where the applicant has lawfully resided during the previous 12 months or the application must be filed at the immigration office that serves the applicants country of nationality. Certain permit holders inside Canada may submit an application for permanent residence to the appropriate Case Processing Centre in Canada that serves the applicants place of habitual residence.
Applications for temporary employment authorization under the program are generally filed with a visa office outside of Canada although certain applications (applicants who are covered by Schedule II of the Regulations) may be initiated at a port of entry. The effective selection of the processing visa office can greatly reduce the overall processing time, which varies, from post to post.
Applications for Canadian permanent residence are generally filed with an appropriate immigration office outside of Canada that serves the country where the applicant has lawfully resided during the previous 12 months or the application must be filed at the immigration office that serves the applicants country of nationality. Certain permit holders inside Canada may submit an application for permanent residence to the appropriate Case Processing Centre in Canada that serves the applicants place of habitual residence. Applications under the Business Immigration program should be submitted with one of nine Business Immigrant Coordination Centres outside Canada that are designed to offer a specialised service staffed with officers knowledgeable in the procedures that are particular to the business immigration program and the area from where the applicant resides. Readers are advised however that as of the date of this writing, applicants under the Economic Class will not be prevented from
