Sponsor spouse, partner or dependent child
Family sponsorship · Canada · IRCC service standard
About this application
Family-class sponsorship of a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or dependent child.
No published processing-time figure for this category right now. IRCC publishes processing times based on how long it took to finalise 80% of complete applications in this category over the previous six months. Times can move week-to-week as new files enter the queue and as biometrics, medicals or admissibility checks resolve.
Official IRCC reference
All processing times are scraped from the canada.ca check-processing-times hub once per week. For the authoritative figure on the day you apply, follow the link above.
What can move spouse sponsorship faster?
The single biggest lever on IRCC processing time is application completeness — missing forms, biometrics, or supporting documents bump a file out of the standard queue and into a manual review track. Pay close attention to the document checklist on the canada.ca page above and respond promptly to any IRCC requests through your secure account.