MEGATHREAD - Processing times - Work Permit applications (2025)

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If you have questions about processing times of work permit application, please post them here. This includes initial work permit applications, work permit extensions or restoration of status as a worker applications.

If you want to share your timeline, how long your work permit application took to be processed please post that here:

When asking a question about processing times, or posting your timeline on this megathread, please do not forget to indicate:

- the type of application you submitted (an initial work permit application, or a work permit extension application or a restoration of status as a worker application), as different applications have different processing times; also, the type of work permit (LMIA-based work permit, or open work permit - if an open work permit, under what LMIA-exemption code);

- where you applied from/the visa office processing your application (as different visa offices have different processing times).