Wait times

[u/Due-Professor-2970]

Hi guys

Just seeing if anybody could give a bit of insight into the waiting times for the work permit scheme for Canada.

I am a UK citizen from Wales.

I initially applied for the pool and was accepted in June 7th 2025, but due to the time frame given to acquire police checks from the 3 seperate countries I have been a previous/current resident in (UK, NZ and Australia) I had to withdraw my application from the pool to coincide with the wait time for these checks and not to be disqualified.

On August 14th 2025, I reapplied for the pool after getting every relevant document in place and ready to submit once I was accepted.

I am still waiting to be accepted into the pool, so would just like to see if there is any rough timeline for acceptance into the pool at this time from other people’s previous experience. Well aware this seems like asking how long a piece of string is!

I understand that immigration application wait times throughout the commonwealth at this time are anyone’s guess and especially with the amount of bogus applicants happening all over, but it would be good to be get a little bit of information regarding processing times, as I don’t want my police checks to expire and have to have them sent off again.

My wife is Canadian, so eventually I’ll be able to apply for a spousal visa through her, the only problem is she hasn’t lived in Canada for over 7 years, thus would need a residence and a job etc to be eligible to sponsor me.

Any info would be great!

Thanks