After you have applied to sponsor your spouse or common law partner for Immigration to Canada, you may wish to track the progress of your application, update your application, or otherwise visit Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. (IRCC) can communicate with. There are a few important steps you need to take before you can finally become a permanent resident of Canada.

You may have to wait a long time for permanent residency after applying. The processing standard for new spouse sponsorship applications is 12 months. However, IRCC’s own processing time calculator is estimating that inland applications are taking an average of 15 months, and outbound applicants about 24 months.