Canada Skilled Worker/Professional Immigration Program-Federal Skilled Worker Processing Times (Based upon the latest information available from Canadian Immigration Authorities) Western Hemisphere Africa and the Middle East Asia and Pacific Europe Months Required to Finalize Canadian Permanent Resident Applications Processing Times at Visa Offices finalized in months (Updated on 06/09/06) Western Hemisphere 30% 50% 70% 80%  Bogota 21 30 41 44  Buenos Aires 11 18 46 49  Buffalo 19 25 37 44  Caracas 14 16 17 19  Guatemala City 6 9 12 15  Havana 15 28 48 52  Kingston 12 15 18 26  Lima 6 8 11 14  Mexico City 9 11 14 16  Port-au-Prince 9 11 13 16  Port of Spain 16 19 22 23  Santiago 15 17 26 32  Sao Paulo 9 11 13 15 Africa and the Middle East 30% 50% 70% 80%  Abidjan 19 28 38 43  Accra 52 54 56 58  Cairo 26 38 49 63  Damascus 57 61 65 68  Nairobi 16 24 36 44  Pretoria 33 43 51 56  Rabat 20 25 41 48  Tel Aviv 18 42 50 53 Asia and Pacific 30% 50% 70% 80%  Beijing 53 57 60 61  Colombo 13 50 56 58  Hong Kong 51 59 65 67  Islamabad 54 56 58 63  Kuala Lumpur 13 32 37 39  Manila 51 55 58 60  New Delhi 55 62 64 67  Seoul 21 31 49 52  Singapore 40 45 50 53  Sydney 15 18 22 44  Taipei 21 23 34 56 Europe 30% 50% 70% 80%  Ankara 53 60 66 68  Berlin 13 15 25 45  Bucharest 55 58 61 63  Kyiv 19 40 50 56  London 24 28 46 50  Moscow 52 61 66 68  Paris 47 50 53 55  Rome 41 48 54 57  Vienna 5 9 18 45  Warsaw 51 59 66 68