IRCC June 3 Processing Times: India and US Work Permits Down 1 Week, India Study Permits Up 1 Week

If you've been waiting for a temporary residence application to move, June 3 brought the kind of update that tells a different story for every country. IRCC's biweekly refresh kept things mostly stable, but the small changes that did happen are the ones worth planning around. Work permits got a little faster for India and the United States. Study permits got a little slower for India. Super visas dropped 10 days for US applicants. Here is the country-by-country picture between IRCC's May 26 and June 3 updates — pulled directly from the official CIC News breakdown.

Work permits: India and the US each dropped a week

The in-Canada wait of 195 days is the most important number on this table. That is the time required for a work permit extension or change of conditions filed from within Canada. Two months ago this figure sat at 217 days. The decline since then has been slow but consistent — about a week off per update. If you're planning a renewal, you can now expect a decision in roughly 6.5 months rather than the 7-month-plus wait that defined Q1 2026.

India and the US going faster. Both dropped one week. For Indian applicants, the 9-week wait is the lowest since early Q1 2026. For US applicants, 4 weeks ties the lowest point of the past 12 months and is the strongest indicator yet that IRCC has resolved its US queue capacity issues. Service standard for outside-Canada submissions is 60 days, and at 4 weeks the US is now well inside it.

Nigeria stuck at 16 weeks. This number hasn't moved meaningfully since March. If you're applying from Nigeria and you have time-flexibility — for example, a job offer with a start date you can move — build a buffer of at least 4 weeks beyond the published estimate. Nigerian work permit applications have a higher rate of additional documentation requests than most countries.

Study permits: India ticked up by one week

The big story here is India. After bottoming out at 4 weeks for several update cycles, the India study permit wait climbed back to 5 weeks. That's still excellent by historical standards — well inside IRCC's 60-day service standard — but it's worth noting for any Indian applicant targeting a September 2026 academic start.

The arithmetic: a study permit submission from India today (June 4) sits in IRCC's queue through early July. A submission on July 1 lands somewhere in late August. Anyone applying for a Fall 2026 program at an Indian source country should be aiming to submit by mid-July at the latest to ensure a decision before orientation.

The Philippines at 4 weeks is now the fastest study-permit source country featured. That's a meaningful flip from late 2025, when the Philippines was running at 6+ weeks.

Visitor visas: small movements both directions

The inside-Canada visitor visa wait moved up 3 days. That's the one to watch — visitor record extensions and visitor visa applications submitted from within Canada by travellers on visitor status looking to extend their stay all sit in that queue. Nothing alarming yet, but if the next update pushes this past 30 days, the trend is meaningful.

Service standard for outside-Canada visitor visas is 14 days. No source country featured is currently meeting it. That's been true for most of 2026 and remains a gap IRCC has not closed.

Super visas: US drops 10 days, three other countries also faster

This is the table with the biggest single move on the page: US super visa wait fell by 10 days, dropping from 106 to 96 days. American parents and grandparents applying to spend extended time with their adult children in Canada now have the shortest US super-visa wait of the year so far.

India hit the 112-day service standard exactly. Until this update, the India super-visa estimate was 116 days — over standard. At 112 days, it's now back inside service standard for the first time in months.

Pakistan dropped to 70 days, the fastest since this category started being tracked separately by source country.

Service standards: what to expect

For quick reference, the IRCC service standards that apply across these categories:

• Work permits: 120 days for in-Canada submissions; 60 days for outside-Canada.
• Study permits: 120 days for in-Canada submissions; 60 days for outside-Canada.
• Visitor visas: 14 days for outside-Canada submissions; no service standard for in-Canada.
• Super visas: 112 days.

IRCC aims to process roughly 80% of applications within those standards under normal operating conditions. The published processing times are estimates — your actual wait can be shorter or longer depending on document completeness, security and medical checks, and any additional information requests.

Two things to do this week

If you're submitting now: Use the actual published wait (not the service standard) to plan. A US work permit submitted today is expected to be decided around June 30. An Indian study permit submitted today is expected to be decided around July 8. A US super visa submitted today is expected to be decided around early September.

If you're already waiting: Note that IRCC's published times are historical estimates — they describe what's been happening, not what's promised. Check your account weekly. If your file passes the published estimate without a decision, the Web Form contact is the right next step. Calling the IRCC contact centre will not generally surface useful information until the file is materially over standard.

Where to go next

Work permit guide | Study permit guide | Super visa Canada 2026 | LMIA work permit guide | PR application document checklist | Previous May 2026 processing times update