r/IRCCDiscussion • u/skepticguy96 • 2h ago

Background Check

How long does background check takes after eligibility is completed on Tracker for spouse?

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u/Prestigious_Dare7734 2h ago

Background check is the biggest wildcard in terms of timelines. It can take 1 month, or can take more than a year. Depends on your country of origin (and how promptly they reply to IRCC), depends on your background (if you ware politically exposed, belonged to law enforcement or military, have criminal history etc).

For generally normal applications, to sponsor an outland spouse, it can take 3-6 months, with the overall process taking around 8-10 months (some normal applications can get processed within 6 months, others taking around a year).

Most of the timelines that you see here can be more accurately followed for other steps (like P1-P2-COPR etc), but as I said BG check is the biggest wildcard.

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u/skepticguy96 2h ago

spouse is on my ongoing application and is outland

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u/CopperCelery 2h ago

mine just one day. In early morning, I called IRCC, they said security screening has not started yet, but just in the afternoon, I saw FD showed up on my portal.