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PROCESSING TIMES

7 Business Days

Applies when your official institutional documents are delivered through an approved secure digital platform.

This processing time applies to:

  • General Document-by-Document assessment
  • IRCC purpose ECA 

View the list of approved secure digital platforms here

40 Business Days

For ECA for Immigration Purposes (IRCC)

30 Business Days

For general-use Couse-by-Course (Comprehensive) Assessment

20 Business Days

For general-use Document-by-Document Assessment

 

OTHER ESTIMATED PROCESSING TIMES

For renewals of an expired immigration ECA report:

  • 15 Business Days

Assessment Report Conversion Application:

  • 15 Business Days – Document-by-Document (conditions apply)
  • 30 Business Days – Course-by-Course (conditions apply)

NOTE: All processing times are estimates only and are not guaranteed. Processing times may increase during periods of high application volume without notice.

 

Important to Know:

  • The processing time does not start from the date you submitted your application. Instead, it starts from the day when all your supporting documents, including the official academic records (transcripts) have been reviewed and accepted for assessment
  • While we make every effort to provide assessments in a timely manner, each individual application is unique, and some take longer than others to complete
  • Physical official academic records (transcripts) require digitization and may take up to three weeks to be processed and matched to your application. This process does not affect your processing time
  • Click here for guidelines and tips on how to submit digital institutional documents
  • These processing times do not include the delivery time

Have a question? Please review our Help Centre updates, and contact us.

What affects the processing time?

Your processing time may increase if:

  • We need to verify documents with the issuing institution
  • Additional research is required for your credentials
  • There is a high volume of applications

Processing times:

  • Do not include statutory holidays
  • Do not include the University of Toronto’s year end closure (up to two weeks)
  • May change without notice
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