That is the golden question. The timeline for non-routine applications was advertised as being 36 months. They recently removed this piece of information from their website. Some people have confirmed hearing/reading that legacy applications may take until end of this year (December 2016).
That is the golden question. The timeline for non-routine applications was advertised as being 36 months. They recently removed this piece of information from their website. Some people have confirmed hearing/reading that legacy applications may take until end of this year (December 2016).
As h3a3j6 has correctly mentioned 36 months time limit for non-routine applications processing was recently removed from CIC/IRCC website.
Now it just says "Non-routine applications take longer to process". and..... there is NO time limit. so, it may potentially take 5 years or even more.
You can always check latest updated weekly processing times from IRCC here - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp