There is a two-step process involved in family class applications: - D1 {5 u% H, F+ c
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2. the assessment of the permanent residence application outside Canada by the visa office. . ]+ y; f9 S/ a 7 i/ L0 j7 Y1 B$ n# M' i
There are separate processing times for each of these two steps.