REGULATORY EXCELLENCE
Application Processing Times
Talented professionals want to work in Alberta—APEGA prioritizes timely reviews and approvals to help them continue their careers.
APEGA receives thousands of registration applications each year, and it is our responsibility, as per the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act and other legislation, to ensure every qualified applicant receives their licence to practise within legislated time frames. This makes prompt application processing an important part of our mission to protect Albertans from unsafe or unskilled practice, while welcoming newly qualified, interprovincial, and international applicants to the professions in our province. Our registration decision time frames are governed by two pieces of Alberta legislation: • The Labour Mobility Act requires interprovincial mobility applications (IPMAs) to be processed within 30 business days — 20 to make a decision plus10 to inform the applicant. • The Fair Registration Practices Act (FRPA) requires registration decisions for all other registrant applications to be processed within six months of receiving the application and all required documentation.
Volunteers on the Registration Executive Committee of APEGA’s Board of Examiners met 11 times in 2025 to review and make application decisions. APEGA staff supports the Board of Examiners. Performance metrics APEGA received 1,333 IPMAs, rendering decisions in fewer than three business days on average. APEGA received 6,107 applications (excluding IPMAs).
• In 2025, APEGA rendered decisions on 99.5 per cent of applications within the
six-month requirement of the FRPA. Since June 2025, we have been 100 per cent compliant with the FRPA.
PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATION DECISIONS MADE WITHIN SIX MONTHS
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95.3
93.8
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