IRCC data last updated October 1, 2026
Visa Processing Times by Country
How long IRCC is taking on visitor visas, super visas, study permits and work permits, broken out for every one of the 172 countries and territories it reports. The official tool asks you to pick one country and one application type at a time. This is the whole table.
| Country or territory | Visitor visa | Super visa | Study permit | Work permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 53 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Albania | 52 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Algeria | 27 days | 57 days | 7 weeks | 9 weeks |
| Angola | 168 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 24 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Argentina | 22 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Armenia | 10 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Australia | 10 days | Not published | 3 weeks | 7 weeks |
| Austria | 38 days | Not published | 5 weeks | Not published |
| Azerbaijan | 85 days | Not published | 6 weeks | Not published |
| Bahamas | 27 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Bahrain | 59 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Bangladesh | 36 days | 55 days | 5 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Barbados | 35 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Belarus | 19 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Belgium | 42 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Belize | 23 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Benin | 128 days | Not published | 17 weeks | Not published |
| Bermuda | 20 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Bhutan | 30 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Bolivia | 23 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 42 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Botswana | 560 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Brazil | 30 days | 28 days | 5 weeks | 3 weeks |
| Bulgaria | 38 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Burkina Faso | 40 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Burundi | 66 days | 79 days | 6 weeks | Not published |
| Cambodia | 47 days | Not published | 6 weeks | Not published |
| Cameroon | 43 days | 100 days | 7 weeks | 8 weeks |
| Canada | Not published | Not published | 8 weeks | 15 weeks |
| Cayman Islands | 28 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Central African Republic | 113 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Chad | 112 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Chile | 27 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 5 weeks |
| China | 36 days | 83 days | 4 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Colombia | 21 days | 71 days | 6 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Congo - Brazzaville | 41 days | Not published | 7 weeks | Not published |
| Costa Rica | 20 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 52 days | 37 days | 8 weeks | 11 weeks |
| Cuba | 22 days | 58 days | Not published | Not published |
| Cyprus | 48 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Czechia | 30 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Denmark | 30 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Djibouti | 75 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Dominica | 22 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Dominican Republic | 23 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Ecuador | 29 days | Not published | 7 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Egypt | 63 days | 39 days | 8 weeks | 9 weeks |
| El Salvador | 26 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Equatorial Guinea | 119 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Eritrea | 135 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Estonia | 36 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Eswatini | 359 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Ethiopia | 74 days | 38 days | 8 weeks | Not published |
| Fiji | 12 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Finland | 25 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| France | 38 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 3 weeks |
| Gabon | 40 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Gambia | 91 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Georgia | 79 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Germany | 34 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Ghana | 83 days | 28 days | 6 weeks | 21 weeks |
| Greece | 49 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Grenada | 24 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Guatemala | 22 days | Not published | Not published | 1 week |
| Guinea | 74 days | Not published | 7 weeks | Not published |
| Guyana | 15 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Haiti | 23 days | 37 days | 3 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Honduras | 24 days | Not published | Not published | 1 week |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 20 days | 61 days | 5 weeks | 19 weeks |
| Hungary | 39 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Iceland | 57 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| India | 30 days | 65 days | 6 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Indonesia | 25 days | Not published | 7 weeks | Not published |
| Iran | 98 days | 231 days | 15 weeks | 27 weeks |
| Iraq | 81 days | Not published | 10 weeks | Not published |
| Ireland | 20 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Israel | 45 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Italy | 45 days | Not published | 7 weeks | 8 weeks |
| Jamaica | 28 days | 47 days | 2 weeks | 7 weeks |
| Japan | 56 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 3 weeks |
| Jordan | 58 days | Not published | 8 weeks | Not published |
| Kazakhstan | 10 days | Not published | 5 weeks | Not published |
| Kenya | 91 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Kosovo | 41 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Kuwait | 60 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Laos | 42 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Latvia | 28 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Lebanon | 71 days | 24 days | 8 weeks | 7 weeks |
| Lesotho | 110 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Liberia | 98 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Libya | 36 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 3 weeks |
| Lithuania | 20 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Luxembourg | 37 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Macao SAR China | 15 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Madagascar | 134 days | Not published | 17 weeks | 42 weeks |
| Malawi | 198 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Malaysia | 21 days | Not published | 5 weeks | 9 weeks |
| Mali | 83 days | Not published | 5 weeks | Not published |
| Malta | 29 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Mauritania | 93 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Mauritius | 99 days | Not published | 12 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Mexico | 23 days | 78 days | 3 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Moldova | 40 days | Not published | Not published | 6 weeks |
| Mongolia | 19 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Montenegro | 24 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Morocco | 21 days | 21 days | 7 weeks | 7 weeks |
| Mozambique | 292 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 43 days | Not published | 6 weeks | Not published |
| Namibia | 228 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Nepal | 42 days | 51 days | 5 weeks | 9 weeks |
| Netherlands | 28 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| New Zealand | 9 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Nicaragua | 21 days | Not published | Not published | 3 weeks |
| Niger | 76 days | Not published | 5 weeks | Not published |
| Nigeria | 97 days | 44 days | 10 weeks | 10 weeks |
| North Macedonia | 39 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Norway | 61 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Oman | 59 days | Not published | 4 weeks | Not published |
| Pakistan | 75 days | 100 days | 6 weeks | 8 weeks |
| Palestine (Gaza) | 1 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Palestine (West Bank) | 1 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Panama | 29 days | Not published | 6 weeks | Not published |
| Paraguay | 23 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Peru | 25 days | Not published | 5 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Philippines | 26 days | 97 days | 5 weeks | 7 weeks |
| Poland | 9 days | Not published | 3 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Portugal | 39 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Qatar | 60 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 16 weeks |
| Romania | 38 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Russia | 16 days | 66 days | 4 weeks | 6 weeks |
| Rwanda | 48 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Saudi Arabia | 52 days | 92 days | 4 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Senegal | 59 days | 35 days | 7 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Serbia | 38 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Sierra Leone | 109 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Singapore | 19 days | Not published | 10 weeks | 22 weeks |
| Slovakia | 20 days | Not published | 3 weeks | Not published |
| Somalia | 118 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| South Africa | 117 days | Not published | 16 weeks | 14 weeks |
| South Korea | 57 days | Not published | 4 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Spain | 38 days | Not published | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Sri Lanka | 46 days | 40 days | 5 weeks | 9 weeks |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | 13 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| St. Lucia | 15 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | 26 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Sudan | 64 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Suriname | 27 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Sweden | 30 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Switzerland | 39 days | Not published | 5 weeks | Not published |
| Syria | 95 days | 761 days | Not published | Not published |
| Taiwan | 56 days | Not published | 7 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Tajikistan | 20 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Tanzania | 47 days | Not published | 7 weeks | Not published |
| Thailand | 42 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 12 weeks |
| Togo | 123 days | Not published | 16 weeks | Not published |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 15 days | Not published | 6 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Tunisia | 38 days | 18 days | 4 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Türkiye | 78 days | 69 days | 6 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | 28 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Ukraine | 11 days | 63 days | 7 weeks | Not published |
| United Arab Emirates | 56 days | 80 days | 6 weeks | 15 weeks |
| United Kingdom | 24 days | 91 days | 4 weeks | 4 weeks |
| United States | 18 days | 72 days | 5 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Uruguay | 24 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Uzbekistan | 14 days | Not published | 5 weeks | Not published |
| Venezuela | 34 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Vietnam | 37 days | 43 days | 4 weeks | 5 weeks |
| Yemen | 52 days | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Zambia | 205 days | Not published | 12 weeks | Not published |
| Zimbabwe | 137 days | Not published | 15 weeks | 42 weeks |
These are the times IRCC publishes for applications made from outside Canada, except where noted. Visitor visa and super visa times reflect the visa office responsible for that country, which is why two neighbouring countries can differ sharply. A figure is the time it took to finish most recently completed applications, not a deadline or a guarantee.
Applying from inside Canada uses a different set of numbers. Those are on the main processing times page, along with permanent residence and citizenship queues.
Source: IRCC check processing times. Country names follow ISO-3166.
Disclaimer
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute immigration or legal advice. Immigration laws and policies change frequently. Each case is unique and outcomes depend on individual circumstances. Consult a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) before making immigration decisions.