Super visa · applying from India
Canada super visa processing time from India
A super visa lets parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents visit for up to five years at a time.
Current processing time
83 days
about 2½ months
IRCC figure, update of October 21, 2026. Check IRCC's tool
If you apply today
If IRCC keeps this pace, 8 in 10 applications sent today would be decided by about January 15, 2027.
In plain English
- 8 in 10 super visa applications from India were decided within 83 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
- Waits are getting longer. The figure was 49 days in July.
- The wait from India is longer than in 70% of the other 37 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 60 days.
- Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 46 days (October 2023) to 337 days (February 2021).
Is it getting faster or slower?
IRCC's figure for super visa applications from India at each update.
In days. Each point is an IRCC update. Lower means a shorter wait.
Every published figure
| IRCC update | Figure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2026 | 83 days | +6 days |
| October 14, 2026 | 77 days | +3 days |
| October 7, 2026 | 74 days | +9 days |
| October 1, 2026 | 65 days | −5 days |
| September 22, 2026 | 70 days | +14 days |
| August 19, 2026 | 56 days | +7 days |
| July 22, 2026 | 49 days | −3 days |
| July 7, 2026 | 52 days | −75 days |
| March 12, 2025 | 127 days | +78 days |
| May 28, 2024 | 49 days | +3 days |
| October 31, 2023 | 46 days | −2 days |
| October 24, 2023 | 48 days | −8 days |
| September 6, 2022 | 56 days | −12 days |
| August 30, 2022 | 68 days | −17 days |
| August 23, 2022 | 85 days | −15 days |
| August 16, 2022 | 100 days | −24 days |
| August 9, 2022 | 124 days | −10 days |
| August 2, 2022 | 134 days | −2 days |
| July 26, 2022 | 136 days | +2 days |
| July 19, 2022 | 134 days | −1 day |
| July 12, 2022 | 135 days | −11 days |
| June 28, 2022 | 146 days | −1 day |
| June 21, 2022 | 147 days | +1 day |
| June 15, 2022 | 146 days | +1 day |
| June 8, 2022 | 145 days | −1 day |
| June 1, 2022 | 146 days | +4 days |
| May 24, 2022 | 142 days | +3 days |
| May 17, 2022 | 139 days | +2 days |
| May 11, 2022 | 137 days | +34 days |
| March 22, 2022 | 103 days | +11 days |
| March 16, 2022 | 92 days | +3 days |
| March 8, 2022 | 89 days | +11 days |
| March 1, 2022 | 78 days | +7 days |
| February 16, 2022 | 71 days | +8 days |
| February 1, 2022 | 63 days | +3 days |
| January 25, 2022 | 60 days | +1 day |
| January 18, 2022 | 59 days | −278 days |
| February 2, 2021 | 337 days | +281 days |
| September 4, 2018 | 56 days | first figure |
How India compares
Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 38 countries with a figure.
Other applications from India
What does this number mean?
It looks back, not forward
IRCC's figure is how long it took to decide 8 in 10 of the applications of this kind that it finished recently. The other 2 in 10 took longer.
The clock starts with a complete application
It counts from the day IRCC had a complete application to the day it made a decision.
It changes often
IRCC revises the figure regularly, usually every week. A single application can be faster or slower.
Common questions
How long does a super visa application from India take?
IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 83 days (about 2½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent super visa applications from India were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.
Is the wait from India getting shorter?
Waits are getting longer. The figure was 49 days in July.
How does India compare with other countries?
The wait from India is longer than in 70% of the other 37 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 60 days. The shortest right now is Tunisia (19 days) and the longest is Syria (652 days).
Is this an official government website?
No. Canada Visa Wait is an independent site and is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. The figures are IRCC's own. Before you rely on a date, check IRCC's official processing-times tool.