Canada Visa Wait

Super visa · applying from Pakistan

Canada super visa processing time from Pakistan

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

104 days

about 3½ months

▼ 90 days shorter than in July

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 February 5, 2027.

Counted from the day you applied. IRCC counts from the day it had your complete application.

In plain English

  • 8 in 10 super visa applications from Pakistan were decided within 104 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 194 days in July.
  • The wait from Pakistan is longer than in 84% of the other 37 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 60 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 79 days (September 2018) to 456 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

IRCC's figure for super visa applications from Pakistan at each update.

In days. Each point is an IRCC update. Lower means a shorter wait.

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026104 days−1 day
October 14, 2026105 days+4 days
October 7, 2026101 days+1 day
October 1, 2026100 days+8 days
September 22, 202692 days−84 days
August 19, 2026176 days−18 days
July 22, 2026194 days+15 days
July 7, 2026179 days+91 days
March 12, 202588 days−59 days
May 28, 2024147 days−9 days
October 31, 2023156 days+8 days
October 24, 2023148 days−116 days
September 6, 2022264 days−8 days
August 30, 2022272 days−14 days
August 23, 2022286 days−24 days
August 9, 2022310 days−20 days
August 2, 2022330 days−93 days
July 19, 2022423 days+33 days
July 12, 2022390 days+21 days
June 28, 2022369 days+107 days
June 21, 2022262 days+1 day
June 15, 2022261 days−1 day
June 8, 2022262 days−81 days
June 1, 2022343 days+15 days
May 24, 2022328 days+10 days
May 17, 2022318 days−55 days
May 11, 2022373 days−83 days
March 22, 2022456 days+25 days
March 16, 2022431 days+18 days
March 8, 2022413 days−4 days
March 1, 2022417 days−1 day
February 22, 2022418 days−2 days
February 16, 2022420 days+7 days
February 8, 2022413 days+8 days
February 1, 2022405 days+7 days
January 25, 2022398 days−4 days
January 18, 2022402 days+85 days
February 2, 2021317 days+238 days
September 4, 201879 daysfirst figure

How Pakistan compares

All countries

Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 38 countries with a figure.

Other applications from Pakistan

Everything for Pakistan
Visitor visa63 daysabout 2 months▲ 23 days longerStudy permit7 weeks▲ 1 week longerWork permit9 weeksabout 2 months▼ 1 week shorterPrivately sponsored refugees16 months▲ 4 months longerRefugee sponsorship (sponsor's part)1 month▼ 24 months shorter

What does this number mean?

1

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.

2

The clock starts with a complete application

It counts from the day IRCC had a complete application to the day it made a decision.

3

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 Pakistan take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 104 days (about 3½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent super visa applications from Pakistan were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Pakistan getting shorter?

Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 194 days in July.

How does Pakistan compare with other countries?

The wait from Pakistan is longer than in 84% 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.

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