Super visa · applying from Saudi Arabia
Canada super visa processing time from Saudi Arabia
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
91 days
about 3 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 23, 2027.
In plain English
- 8 in 10 super visa applications from Saudi Arabia were decided within 91 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
- Waits are getting longer. The figure was 69 days in July.
- The wait from Saudi Arabia is longer than in 76% of the other 37 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 60 days.
- Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 47 days (March 2025) to 368 days (August 2022).
Is it getting faster or slower?
IRCC's figure for super visa applications from Saudi Arabia 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 | 91 days | −1 day |
| October 1, 2026 | 92 days | +1 day |
| September 22, 2026 | 91 days | +13 days |
| August 19, 2026 | 78 days | +9 days |
| July 22, 2026 | 69 days | +4 days |
| July 7, 2026 | 65 days | +18 days |
| March 12, 2025 | 47 days | −18 days |
| May 28, 2024 | 65 days | −49 days |
| October 31, 2023 | 114 days | −2 days |
| October 24, 2023 | 116 days | +12 days |
| September 6, 2022 | 104 days | −166 days |
| August 23, 2022 | 270 days | −70 days |
| August 9, 2022 | 340 days | −28 days |
| August 2, 2022 | 368 days | +229 days |
| July 26, 2022 | 139 days | −2 days |
| July 19, 2022 | 141 days | −4 days |
| July 12, 2022 | 145 days | −8 days |
| June 28, 2022 | 153 days | −1 day |
| June 21, 2022 | 154 days | +3 days |
| June 8, 2022 | 151 days | −2 days |
| June 1, 2022 | 153 days | +4 days |
| May 24, 2022 | 149 days | +3 days |
| May 17, 2022 | 146 days | +1 day |
| May 11, 2022 | 145 days | +15 days |
| March 22, 2022 | 130 days | +5 days |
| February 22, 2022 | 125 days | −6 days |
| February 16, 2022 | 131 days | +5 days |
| February 8, 2022 | 126 days | +1 day |
| February 1, 2022 | 125 days | −1 day |
| January 25, 2022 | 126 days | −14 days |
| January 18, 2022 | 140 days | −177 days |
| February 2, 2021 | 317 days | +266 days |
| September 4, 2018 | 51 days | first figure |
How Saudi Arabia compares
Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 38 countries with a figure.
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 Saudi Arabia take?
IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 91 days (about 3 months). That means 8 in 10 recent super visa applications from Saudi Arabia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.
Is the wait from Saudi Arabia getting shorter?
Waits are getting longer. The figure was 69 days in July.
How does Saudi Arabia compare with other countries?
The wait from Saudi Arabia is longer than in 76% 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.