Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Albania

Canada visitor visa processing time from Albania

A visitor visa lets you come to Canada for a holiday, to see family or for a short business trip, if your passport needs one.

Current processing time

41 days

about 6 weeks

● About the same as 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 December 4, 2026.

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

In plain English

  • 8 in 10 visitor visa applications from Albania were decided within 41 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 40 days in July.
  • The wait from Albania is longer than in 57% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 14 days (September 2018) to 153 days (May 2024).

Is it getting faster or slower?

IRCC's figure for visitor visa applications from Albania at each update.

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202641 days−1 day
October 14, 202642 days+2 days
October 7, 202640 days−12 days
October 1, 202652 days−2 days
September 22, 202654 days+15 days
August 19, 202639 days−1 day
July 22, 202640 days−5 days
July 7, 202645 days−86 days
March 12, 2025131 days−22 days
May 28, 2024153 days+85 days
October 31, 202368 days−45 days
October 24, 2023113 days+18 days
September 6, 202295 days−35 days
August 16, 2022130 days+1 day
August 2, 2022129 days−1 day
July 26, 2022130 days+1 day
July 19, 2022129 days+3 days
July 12, 2022126 days+18 days
June 28, 2022108 days+34 days
June 21, 202274 days+18 days
June 15, 202256 days−1 day
June 8, 202257 days−17 days
June 1, 202274 days+17 days
May 24, 202257 days+10 days
May 17, 202247 days+10 days
May 11, 202237 days−21 days
March 22, 202258 days−2 days
March 8, 202260 days−1 day
March 1, 202261 days+1 day
February 16, 202260 days+1 day
February 1, 202259 days+4 days
January 25, 202255 days+20 days
January 18, 202235 days−18 days
February 2, 202153 days+39 days
September 4, 201814 daysfirst figure

How Albania compares

All countries

Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 170 countries with a figure.

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 visitor visa application from Albania take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 41 days (about 6 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Albania were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Albania getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 40 days in July.

How does Albania compare with other countries?

The wait from Albania is longer than in 57% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days. The shortest right now is Palestine (Gaza) (1 day) and the longest is Eswatini (804 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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