Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Angola

Canada visitor visa processing time from Angola

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

169 days

about 5½ months

▼ 378 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 April 2027.

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 Angola were decided within 169 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 547 days in July.
  • The wait from Angola is longer than in 95% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 17 days (September 2018) to 598 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 2026169 days+22 days
October 7, 2026147 days−21 days
October 1, 2026168 days−6 days
September 22, 2026174 days+12 days
August 19, 2026162 days−385 days
July 22, 2026547 days+7 days
July 7, 2026540 days−58 days
March 12, 2025598 days+280 days
May 28, 2024318 days+233 days
October 31, 202385 days−60 days
October 24, 2023145 days+43 days
August 9, 2022102 days+27 days
August 2, 202275 days−159 days
July 26, 2022234 days+177 days
July 19, 202257 days−3 days
July 12, 202260 days−29 days
June 28, 202289 days−211 days
June 8, 2022300 days+14 days
May 24, 2022286 days+52 days
May 17, 2022234 days−42 days
May 11, 2022276 days−85 days
March 16, 2022361 days−33 days
March 8, 2022394 days+101 days
February 22, 2022293 days−73 days
February 16, 2022366 days−28 days
February 8, 2022394 days+101 days
February 1, 2022293 days+118 days
January 25, 2022175 days+19 days
January 18, 2022156 days+7 days
February 2, 2021149 days+132 days
September 4, 201817 daysfirst figure

How Angola 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 Angola take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 169 days (about 5½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Angola were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Angola getting shorter?

Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 547 days in July.

How does Angola compare with other countries?

The wait from Angola is longer than in 95% 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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