Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Antigua and Barbuda

Canada visitor visa processing time from Antigua and Barbuda

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

28 days

about 4 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 November 21, 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 Antigua and Barbuda were decided within 28 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 28 days in July.
  • The wait from Antigua and Barbuda is shorter than in 63% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 7 days (September 2018) to 149 days (February 2021).

Is it getting faster or slower?

IRCC's figure for visitor visa applications from Antigua and Barbuda at each update.

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202628 days−1 day
October 7, 202629 days+5 days
September 22, 202624 days+1 day
August 19, 202623 days−5 days
July 22, 202628 days−3 days
July 7, 202631 days−13 days
March 12, 202544 days+1 day
May 28, 202443 days−42 days
October 31, 202385 days+2 days
October 24, 202383 days+42 days
August 30, 202241 days−11 days
August 23, 202252 days−1 day
August 16, 202253 days+2 days
August 9, 202251 days+1 day
August 2, 202250 days+2 days
July 26, 202248 days+12 days
July 19, 202236 days+4 days
July 12, 202232 days+3 days
June 28, 202229 days+1 day
June 21, 202228 days−8 days
June 15, 202236 days+7 days
June 8, 202229 days+1 day
May 24, 202228 days+1 day
May 17, 202227 days+3 days
May 11, 202224 days−1 day
March 22, 202225 days−1 day
March 16, 202226 days+1 day
February 16, 202225 days−2 days
February 1, 202227 days−2 days
January 25, 202229 days−6 days
January 18, 202235 days−114 days
February 2, 2021149 days+142 days
September 4, 20187 daysfirst figure

How Antigua and Barbuda 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 Antigua and Barbuda take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 28 days (about 4 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Antigua and Barbuda were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Antigua and Barbuda getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 28 days in July.

How does Antigua and Barbuda compare with other countries?

The wait from Antigua and Barbuda is shorter than in 63% 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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