Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Argentina

Canada visitor visa processing time from Argentina

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

19 days

about 2½ weeks

▲ 2 days longer 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 November 12, 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 Argentina were decided within 19 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 17 days in July.
  • The wait from Argentina is shorter than in 86% 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 148 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202619 days−2 days
October 7, 202621 days−1 day
October 1, 202622 days+1 day
September 22, 202621 days−1 day
August 19, 202622 days+5 days
July 22, 202617 days+2 days
July 7, 202615 days−133 days
March 12, 2025148 days+131 days
May 28, 202417 days−4 days
October 31, 202321 days−99 days
October 24, 2023120 days+47 days
September 6, 202273 days−7 days
August 30, 202280 days−1 day
August 23, 202281 days−4 days
August 16, 202285 days−4 days
August 9, 202289 days+4 days
August 2, 202285 days+1 day
July 26, 202284 days+7 days
July 19, 202277 days+18 days
July 12, 202259 days+17 days
June 28, 202242 days−1 day
June 21, 202243 days+5 days
June 15, 202238 days+7 days
June 8, 202231 days−4 days
June 1, 202235 days+3 days
May 24, 202232 days+1 day
May 11, 202231 days−25 days
March 22, 202256 days−8 days
March 16, 202264 days+2 days
March 8, 202262 days+12 days
March 1, 202250 days+8 days
February 22, 202242 days−1 day
February 8, 202243 days+1 day
February 1, 202242 days+2 days
January 25, 202240 days+2 days
January 18, 202238 days−37 days
February 2, 202175 days+68 days
September 4, 20187 daysfirst figure

How Argentina compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Argentina

Everything for Argentina
Work permitNo current 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 Argentina take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 19 days (about 2½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Argentina were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Argentina getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 17 days in July.

How does Argentina compare with other countries?

The wait from Argentina is shorter than in 86% 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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