Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Austria

Canada visitor visa processing time from Austria

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

38 days

about 5½ weeks

▲ 4 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 December 1, 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 Austria were decided within 38 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 34 days in July.
  • The wait from Austria is longer than in 50% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 9 days (September 2018) to 381 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202638 days+2 days
October 7, 202636 days−2 days
October 1, 202638 days+4 days
September 22, 202634 days+8 days
August 19, 202626 days−8 days
July 22, 202634 days−10 days
July 7, 202644 days−337 days
March 12, 2025381 days+279 days
May 28, 2024102 days−44 days
October 31, 2023146 days−6 days
October 24, 2023152 days+66 days
August 30, 202286 days+15 days
August 23, 202271 days+3 days
August 16, 202268 days+5 days
August 9, 202263 days+1 day
July 26, 202262 days+3 days
July 19, 202259 days+8 days
July 12, 202251 days+5 days
June 28, 202246 days+2 days
June 21, 202244 days+3 days
June 15, 202241 days+3 days
June 8, 202238 days+3 days
June 1, 202235 days+6 days
May 24, 202229 days+3 days
May 17, 202226 days+3 days
May 11, 202223 days+3 days
March 16, 202220 days+1 day
March 8, 202219 days−8 days
March 1, 202227 days+9 days
February 22, 202218 days+1 day
February 1, 202217 days−2 days
January 25, 202219 days−6 days
January 18, 202225 days−124 days
February 2, 2021149 days+140 days
September 4, 20189 daysfirst figure

How Austria compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Austria

Everything for Austria
Study 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 Austria take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 38 days (about 5½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Austria were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Austria getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 34 days in July.

How does Austria compare with other countries?

The wait from Austria is longer than in 50% 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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