Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Azerbaijan

Canada visitor visa processing time from Azerbaijan

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

83 days

about 2½ months

▲ 13 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 January 15, 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 Azerbaijan were decided within 83 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 70 days in July.
  • The wait from Azerbaijan is longer than in 85% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 21 days (May 2022) to 359 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 7, 202683 days−2 days
September 22, 202685 days+8 days
August 19, 202677 days+7 days
July 22, 202670 days+4 days
July 7, 202666 days+14 days
March 12, 202552 days−72 days
May 28, 2024124 days+15 days
October 31, 2023109 days−19 days
October 24, 2023128 days+71 days
September 6, 202257 days+1 day
August 30, 202256 days+4 days
August 16, 202252 days+1 day
August 9, 202251 days+6 days
August 2, 202245 days−6 days
July 26, 202251 days−2 days
July 12, 202253 days+1 day
June 21, 202252 days+1 day
June 15, 202251 days−1 day
June 8, 202252 days+6 days
June 1, 202246 days+13 days
May 24, 202233 days+12 days
May 11, 202221 days−312 days
March 22, 2022333 days+8 days
March 16, 2022325 days−34 days
March 8, 2022359 days+43 days
March 1, 2022316 days+141 days
February 22, 2022175 days−48 days
February 16, 2022223 days+13 days
February 8, 2022210 days+78 days
February 1, 2022132 days−78 days
January 25, 2022210 days+29 days
January 18, 2022181 days−81 days
February 2, 2021262 days+226 days
September 4, 201836 daysfirst figure

How Azerbaijan compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Azerbaijan

Everything for Azerbaijan
Study permit6 weeks▲ 1 week longer

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 Azerbaijan take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 83 days (about 2½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Azerbaijan were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Azerbaijan getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 70 days in July.

How does Azerbaijan compare with other countries?

The wait from Azerbaijan is longer than in 85% 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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