Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Bahrain

Canada visitor visa processing time from Bahrain

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

60 days

about 2 months

▼ 10 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 December 23, 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 Bahrain were decided within 60 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 70 days in July.
  • The wait from Bahrain is longer than in 73% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 33 days (September 2018) to 747 days (October 2023).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 7, 202660 days+1 day
September 22, 202659 days−10 days
August 19, 202669 days−1 day
July 7, 202670 days+18 days
March 12, 202552 days+3 days
May 28, 202449 days−413 days
October 31, 2023462 days−285 days
October 24, 2023747 days+653 days
September 6, 202294 days+19 days
August 30, 202275 days+2 days
August 23, 202273 days−2 days
August 16, 202275 days+3 days
August 9, 202272 days+11 days
August 2, 202261 days+3 days
July 19, 202258 days−13 days
July 12, 202271 days+2 days
June 28, 202269 days+18 days
June 21, 202251 days−9 days
June 15, 202260 days+11 days
June 8, 202249 days+7 days
June 1, 202242 days−6 days
May 24, 202248 days+9 days
May 17, 202239 days−4 days
May 11, 202243 days−36 days
March 22, 202279 days−6 days
March 16, 202285 days−56 days
March 8, 2022141 days−8 days
March 1, 2022149 days−6 days
February 22, 2022155 days−1 day
February 16, 2022156 days−481 days
February 1, 2022637 days+5 days
January 25, 2022632 days+587 days
January 18, 202245 days−104 days
February 2, 2021149 days+116 days
September 4, 201833 daysfirst figure

How Bahrain 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 Bahrain take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 60 days (about 2 months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Bahrain were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Bahrain getting shorter?

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

How does Bahrain compare with other countries?

The wait from Bahrain is longer than in 73% 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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