Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Bolivia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Bolivia

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

26 days

about 3½ weeks

▼ 9 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 November 19, 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 Bolivia were decided within 26 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 35 days in July.
  • The wait from Bolivia is shorter than in 67% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 10 days (September 2018) to 149 days (February 2021).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202626 days+1 day
October 14, 202625 days+2 days
October 1, 202623 days−2 days
September 22, 202625 days−6 days
August 19, 202631 days−4 days
July 22, 202635 days−2 days
July 7, 202637 days+9 days
March 12, 202528 days−15 days
May 28, 202443 days+28 days
October 31, 202315 days+2 days
October 24, 202313 days−36 days
August 30, 202249 days+2 days
August 23, 202247 days+13 days
August 16, 202234 days−15 days
August 9, 202249 days+2 days
August 2, 202247 days+3 days
July 26, 202244 days+8 days
July 19, 202236 days+10 days
July 12, 202226 days−2 days
June 28, 202228 days−1 day
June 21, 202229 days+1 day
May 17, 202228 days+1 day
May 11, 202227 days+5 days
March 16, 202222 days−1 day
March 8, 202223 days−4 days
February 16, 202227 days−3 days
February 8, 202230 days+3 days
January 18, 202227 days−122 days
February 2, 2021149 days+139 days
September 4, 201810 daysfirst figure

How Bolivia 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 Bolivia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 26 days (about 3½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Bolivia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Bolivia getting shorter?

Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 35 days in July.

How does Bolivia compare with other countries?

The wait from Bolivia is shorter than in 67% 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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