Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Botswana

Canada visitor visa processing time from Botswana

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

567 days

about 18½ months

▼ 234 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 May 2028.

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 Botswana were decided within 567 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 801 days in July.
  • The wait from Botswana is longer than in 99% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 17 days (September 2018) to 801 days (July 2026).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026567 days−3 days
October 14, 2026570 days+3 days
October 7, 2026567 days+7 days
October 1, 2026560 days−47 days
September 22, 2026607 days−185 days
August 19, 2026792 days−9 days
July 22, 2026801 days+33 days
July 7, 2026768 days+185 days
March 12, 2025583 days+298 days
May 28, 2024285 days+72 days
October 31, 2023213 days+2 days
October 24, 2023211 days+173 days
August 2, 202238 days+3 days
July 26, 202235 days−10 days
July 19, 202245 days−9 days
July 12, 202254 days+9 days
June 21, 202245 days−14 days
June 15, 202259 days−12 days
June 8, 202271 days−179 days
June 1, 2022250 days+179 days
May 24, 202271 days+13 days
May 17, 202258 days+16 days
May 11, 202242 days−150 days
March 22, 2022192 days+66 days
March 16, 2022126 days+24 days
March 8, 2022102 days+52 days
March 1, 202250 days−27 days
February 16, 202277 days+27 days
February 8, 202250 days−27 days
January 25, 202277 days−16 days
January 18, 202293 days−56 days
February 2, 2021149 days+132 days
September 4, 201817 daysfirst figure

How Botswana 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 Botswana take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 567 days (about 18½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Botswana were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Botswana getting shorter?

Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 801 days in July.

How does Botswana compare with other countries?

The wait from Botswana is longer than in 99% 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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