Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Bulgaria

Canada visitor visa processing time from Bulgaria

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

34 days

about 5 weeks

● About the same as 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 27, 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 Bulgaria were decided within 34 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 33 days in July.
  • The wait from Bulgaria is shorter than in 59% 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 (March 2025) to 268 days (October 2023).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202634 days−4 days
October 1, 202638 days+7 days
September 22, 202631 days−4 days
August 19, 202635 days+2 days
July 22, 202633 days+2 days
July 7, 202631 days+21 days
March 12, 202510 days−26 days
May 28, 202436 days−205 days
October 31, 2023241 days−27 days
October 24, 2023268 days+215 days
September 6, 202253 days+4 days
August 30, 202249 days+6 days
August 23, 202243 days−3 days
August 16, 202246 days−1 day
July 19, 202247 days+1 day
July 12, 202246 days−2 days
June 28, 202248 days+1 day
June 21, 202247 days+4 days
June 15, 202243 days+5 days
June 8, 202238 days+8 days
June 1, 202230 days+9 days
May 24, 202221 days+6 days
May 17, 202215 days+1 day
May 11, 202214 days−90 days
March 22, 2022104 days−3 days
March 16, 2022107 days+4 days
March 8, 2022103 days+4 days
March 1, 202299 days+3 days
February 22, 202296 days+3 days
February 16, 202293 days+4 days
February 8, 202289 days+15 days
February 1, 202274 days+13 days
January 25, 202261 days+8 days
January 18, 202253 days–
February 2, 2021no published time–
September 4, 201824 daysfirst figure

How Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 34 days (about 5 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Bulgaria were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Bulgaria getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 33 days in July.

How does Bulgaria compare with other countries?

The wait from Bulgaria is shorter than in 59% 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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