Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Estonia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Estonia

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

24 days

about 3½ weeks

▼ 16 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 17, 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 Estonia were decided within 24 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 40 days in July.
  • The wait from Estonia is shorter 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 14 days (May 2022) to 344 days (October 2023).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202624 days−9 days
October 14, 202633 days−3 days
September 22, 202636 days+1 day
August 19, 202635 days−5 days
July 7, 202640 days–
March 12, 2025no published time–
May 28, 2024133 days−211 days
October 31, 2023344 days+22 days
October 24, 2023322 days+251 days
September 6, 202271 days+7 days
August 30, 202264 days+5 days
August 23, 202259 days+2 days
August 9, 202257 days+5 days
August 2, 202252 days−2 days
July 26, 202254 days+2 days
July 19, 202252 days+4 days
July 12, 202248 days+9 days
June 28, 202239 days+6 days
June 21, 202233 days+9 days
June 15, 202224 days+1 day
June 8, 202223 days+3 days
June 1, 202220 days+3 days
May 24, 202217 days+1 day
May 17, 202216 days+2 days
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−96 days
February 2, 2021149 days+125 days
September 4, 201824 daysfirst figure

How Estonia 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 Estonia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 24 days (about 3½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Estonia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Estonia getting shorter?

Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 40 days in July.

How does Estonia compare with other countries?

The wait from Estonia is shorter 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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