Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Gabon

Canada visitor visa processing time from Gabon

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

45 days

about 6½ weeks

▲ 18 days longer 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 8, 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 Gabon were decided within 45 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 27 days in July.
  • The wait from Gabon is longer than in 65% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 16 days (May 2022) to 374 days (October 2023).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202645 days+5 days
October 14, 202640 days+1 day
October 7, 202639 days−1 day
October 1, 202640 days−1 day
September 22, 202641 days+4 days
August 19, 202637 days+10 days
July 22, 202627 days+1 day
July 7, 202626 days−93 days
March 12, 2025119 days−194 days
May 28, 2024313 days−53 days
October 31, 2023366 days−8 days
October 24, 2023374 days+285 days
September 6, 202289 days−1 day
August 30, 202290 days+1 day
August 23, 202289 days+2 days
August 9, 202287 days+2 days
August 2, 202285 days+11 days
July 26, 202274 days+5 days
July 19, 202269 days+6 days
July 12, 202263 days+18 days
June 28, 202245 days+3 days
June 21, 202242 days+5 days
June 15, 202237 days+3 days
June 8, 202234 days−7 days
May 24, 202241 days+25 days
May 11, 202216 days−33 days
March 22, 202249 days−5 days
March 16, 202254 days−20 days
March 8, 202274 days+12 days
March 1, 202262 days−9 days
February 22, 202271 days−3 days
February 16, 202274 days−25 days
February 8, 202299 days+21 days
February 1, 202278 days+4 days
January 25, 202274 days+27 days
January 18, 202247 days−102 days
February 2, 2021149 days+122 days
September 4, 201827 daysfirst figure

How Gabon 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 Gabon take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 45 days (about 6½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Gabon were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Gabon getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 27 days in July.

How does Gabon compare with other countries?

The wait from Gabon is longer than in 65% 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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