Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Georgia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Georgia

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

81 days

about 2½ months

▲ 19 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 January 13, 2027.

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 Georgia were decided within 81 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 62 days in July.
  • The wait from Georgia is longer than in 84% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 11 days (May 2022) to 295 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202681 days+2 days
October 14, 202679 days+1 day
October 7, 202678 days−1 day
October 1, 202679 days−4 days
September 22, 202683 days+16 days
August 19, 202667 days+5 days
July 22, 202662 days+6 days
July 7, 202656 days+2 days
March 12, 202554 days−61 days
May 28, 2024115 days+9 days
October 31, 2023106 days−143 days
October 24, 2023249 days+148 days
September 6, 2022101 days−2 days
August 30, 2022103 days+38 days
August 23, 202265 days+2 days
August 16, 202263 days+3 days
August 9, 202260 days+9 days
August 2, 202251 days+3 days
July 26, 202248 days+1 day
July 19, 202247 days+6 days
July 12, 202241 days+2 days
June 28, 202239 days+3 days
June 21, 202236 days+5 days
June 15, 202231 days+3 days
June 8, 202228 days+6 days
June 1, 202222 days+7 days
May 24, 202215 days+3 days
May 17, 202212 days+1 day
May 11, 202211 days−284 days
March 16, 2022295 days+13 days
March 8, 2022282 days+68 days
March 1, 2022214 days+131 days
February 22, 202283 days−13 days
February 16, 202296 days+5 days
February 8, 202291 days+8 days
February 1, 202283 days−8 days
January 25, 202291 days+8 days
January 18, 202283 days−66 days
February 2, 2021149 days+110 days
September 4, 201839 daysfirst figure

How Georgia 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 Georgia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 81 days (about 2½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Georgia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Georgia getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 62 days in July.

How does Georgia compare with other countries?

The wait from Georgia is longer than in 84% 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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