Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Greece

Canada visitor visa processing time from Greece

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

40 days

about 5½ weeks

▲ 5 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 3, 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 Greece were decided within 40 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 35 days in July.
  • The wait from Greece is longer than in 54% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 6 days (September 2018) to 172 days (October 2023).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202640 days−2 days
October 14, 202642 days−2 days
October 7, 202644 days−5 days
September 22, 202649 days+14 days
July 22, 202635 days−7 days
July 7, 202642 days−60 days
March 12, 2025102 days−54 days
May 28, 2024156 days−16 days
October 31, 2023172 days+48 days
October 24, 2023124 days+77 days
September 6, 202247 days−7 days
August 30, 202254 days+16 days
August 23, 202238 days+1 day
August 16, 202237 days+6 days
August 2, 202231 days+1 day
July 26, 202230 days+3 days
July 19, 202227 days+3 days
July 12, 202224 days+9 days
June 15, 202215 days+1 day
June 8, 202214 days+4 days
May 17, 202210 days−9 days
May 11, 202219 days−41 days
March 22, 202260 days−7 days
March 16, 202267 days+4 days
March 8, 202263 days−4 days
March 1, 202267 days+24 days
February 16, 202243 days−3 days
February 8, 202246 days−11 days
February 1, 202257 days+8 days
January 25, 202249 days+17 days
January 18, 202232 days−117 days
February 2, 2021149 days+143 days
September 4, 20186 daysfirst figure

How Greece 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 Greece take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 40 days (about 5½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Greece were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Greece getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 35 days in July.

How does Greece compare with other countries?

The wait from Greece is longer than in 54% 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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