Visitor visa · applying from India
Canada visitor visa processing time from India
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
29 days
about 4 weeks
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 22, 2026.
In plain English
- 8 in 10 visitor visa applications from India were decided within 29 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
- Waits are getting longer. The figure was 21 days in July.
- The wait from India is shorter than in 62% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
- Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 20 days (July 2026) to 162 days (July 2022).
Is it getting faster or slower?
IRCC's figure for visitor visa applications from India at each update.
In days. Each point is an IRCC update. Lower means a shorter wait.
Every published figure
| IRCC update | Figure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2026 | 29 days | −1 day |
| October 1, 2026 | 30 days | −2 days |
| September 22, 2026 | 32 days | +1 day |
| August 19, 2026 | 31 days | +10 days |
| July 22, 2026 | 21 days | +1 day |
| July 7, 2026 | 20 days | −76 days |
| March 12, 2025 | 96 days | +62 days |
| May 28, 2024 | 34 days | +5 days |
| October 24, 2023 | 29 days | −116 days |
| September 6, 2022 | 145 days | −3 days |
| August 30, 2022 | 148 days | −6 days |
| August 23, 2022 | 154 days | −4 days |
| August 16, 2022 | 158 days | −2 days |
| August 2, 2022 | 160 days | −2 days |
| July 26, 2022 | 162 days | +2 days |
| July 19, 2022 | 160 days | +5 days |
| July 12, 2022 | 155 days | +8 days |
| June 28, 2022 | 147 days | +6 days |
| June 21, 2022 | 141 days | +6 days |
| June 15, 2022 | 135 days | +4 days |
| June 8, 2022 | 131 days | +2 days |
| May 24, 2022 | 129 days | −1 day |
| May 17, 2022 | 130 days | +3 days |
| May 11, 2022 | 127 days | +21 days |
| March 22, 2022 | 106 days | +7 days |
| March 16, 2022 | 99 days | +4 days |
| March 8, 2022 | 95 days | +1 day |
| March 1, 2022 | 94 days | +1 day |
| February 22, 2022 | 93 days | +12 days |
| February 16, 2022 | 81 days | +11 days |
| February 8, 2022 | 70 days | +7 days |
| February 1, 2022 | 63 days | +4 days |
| January 25, 2022 | 59 days | +4 days |
| January 18, 2022 | 55 days | −99 days |
| February 2, 2021 | 154 days | +113 days |
| September 4, 2018 | 41 days | first figure |
How India compares
Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 170 countries with a figure.
Other applications from India
What does this number mean?
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.
The clock starts with a complete application
It counts from the day IRCC had a complete application to the day it made a decision.
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 India take?
IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 29 days (about 4 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from India were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.
Is the wait from India getting shorter?
Waits are getting longer. The figure was 21 days in July.
How does India compare with other countries?
The wait from India is shorter than in 62% 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.