Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Ireland

Canada visitor visa processing time from Ireland

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

22 days

about 3 weeks

● About the same as 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 15, 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 Ireland were decided within 22 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 22 days in July.
  • The wait from Ireland is shorter than in 76% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 8 days (May 2022) to 498 days (January 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202622 days+2 days
October 14, 202620 days−1 day
October 7, 202621 days+1 day
October 1, 202620 days−3 days
September 22, 202623 days+2 days
August 19, 202621 days−1 day
July 7, 202622 days−294 days
March 12, 2025316 days+24 days
May 28, 2024292 days+153 days
October 31, 2023139 days−46 days
October 24, 2023185 days+129 days
September 6, 202256 days+2 days
August 30, 202254 days+10 days
August 23, 202244 days+1 day
August 2, 202243 days+2 days
July 26, 202241 days+5 days
July 19, 202236 days+13 days
June 28, 202223 days+3 days
June 21, 202220 days+4 days
June 15, 202216 days+1 day
June 1, 202215 days+3 days
May 24, 202212 days+3 days
May 17, 20229 days+1 day
May 11, 20228 days−224 days
March 22, 2022232 days+7 days
March 16, 2022225 days−14 days
March 8, 2022239 days−1 day
March 1, 2022240 days−10 days
February 22, 2022250 days−8 days
February 16, 2022258 days−51 days
February 8, 2022309 days+172 days
February 1, 2022137 days−9 days
January 25, 2022146 days−352 days
January 18, 2022498 days+349 days
February 2, 2021149 days+122 days
September 4, 201827 daysfirst figure

How Ireland compares

All countries

Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 170 countries with a figure.

Other applications from Ireland

Everything for Ireland
Study permitNo current figureWork permitNo current 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 Ireland take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 22 days (about 3 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Ireland were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Ireland getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 22 days in July.

How does Ireland compare with other countries?

The wait from Ireland is shorter than in 76% 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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