Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Italy

Canada visitor visa processing time from Italy

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

41 days

about 6 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 December 4, 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 Italy were decided within 41 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 39 days in July.
  • The wait from Italy is longer than in 57% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 10 days (September 2018) to 163 days (May 2024).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202641 days+1 day
October 14, 202640 days+1 day
October 7, 202639 days−6 days
October 1, 202645 days+1 day
September 22, 202644 days+9 days
August 19, 202635 days−4 days
July 22, 202639 days−4 days
July 7, 202643 days−100 days
March 12, 2025143 days−20 days
May 28, 2024163 days+35 days
October 31, 2023128 days−21 days
October 24, 2023149 days+102 days
September 6, 202247 days−1 day
August 30, 202248 days+7 days
August 23, 202241 days−1 day
August 16, 202242 days+1 day
August 9, 202241 days+2 days
August 2, 202239 days+5 days
July 26, 202234 days+2 days
July 19, 202232 days+3 days
July 12, 202229 days−1 day
June 28, 202230 days+4 days
June 21, 202226 days+1 day
June 15, 202225 days+3 days
June 8, 202222 days+6 days
May 24, 202216 days+1 day
May 17, 202215 days−7 days
May 11, 202222 days−35 days
March 22, 202257 days−3 days
March 16, 202260 days−1 day
March 8, 202261 days−1 day
March 1, 202262 days+2 days
February 22, 202260 days+1 day
February 16, 202259 days+1 day
February 1, 202258 days+6 days
January 25, 202252 days+22 days
January 18, 202230 days−26 days
February 2, 202156 days+46 days
September 4, 201810 daysfirst figure

How Italy compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Italy

Everything for Italy
Study permit5 weeks▲ 2 weeks longerWork permit9 weeksabout 2 months▲ 2 weeks longer

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 Italy take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 41 days (about 6 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Italy were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Italy getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 39 days in July.

How does Italy compare with other countries?

The wait from Italy is longer than in 57% 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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