Visitor visa · applying from Kazakhstan
Canada visitor visa processing time from Kazakhstan
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
10 days
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 3, 2026.
In plain English
- 8 in 10 visitor visa applications from Kazakhstan were decided within 10 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
- Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 34 days in July.
- The wait from Kazakhstan is shorter than in 96% 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 2026) to 268 days (October 2023).
Is it getting faster or slower?
IRCC's figure for visitor visa applications from Kazakhstan at each update.
In days. Each point is an IRCC update. Lower means a shorter wait.
Every published figure
| IRCC update | Figure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2026 | 10 days | −13 days |
| August 19, 2026 | 23 days | −11 days |
| July 22, 2026 | 34 days | −2 days |
| July 7, 2026 | 36 days | +9 days |
| March 12, 2025 | 27 days | −85 days |
| May 28, 2024 | 112 days | −156 days |
| October 31, 2023 | 268 days | +19 days |
| October 24, 2023 | 249 days | +172 days |
| September 6, 2022 | 77 days | +10 days |
| August 30, 2022 | 67 days | +1 day |
| August 23, 2022 | 66 days | −1 day |
| August 16, 2022 | 67 days | +1 day |
| August 9, 2022 | 66 days | +7 days |
| July 26, 2022 | 59 days | −5 days |
| July 19, 2022 | 64 days | +8 days |
| July 12, 2022 | 56 days | +1 day |
| June 28, 2022 | 55 days | +14 days |
| June 21, 2022 | 41 days | +5 days |
| June 15, 2022 | 36 days | +1 day |
| June 8, 2022 | 35 days | +5 days |
| June 1, 2022 | 30 days | +4 days |
| May 24, 2022 | 26 days | +6 days |
| May 17, 2022 | 20 days | −11 days |
| May 11, 2022 | 31 days | −5 days |
| March 22, 2022 | 36 days | −22 days |
| March 16, 2022 | 58 days | +19 days |
| March 8, 2022 | 39 days | −5 days |
| February 22, 2022 | 44 days | +1 day |
| January 18, 2022 | 43 days | −15 days |
| February 2, 2021 | 58 days | +42 days |
| September 4, 2018 | 16 days | first figure |
How Kazakhstan compares
Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 170 countries with a figure.
Other applications from Kazakhstan
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 Kazakhstan take?
IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 10 days. That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Kazakhstan were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.
Is the wait from Kazakhstan getting shorter?
Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 34 days in July.
How does Kazakhstan compare with other countries?
The wait from Kazakhstan is shorter than in 96% 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.