Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Kosovo

Canada visitor visa processing time from Kosovo

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

▲ 3 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 Kosovo were decided within 40 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 37 days in July.
  • The wait from Kosovo 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 10 days (September 2018) to 405 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202640 days−1 day
October 1, 202641 days+3 days
September 22, 202638 days+14 days
August 19, 202624 days−13 days
July 22, 202637 days−4 days
July 7, 202641 days−364 days
March 12, 2025405 days+233 days
May 28, 2024172 days+129 days
October 24, 202343 days−77 days
September 6, 2022120 days−5 days
August 30, 2022125 days−8 days
August 23, 2022133 days+3 days
August 16, 2022130 days+15 days
August 9, 2022115 days+18 days
August 2, 202297 days+39 days
July 26, 202258 days−4 days
July 19, 202262 days−7 days
July 12, 202269 days+7 days
June 28, 202262 days+9 days
June 21, 202253 days+12 days
June 8, 202241 days+5 days
June 1, 202236 days−2 days
May 24, 202238 days+4 days
May 17, 202234 days−2 days
May 11, 202236 days+11 days
March 16, 202225 days+1 day
February 22, 202224 days+4 days
February 16, 202220 days+2 days
February 1, 202218 days−1 day
January 25, 202219 days−1 day
January 18, 202220 days−129 days
February 2, 2021149 days+139 days
September 4, 201810 daysfirst figure

How Kosovo 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 Kosovo 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 Kosovo were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Kosovo getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 37 days in July.

How does Kosovo compare with other countries?

The wait from Kosovo 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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