Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Liberia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Liberia

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

104 days

about 3½ months

▲ 19 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 February 5, 2027.

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 Liberia were decided within 104 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 85 days in July.
  • The wait from Liberia is longer than in 88% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 28 days (September 2018) to 681 days (January 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026104 days−2 days
October 14, 2026106 days+2 days
October 7, 2026104 days+6 days
October 1, 202698 days+11 days
September 22, 202687 days+2 days
July 22, 202685 days+32 days
July 7, 202653 days−45 days
March 12, 202598 days−35 days
May 28, 2024133 days−21 days
October 31, 2023154 days−10 days
October 24, 2023164 days+74 days
August 2, 202290 days+6 days
July 26, 202284 days−6 days
July 19, 202290 days+4 days
July 12, 202286 days+6 days
June 28, 202280 days+5 days
June 21, 202275 days+8 days
June 15, 202267 days+7 days
June 8, 202260 days+5 days
June 1, 202255 days−27 days
May 24, 202282 days−21 days
May 11, 2022103 days−61 days
March 22, 2022164 days−4 days
March 16, 2022168 days+8 days
March 8, 2022160 days−7 days
February 22, 2022167 days−1 day
February 16, 2022168 days−20 days
February 8, 2022188 days−9 days
February 1, 2022197 days−1 day
January 25, 2022198 days−483 days
January 18, 2022681 days+532 days
February 2, 2021149 days+121 days
September 4, 201828 daysfirst figure

How Liberia 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 Liberia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 104 days (about 3½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Liberia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Liberia getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 85 days in July.

How does Liberia compare with other countries?

The wait from Liberia is longer than in 88% 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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