Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Malawi

Canada visitor visa processing time from Malawi

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

198 days

about 6½ months

▲ 96 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 May 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 Malawi were decided within 198 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 102 days in July.
  • The wait from Malawi is longer than in 97% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 18 days (September 2018) to 541 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026198 days−40 days
October 14, 2026238 days+18 days
October 7, 2026220 days+22 days
October 1, 2026198 days−77 days
September 22, 2026275 days+135 days
August 19, 2026140 days+38 days
July 7, 2026102 days−439 days
March 12, 2025541 days+210 days
May 28, 2024331 days+125 days
October 31, 2023206 days−5 days
October 24, 2023211 days+171 days
August 30, 202240 days+7 days
August 2, 202233 days+2 days
July 26, 202231 days−2 days
July 19, 202233 days+1 day
July 12, 202232 days−3 days
June 28, 202235 days−1 day
June 21, 202236 days+1 day
June 15, 202235 days−25 days
June 8, 202260 days+5 days
June 1, 202255 days+6 days
May 24, 202249 days+5 days
May 11, 202244 days−60 days
March 22, 2022104 days−3 days
March 16, 2022107 days−282 days
March 8, 2022389 days+290 days
March 1, 202299 days+3 days
February 22, 202296 days+3 days
February 16, 202293 days+4 days
February 8, 202289 days+15 days
February 1, 202274 days+13 days
January 25, 202261 days+8 days
January 18, 202253 days−96 days
February 2, 2021149 days+131 days
September 4, 201818 daysfirst figure

How Malawi 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 Malawi take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 198 days (about 6½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Malawi were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Malawi getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 102 days in July.

How does Malawi compare with other countries?

The wait from Malawi is longer than in 97% 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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