Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Mauritania

Canada visitor visa processing time from Mauritania

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

92 days

about 3 months

▲ 47 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 January 24, 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 Mauritania were decided within 92 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 45 days in July.
  • The wait from Mauritania is longer than in 87% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 23 days (June 2022) to 514 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202692 days−4 days
October 14, 202696 days+3 days
October 1, 202693 days−3 days
September 22, 202696 days+28 days
August 19, 202668 days+23 days
July 7, 202645 days−469 days
March 12, 2025514 days+48 days
May 28, 2024466 days+7 days
October 31, 2023459 days−17 days
October 24, 2023476 days+371 days
September 6, 2022105 days+44 days
August 30, 202261 days−40 days
August 23, 2022101 days+1 day
August 16, 2022100 days+39 days
August 9, 202261 days+15 days
August 2, 202246 days+1 day
July 26, 202245 days+2 days
July 19, 202243 days+9 days
July 12, 202234 days+4 days
June 28, 202230 days+7 days
June 15, 202223 days−19 days
June 8, 202242 days−4 days
June 1, 202246 days−4 days
May 11, 202250 days−5 days
March 8, 202255 days−1 day
March 1, 202256 days−3 days
February 22, 202259 days+5 days
February 16, 202254 days+5 days
February 8, 202249 days+1 day
February 1, 202248 days+1 day
January 25, 202247 days+14 days
January 18, 202233 days−116 days
February 2, 2021149 days+122 days
September 4, 201827 daysfirst figure

How Mauritania 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 Mauritania take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 92 days (about 3 months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Mauritania were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Mauritania getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 45 days in July.

How does Mauritania compare with other countries?

The wait from Mauritania is longer than in 87% 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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