Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Montenegro

Canada visitor visa processing time from Montenegro

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

26 days

about 3½ weeks

● About the same as 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 November 19, 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 Montenegro were decided within 26 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 26 days in July.
  • The wait from Montenegro is shorter than in 67% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 8 days (September 2018) to 374 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202626 days+2 days
September 22, 202624 days+4 days
August 19, 202620 days−6 days
July 22, 202626 days−16 days
July 7, 202642 days−332 days
March 12, 2025374 days–
May 28, 2024no published time–
October 31, 2023119 days+5 days
October 24, 2023114 days+37 days
September 6, 202277 days−5 days
August 30, 202282 days+12 days
August 23, 202270 days+1 day
August 16, 202269 days+6 days
August 9, 202263 days+2 days
August 2, 202261 days+6 days
July 26, 202255 days+1 day
July 19, 202254 days+6 days
July 12, 202248 days+6 days
June 28, 202242 days+7 days
June 21, 202235 days+12 days
June 15, 202223 days+8 days
June 8, 202215 days+3 days
May 17, 202212 days+2 days
May 11, 202210 days−94 days
March 22, 2022104 days−3 days
March 16, 2022107 days+4 days
March 8, 2022103 days+4 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+141 days
September 4, 20188 daysfirst figure

How Montenegro 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 Montenegro take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 26 days (about 3½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Montenegro were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Montenegro getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 26 days in July.

How does Montenegro compare with other countries?

The wait from Montenegro is shorter than in 67% 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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