Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Mozambique

Canada visitor visa processing time from Mozambique

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

418 days

about 13½ months

▲ 297 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 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 Mozambique were decided within 418 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 121 days in July.
  • The wait from Mozambique is longer than in 99% 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 695 days (August 2026).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026418 days+20 days
October 14, 2026398 days+16 days
October 7, 2026382 days+90 days
October 1, 2026292 days−147 days
September 22, 2026439 days−256 days
August 19, 2026695 days+574 days
July 22, 2026121 days+30 days
July 7, 202691 days−412 days
March 12, 2025503 days+203 days
May 28, 2024300 days+100 days
October 24, 2023200 days+100 days
September 6, 2022100 days+49 days
August 23, 202251 days+1 day
August 16, 202250 days−5 days
August 9, 202255 days+4 days
July 26, 202251 days−4 days
June 21, 202255 days−191 days
June 15, 2022246 days−56 days
June 1, 2022302 days−20 days
May 17, 2022322 days+278 days
May 11, 202244 days−60 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–
February 2, 2021no published time–
September 4, 201818 daysfirst figure

How Mozambique 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 Mozambique take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 418 days (about 13½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Mozambique were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Mozambique getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 121 days in July.

How does Mozambique compare with other countries?

The wait from Mozambique is longer than in 99% 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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