Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Namibia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Namibia

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

219 days

about 7 months

▲ 119 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 Namibia were decided within 219 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 100 days in July.
  • The wait from Namibia is longer than in 98% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 20 days (September 2018) to 470 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026219 days+8 days
October 14, 2026211 days−97 days
October 7, 2026308 days+80 days
October 1, 2026228 days+9 days
September 22, 2026219 days+98 days
August 19, 2026121 days+21 days
July 22, 2026100 days−13 days
July 7, 2026113 days−357 days
March 12, 2025470 days+269 days
May 28, 2024201 days+66 days
October 24, 2023135 days+83 days
August 30, 202252 days+1 day
August 23, 202251 days+6 days
August 16, 202245 days−3 days
August 9, 202248 days−2 days
August 2, 202250 days+10 days
July 26, 202240 days+4 days
July 19, 202236 days−9 days
July 12, 202245 days−20 days
June 8, 202265 days−72 days
May 24, 2022137 days−67 days
May 17, 2022204 days+67 days
May 11, 2022137 days−81 days
March 16, 2022218 days+102 days
February 22, 2022116 days+23 days
February 16, 202293 days+4 days
February 8, 202289 days−147 days
January 25, 2022236 days+183 days
January 18, 202253 days−96 days
February 2, 2021149 days+129 days
September 4, 201820 daysfirst figure

How Namibia 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 Namibia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 219 days (about 7 months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Namibia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Namibia getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 100 days in July.

How does Namibia compare with other countries?

The wait from Namibia is longer than in 98% 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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