Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Netherlands

Canada visitor visa processing time from Netherlands

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

28 days

about 4 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 21, 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 Netherlands were decided within 28 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 29 days in July.
  • The wait from Netherlands is shorter than in 63% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 7 days (September 2018) to 573 days (January 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202628 days+3 days
October 14, 202625 days−3 days
October 1, 202628 days−2 days
September 22, 202630 days+1 day
July 22, 202629 days−2 days
July 7, 202631 days−317 days
March 12, 2025348 days+46 days
May 28, 2024302 days+91 days
October 31, 2023211 days+13 days
October 24, 2023198 days+130 days
September 6, 202268 days+1 day
August 30, 202267 days+11 days
August 9, 202256 days+2 days
August 2, 202254 days+4 days
July 26, 202250 days+3 days
July 19, 202247 days+11 days
July 12, 202236 days+8 days
June 28, 202228 days+3 days
June 21, 202225 days+1 day
June 15, 202224 days+5 days
June 8, 202219 days+1 day
June 1, 202218 days+3 days
May 24, 202215 days+2 days
May 11, 202213 days−217 days
March 16, 2022230 days−59 days
March 8, 2022289 days−21 days
March 1, 2022310 days−2 days
February 22, 2022312 days−10 days
February 16, 2022322 days−76 days
February 8, 2022398 days+78 days
February 1, 2022320 days+267 days
January 25, 202253 days−520 days
January 18, 2022573 days+424 days
February 2, 2021149 days+142 days
September 4, 20187 daysfirst figure

How Netherlands compares

All countries

Shorter bars mean shorter waits. The typical country is the middle of all 170 countries with a figure.

Other applications from Netherlands

Everything for Netherlands
Study permit4 weeks▲ 1 week longer

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 Netherlands take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 28 days (about 4 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Netherlands were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Netherlands getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 29 days in July.

How does Netherlands compare with other countries?

The wait from Netherlands is shorter than in 63% 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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