Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Norway

Canada visitor visa processing time from Norway

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

41 days

about 6 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 December 4, 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 Norway were decided within 41 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 41 days in July.
  • The wait from Norway is longer than in 57% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 9 days (May 2022) to 502 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202641 days−20 days
October 1, 202661 days−4 days
September 22, 202665 days+21 days
August 19, 202644 days+3 days
July 22, 202641 days+6 days
July 7, 202635 days−321 days
March 12, 2025356 days+29 days
May 28, 2024327 days+215 days
October 31, 2023112 days+33 days
October 24, 202379 days+33 days
August 30, 202246 days+1 day
August 16, 202245 days+2 days
August 2, 202243 days+16 days
July 26, 202227 days+12 days
July 19, 202215 days+3 days
July 12, 202212 days+1 day
June 28, 202211 days−1 day
June 15, 202212 days−2 days
June 8, 202214 days+2 days
June 1, 202212 days+3 days
May 24, 20229 days−178 days
May 17, 2022187 days−14 days
May 11, 2022201 days−15 days
March 22, 2022216 days−184 days
March 16, 2022400 days−102 days
March 8, 2022502 days+50 days
March 1, 2022452 days+35 days
February 22, 2022417 days−14 days
February 16, 2022431 days−29 days
February 8, 2022460 days+8 days
January 25, 2022452 days+21 days
January 18, 2022431 days–
February 2, 2021no published time–
September 4, 201864 daysfirst figure

How Norway compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Norway

Everything for Norway
Study permit4 weeks● Steady

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 Norway take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 41 days (about 6 weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Norway were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Norway getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 41 days in July.

How does Norway compare with other countries?

The wait from Norway is longer than in 57% 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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