Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Palestine (West Bank)

Canada visitor visa processing time from Palestine (West Bank)

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

1 day

▼ 32 days shorter 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 October 25, 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 Palestine (West Bank) were decided within 1 day, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 33 days in July.
  • The wait from Palestine (West Bank) is shorter 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 1 day (September 2026) to 332 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

IRCC's figure for visitor visa applications from Palestine (West Bank) at each update.

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
September 22, 20261 day−31 days
August 19, 202632 days−1 day
July 7, 202633 days−299 days
March 12, 2025332 days+208 days
May 28, 2024124 days+35 days
October 31, 202389 days−3 days
October 24, 202392 days−6 days
September 6, 202298 days−2 days
August 30, 2022100 days+6 days
August 23, 202294 days+21 days
August 16, 202273 days−8 days
August 2, 202281 days+6 days
July 26, 202275 days−6 days
July 19, 202281 days+3 days
July 12, 202278 days+2 days
June 28, 202276 days+1 day
June 21, 202275 days+7 days
June 15, 202268 days−7 days
June 8, 202275 days−4 days
June 1, 202279 days+8 days
May 17, 202271 days−84 days
May 11, 2022155 days−83 days
March 22, 2022238 days+99 days
March 16, 2022139 days−26 days
March 8, 2022165 days+33 days
March 1, 2022132 days+48 days
February 22, 202284 days+44 days
February 8, 202240 days−1 day
January 18, 202241 days−108 days
February 2, 2021149 days+91 days
September 4, 201858 daysfirst figure

How Palestine (West Bank) 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 Palestine (West Bank) take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 1 day. That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Palestine (West Bank) were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Palestine (West Bank) getting shorter?

Waits are getting shorter. The figure was 33 days in July.

How does Palestine (West Bank) compare with other countries?

The wait from Palestine (West Bank) is shorter 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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