Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Serbia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Serbia

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

38 days

about 5½ weeks

▲ 5 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 1, 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 Serbia were decided within 38 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 33 days in July.
  • The wait from Serbia is longer than in 50% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 10 days (September 2018) to 333 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 1, 202638 days+3 days
September 22, 202635 days+10 days
August 19, 202625 days−8 days
July 22, 202633 days−7 days
July 7, 202640 days−293 days
March 12, 2025333 days+224 days
May 28, 2024109 days+49 days
October 31, 202360 days+18 days
October 24, 202342 days−76 days
September 6, 2022118 days−2 days
August 30, 2022120 days−4 days
August 23, 2022124 days+2 days
August 16, 2022122 days+28 days
August 9, 202294 days+16 days
August 2, 202278 days+19 days
July 26, 202259 days+3 days
July 19, 202256 days−1 day
July 12, 202257 days+8 days
June 21, 202249 days+3 days
June 15, 202246 days+2 days
June 8, 202244 days+3 days
June 1, 202241 days+3 days
May 24, 202238 days+1 day
May 17, 202237 days−1 day
May 11, 202238 days+14 days
March 22, 202224 days+1 day
March 8, 202223 days−1 day
March 1, 202224 days−1 day
February 8, 202225 days+2 days
February 1, 202223 days+4 days
January 25, 202219 days−3 days
January 18, 202222 days−13 days
February 2, 202135 days+25 days
September 4, 201810 daysfirst figure

How Serbia 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 Serbia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 38 days (about 5½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Serbia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Serbia getting shorter?

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

How does Serbia compare with other countries?

The wait from Serbia is longer than in 50% 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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