Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Somalia

Canada visitor visa processing time from Somalia

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

121 days

about 4 months

▲ 81 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 February 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 Somalia were decided within 121 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 40 days in July.
  • The wait from Somalia is longer than in 92% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 24 days (September 2018) to 248 days (October 2023).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 2026121 days+2 days
October 14, 2026119 days+1 day
October 1, 2026118 days−5 days
September 22, 2026123 days+86 days
August 19, 202637 days−3 days
July 22, 202640 days−6 days
July 7, 202646 days−129 days
March 12, 2025175 days−50 days
May 28, 2024225 days−21 days
October 31, 2023246 days−2 days
October 24, 2023248 days+143 days
September 6, 2022105 days+2 days
August 30, 2022103 days+2 days
August 23, 2022101 days+1 day
August 16, 2022100 days+1 day
August 9, 202299 days+3 days
August 2, 202296 days+3 days
July 26, 202293 days+3 days
July 19, 202290 days+4 days
July 12, 202286 days+6 days
June 28, 202280 days+5 days
June 21, 202275 days+8 days
June 15, 202267 days+7 days
June 8, 202260 days+5 days
June 1, 202255 days+6 days
May 24, 202249 days+5 days
May 11, 202244 days−60 days
March 22, 2022104 days–
March 16, 2022no published time–
March 8, 2022103 days+4 days
March 1, 202299 days+3 days
February 22, 202296 days+3 days
February 16, 202293 days+4 days
February 8, 202289 days+15 days
February 1, 202274 days+13 days
January 25, 202261 days+8 days
January 18, 202253 days−96 days
February 2, 2021149 days+125 days
September 4, 201824 daysfirst figure

How Somalia 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 Somalia take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 121 days (about 4 months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Somalia were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Somalia getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 40 days in July.

How does Somalia compare with other countries?

The wait from Somalia is longer than in 92% 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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