Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Sudan

Canada visitor visa processing time from Sudan

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

74 days

about 2½ months

▲ 51 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 January 6, 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 Sudan were decided within 74 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 23 days in July.
  • The wait from Sudan is longer than in 82% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 23 days (July 2026) to 448 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202674 days+8 days
October 7, 202666 days+2 days
October 1, 202664 days–
August 19, 2026no published time–
July 22, 202623 days−6 days
July 7, 202629 days−284 days
March 12, 2025313 days+126 days
May 28, 2024187 days+39 days
October 31, 2023148 days−2 days
October 24, 2023150 days+44 days
August 30, 2022106 days+13 days
August 23, 202293 days−13 days
August 16, 2022106 days+13 days
August 2, 202293 days+2 days
July 19, 202291 days+18 days
July 12, 202273 days−122 days
June 28, 2022195 days−115 days
June 21, 2022310 days−40 days
June 15, 2022350 days+8 days
June 8, 2022342 days−8 days
June 1, 2022350 days+8 days
May 24, 2022342 days+272 days
May 17, 202270 days−12 days
May 11, 202282 days−323 days
March 22, 2022405 days−33 days
March 16, 2022438 days−10 days
March 8, 2022448 days+129 days
March 1, 2022319 days+178 days
February 22, 2022141 days+25 days
February 16, 2022116 days−59 days
February 8, 2022175 days+79 days
February 1, 202296 days−102 days
January 25, 2022198 days+114 days
January 18, 202284 days−41 days
February 2, 2021125 days+84 days
September 4, 201841 daysfirst figure

How Sudan compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Sudan

Everything for Sudan
Privately sponsored refugees19 months● SteadyRefugee sponsorship (sponsor's part)No current 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 Sudan take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 74 days (about 2½ months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Sudan were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Sudan getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 23 days in July.

How does Sudan compare with other countries?

The wait from Sudan is longer than in 82% 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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