Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Sweden

Canada visitor visa processing time from Sweden

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

40 days

about 5½ weeks

▲ 16 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 3, 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 Sweden were decided within 40 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 24 days in July.
  • The wait from Sweden is longer than in 54% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 18 days (May 2022) to 488 days (January 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202640 days−1 day
October 14, 202641 days+2 days
October 7, 202639 days+9 days
October 1, 202630 days−6 days
September 22, 202636 days+13 days
August 19, 202623 days−1 day
July 22, 202624 days−1 day
July 7, 202625 days−334 days
March 12, 2025359 days+27 days
May 28, 2024332 days+59 days
October 31, 2023273 days+39 days
October 24, 2023234 days+170 days
August 30, 202264 days+12 days
August 23, 202252 days+2 days
August 16, 202250 days−4 days
August 9, 202254 days+5 days
August 2, 202249 days+7 days
July 26, 202242 days+2 days
July 19, 202240 days+8 days
June 21, 202232 days+3 days
June 1, 202229 days+4 days
May 24, 202225 days+6 days
May 17, 202219 days+1 day
May 11, 202218 days−232 days
March 16, 2022250 days−39 days
March 8, 2022289 days+24 days
March 1, 2022265 days−45 days
February 22, 2022310 days−22 days
February 16, 2022332 days−59 days
February 8, 2022391 days+121 days
February 1, 2022270 days−33 days
January 25, 2022303 days−185 days
January 18, 2022488 days+339 days
February 2, 2021149 days+105 days
September 4, 201844 daysfirst figure

How Sweden compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Sweden

Everything for Sweden
Study permitNo 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 Sweden take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 40 days (about 5½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Sweden were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Sweden getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 24 days in July.

How does Sweden compare with other countries?

The wait from Sweden is longer than in 54% 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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