Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Syria

Canada visitor visa processing time from Syria

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

89 days

about 3 months

● About the same as 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 21, 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 Syria were decided within 89 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 91 days in July.
  • The wait from Syria is longer than in 86% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 32 days (May 2022) to 311 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202689 days−3 days
October 14, 202692 days−3 days
October 1, 202695 days−10 days
September 22, 2026105 days+28 days
August 19, 202677 days−14 days
July 22, 202691 days+25 days
July 7, 202666 days−74 days
March 12, 2025140 days+9 days
May 28, 2024131 days+58 days
October 31, 202373 days+2 days
October 24, 202371 days−40 days
September 6, 2022111 days−3 days
August 30, 2022114 days+4 days
August 16, 2022110 days+4 days
August 9, 2022106 days+13 days
July 26, 202293 days+5 days
July 19, 202288 days+19 days
July 12, 202269 days+5 days
June 21, 202264 days+1 day
June 15, 202263 days−6 days
June 8, 202269 days+9 days
June 1, 202260 days+10 days
May 24, 202250 days+18 days
May 17, 202232 days−10 days
May 11, 202242 days−269 days
March 22, 2022311 days+4 days
March 16, 2022307 days+4 days
March 8, 2022303 days+56 days
March 1, 2022247 days+12 days
February 22, 2022235 days+145 days
February 16, 202290 days−5 days
February 8, 202295 days+9 days
February 1, 202286 days−1 day
January 25, 202287 days+5 days
January 18, 202282 days+31 days
February 2, 202151 days+16 days
September 4, 201835 daysfirst figure

How Syria compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Syria

Everything for Syria
Super visa652 daysabout 21½ months▼ 80 days shorter

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 Syria take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 89 days (about 3 months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Syria were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Syria getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 91 days in July.

How does Syria compare with other countries?

The wait from Syria is longer than in 86% 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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