Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Tanzania

Canada visitor visa processing time from Tanzania

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

63 days

about 2 months

▲ 10 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 26, 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 Tanzania were decided within 63 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 53 days in July.
  • The wait from Tanzania is longer than in 77% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 37 days (September 2018) to 520 days (March 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 14, 202663 days+14 days
October 7, 202649 days+2 days
August 19, 202647 days−6 days
July 7, 202653 days−147 days
March 12, 2025200 days+91 days
May 28, 2024109 days+47 days
October 31, 202362 days−13 days
October 24, 202375 days−301 days
September 6, 2022376 days+1 day
August 30, 2022375 days−11 days
August 16, 2022386 days+10 days
August 9, 2022376 days−10 days
August 2, 2022386 days+83 days
July 26, 2022303 days+217 days
July 19, 202286 days+8 days
July 12, 202278 days+15 days
June 15, 202263 days−21 days
June 8, 202284 days+23 days
June 1, 202261 days−23 days
May 24, 202284 days+15 days
May 17, 202269 days−4 days
May 11, 202273 days−444 days
March 22, 2022517 days−3 days
March 16, 2022520 days+42 days
March 8, 2022478 days+301 days
March 1, 2022177 days+27 days
February 22, 2022150 days−27 days
February 16, 2022177 days−27 days
February 8, 2022204 days−37 days
February 1, 2022241 days−277 days
January 25, 2022518 days+314 days
January 18, 2022204 days+55 days
February 2, 2021149 days+112 days
September 4, 201837 daysfirst figure

How Tanzania compares

All countries

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

Other applications from Tanzania

Everything for Tanzania
Study permit9 weeksabout 2 months▲ 1 week longerGovernment-assisted refugees60 months▲ 17 months longer

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 Tanzania take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 63 days (about 2 months). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Tanzania were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Tanzania getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 53 days in July.

How does Tanzania compare with other countries?

The wait from Tanzania is longer than in 77% 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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