Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Uruguay

Canada visitor visa processing time from Uruguay

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

17 days

about 2½ weeks

● 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 November 10, 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 Uruguay were decided within 17 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are steady. The figure was 16 days in July.
  • The wait from Uruguay is shorter than in 89% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 6 days (September 2018) to 165 days (March 2025).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202617 days−4 days
October 7, 202621 days−3 days
October 1, 202624 days+3 days
September 22, 202621 days+3 days
August 19, 202618 days+2 days
July 22, 202616 days−1 day
July 7, 202617 days−148 days
March 12, 2025165 days+145 days
May 28, 202420 days+4 days
October 31, 202316 days−4 days
October 24, 202320 days−44 days
September 6, 202264 days−9 days
August 23, 202273 days−6 days
August 16, 202279 days−3 days
August 9, 202282 days+5 days
July 26, 202277 days+12 days
July 19, 202265 days+9 days
July 12, 202256 days+22 days
June 21, 202234 days+6 days
June 15, 202228 days−1 day
June 8, 202229 days+6 days
June 1, 202223 days+1 day
May 17, 202222 days−1 day
May 11, 202223 days−30 days
March 16, 202253 days+2 days
March 1, 202251 days+29 days
February 22, 202222 days−8 days
February 1, 202230 days+1 day
January 25, 202229 days+1 day
January 18, 202228 days−121 days
February 2, 2021149 days+143 days
September 4, 20186 daysfirst figure

How Uruguay 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 Uruguay take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 17 days (about 2½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Uruguay were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Uruguay getting shorter?

Waits are steady. The figure was 16 days in July.

How does Uruguay compare with other countries?

The wait from Uruguay is shorter than in 89% 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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