Canada Visa Wait

Visitor visa · applying from Venezuela

Canada visitor visa processing time from Venezuela

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

32 days

about 4½ weeks

▲ 6 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 November 25, 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 Venezuela were decided within 32 days, counted from the day IRCC had a complete application.
  • Waits are getting longer. The figure was 26 days in July.
  • The wait from Venezuela is shorter than in 61% of the other 169 countries IRCC lists. The typical (middle) country's figure is 38 days.
  • Since 2018, the figure has ranged from 11 days (September 2018) to 166 days (September 2022).

Is it getting faster or slower?

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

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

Every published figure
IRCC updateFigureChange
October 21, 202632 days−1 day
October 7, 202633 days−1 day
October 1, 202634 days−1 day
September 22, 202635 days+6 days
August 19, 202629 days+3 days
July 22, 202626 days+2 days
July 7, 202624 days−129 days
March 12, 2025153 days+58 days
May 28, 202495 days−24 days
October 31, 2023119 days−7 days
October 24, 2023126 days−40 days
September 6, 2022166 days+51 days
August 30, 2022115 days+7 days
August 23, 2022108 days+5 days
August 16, 2022103 days+3 days
August 9, 2022100 days+2 days
August 2, 202298 days+6 days
July 26, 202292 days+1 day
July 19, 202291 days+4 days
July 12, 202287 days+5 days
June 28, 202282 days+4 days
June 21, 202278 days+4 days
June 15, 202274 days+5 days
June 8, 202269 days+10 days
June 1, 202259 days+4 days
May 24, 202255 days+6 days
May 17, 202249 days+4 days
May 11, 202245 days+5 days
March 22, 202240 days−15 days
March 16, 202255 days−1 day
March 8, 202256 days−1 day
March 1, 202257 days−6 days
February 8, 202263 days−4 days
February 1, 202267 days+12 days
January 25, 202255 days+18 days
January 18, 202237 days−112 days
February 2, 2021149 days+138 days
September 4, 201811 daysfirst figure

How Venezuela 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 Venezuela take?

IRCC's latest figure, from October 21, 2026, is 32 days (about 4½ weeks). That means 8 in 10 recent visitor visa applications from Venezuela were decided within that time. Some were faster and some took longer.

Is the wait from Venezuela getting shorter?

Waits are getting longer. The figure was 26 days in July.

How does Venezuela compare with other countries?

The wait from Venezuela is shorter than in 61% 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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