How long does a Canadian visitor visa take from Iraq?

IRCC currently publishes 60 days for a Visitor Visa from Iraq. This is IRCC's own published estimate and reflects applications recently processed, not a guarantee for a new application.

How often do these Iraq processing times change?

IRCC republishes processing times regularly. This page re-reads IRCC's published figures every six hours and shows when it last changed.

Canada visa processing times from Iraq

3 application types tracked, read directly from IRCC. These are IRCC’s own published estimates — not our predictions.

Fastest right now

60 days

Visitor Visa

Longest right now

32 months

Privately Sponsored Refugee

Every application type

Processing times from Iraq

Compared against the global median across all 8 tracked application types, so you can see whether Iraq is faster or slower than average.

IRCC processing times for applicants from Iraq
Application type	IRCC estimate	vs. global median
Visitor Visa	60 daysabout 2 months	▲ 28 days slower
Government-Assisted Refugee	26 monthsabout 2.2 years	▲ about 7.5 months slower
Privately Sponsored Refugee	32 monthsabout 2.7 years	▲ about 4.5 months slower

Source: IRCC published processing times · last change detected August 3, 2026

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