How long does a Canadian study permit take from Kenya?

IRCC currently publishes 5 weeks for a Study Permit from Kenya. This is IRCC's own published estimate and reflects applications recently processed, not a guarantee for a new application.

How often do these Kenya 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 Kenya

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

Fastest right now

5 weeks

Study Permit

Longest right now

19 months

Government-Assisted Refugee

Every application type

Processing times from Kenya

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

IRCC processing times for applicants from Kenya
Application type	IRCC estimate	vs. global median
Study Permit	5 weeks35 days	▲ 4 days slower
Work Permit	7 weeks49 days	▲ 7 days slower
Visitor Visa	79 daysabout 2.6 months	▲ 47 days slower
Privately Sponsored Refugee	18 monthsabout 18 months	▼ about 9.5 months faster
Government-Assisted Refugee	19 monthsabout 19 months	▲ 15 days slower

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

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