How long does a Canadian visitor visa take from Malaysia?

IRCC currently publishes 35 days for a Visitor Visa from Malaysia. This is IRCC's own published estimate and reflects applications recently processed, not a guarantee for a new application.

How often do these Malaysia 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 Malaysia

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

Fastest right now

35 days

Visitor Visa

Longest right now

27 months

Privately Sponsored Refugee

Every application type

Processing times from Malaysia

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

IRCC processing times for applicants from Malaysia
Application type	IRCC estimate	vs. global median
Visitor Visa	35 days	▲ 3 days slower
Study Permit	6 weeks42 days	▲ 11 days slower
Work Permit	7 weeks49 days	▲ 7 days slower
Government-Assisted Refugee	21 monthsabout 21 months	▲ about 2.5 months slower
Privately Sponsored Refugee	27 monthsabout 2.3 years	▼ 15 days faster

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

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