How long does a Canadian visitor visa take from Russia?

IRCC currently publishes 16 days for a Visitor Visa from Russia. This is IRCC's own published estimate and reflects applications recently processed, not a guarantee for a new application.

How often do these Russia 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 Russia

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

Fastest right now

16 days

Visitor Visa

Longest right now

66 days

Super Visa

Every application type

Processing times from Russia

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

IRCC processing times for applicants from Russia
Application type	IRCC estimate	vs. global median
Visitor Visa	16 days	▼ 22 days faster
Study Permit	4 weeks28 days	▼ 7 days faster
Work Permit	6 weeks42 days	▼ 7 days faster
Super Visa	66 daysabout 2.2 months	▲ 9 days slower

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

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