How long does a Canadian study permit take from Uganda?

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

How often do these Uganda 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 Uganda

4 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

31 months

Privately Sponsored Refugee

Every application type

Processing times from Uganda

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

IRCC processing times for applicants from Uganda
Application type	IRCC estimate	vs. global median
Study Permit	5 weeks35 days	▲ 0 days slower
Visitor Visa	86 daysabout 2.8 months	▲ 49 days slower
Government-Assisted Refugee	21 monthsabout 21 months	▲ about 4.5 months slower
Privately Sponsored Refugee	31 monthsabout 2.6 years	▲ about 3 months slower

Source: IRCC published processing times · last change detected September 30, 2026

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