Data report

Visa Processing Times: History and Change

We track official processing times for 6 visa routes. These are official published estimates, not guarantees. Your own case can take more or less time. Our snapshots start on 7 September 2026, so change figures only appear where a snapshot exists near the comparison date. Last updated 26 October 2026.

Every tracked route

Current official figure, change against about 30 and 90 days earlier, and the history so far. Open a visa for the full guide.

Official visa processing times and their change
Visa	Country	Now	vs 30 days	vs 90 days
Atlantic Immigration Program8 snapshots since 2026-09-07	Canada	About 26 months	No change	No change
Express Entry: Canadian Experience Class8 snapshots since 2026-09-07	Canada	About 6 months	No change	No change
Express Entry: Federal Skilled Worker8 snapshots since 2026-09-07	Canada	About 7 months	No change	No change
International Experience Canada (Working Holiday)8 snapshots since 2026-09-07	Canada	6 weeks	No change	No change
Start-up Visa8 snapshots since 2026-09-07	Canada	More than 10 years	No change	No change
Québec Skilled Worker Program8 snapshots since 2026-09-07	Canada (Québec)	11 months	No change	No change

Methodology

Source. A scheduled job reads the processing times each government publishes and stores one snapshot per route per read. Today that is IRCC's published feed for Canadian routes. These are official published estimates, not guarantees. Your own case can take more or less time.

Now. The source's own wording from the newest snapshot. Ranges are plotted at their midpoint.

Change. Months moved between the newest snapshot and the snapshot nearest 30 (or 90) days earlier, counted only if one sits within half that window of the date. Where none does, the cell shows a dash instead of a guess.

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Source: Transita visa processing-time history from official government figures, https://transita.app/data/visa-processing-times

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