Visa Processing Time
Average government processing time (weeks) for a standard long-stay/residency visa application INVERTED: shorter wait = higher score. Source: government portals / Expatistan 2024.
| #↑ | Country↕ | Raw Value↕ | Score↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia1 |
1 | 100 |
| 2 | Georgia2 |
2 | 82 |
| 3 | Singapore3 |
3 | 72 |
| 4 | Kosovo4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Maldives4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Seychelles4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Cambodia4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Hong Kong4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Macau4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Lesotho4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Qatar4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Zanzibar4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Bahrain4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Oman4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Rwanda4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Moldova4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | North Macedonia4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Serbia4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Montenegro4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Fiji4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Albania4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Armenia4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Dominica4 |
4 | 65 |
| 4 | Vanuatu4 |
4 | 65 |
| 27 | Latvia6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Lithuania6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Malta6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Botswana6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Swaziland6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Laos6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Mauritius6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Brunei6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Thailand6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Slovakia6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Uganda6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Malaysia6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Tunisia6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Belize6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Cayman Islands6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Barbados6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Panama6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Slovenia6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Palau6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Romania6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Cook Islands6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Samoa6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Azerbaijan6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Grenada6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Niue6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Iceland6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Tonga6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | Costa Rica6 |
6 | 55 |
| 27 | El Salvador6 |
6 | 55 |
| 57 | Finland8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Denmark8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Gambia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Sweden8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Madagascar8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Burkina Faso8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Norway8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Namibia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Benin8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Luxembourg8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Togo8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Czech Republic8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Uruguay8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Faroe Islands8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Poland8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Bermuda8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Paraguay8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Kuwait8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Aruba8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Zambia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Curacao8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Egypt8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Nauru8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Korea Republic8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Ukraine8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Tuvalu8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Bahamas8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Marshall Islands8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | San Marino8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Tanzania8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Hungary8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Kazakhstan8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Kenya8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Gibraltar8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Kiribati8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Jordan8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Cape Verde8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Morocco8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Bulgaria8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Argentina8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Vietnam8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Honduras8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Malawi8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Mexico8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Portugal8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Mongolia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Anguilla8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Cyprus8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | British Virgin Islands8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Sint Maarten8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Croatia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Saint Lucia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Dominican Republic8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Micronesia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Colombia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Montserrat8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Saint Kitts and Nevis8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Djibouti8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Turkey8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Tajikistan8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Chinese Taipei8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Guatemala8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Nicaragua8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Ecuador8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Indonesia8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Chile8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Philippines8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Solomon Islands8 |
8 | 47 |
| 57 | Nepal8 |
8 | 47 |
| 132 | Ireland10 |
10 | 42 |
| 132 | Netherlands10 |
10 | 42 |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago10 |
10 | 42 |
| 132 | Jamaica10 |
10 | 42 |
| 132 | Peru10 |
10 | 42 |
| 132 | New Zealand10 |
10 | 42 |
| 138 | Australia12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | England12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Wales12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Northern Ireland12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Scotland12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Belarus12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Ghana12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Senegal12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Mali12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Ivory Coast12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Belgium12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | French Guiana12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Suriname12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Liberia12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Guyana12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Zimbabwe12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | South Africa12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Monaco12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Liechtenstein12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | France12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Andorra12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Austria12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Spain12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Burundi12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Switzerland12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Ethiopia12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Réunion12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | São Tomé and Príncipe12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Mozambique12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Tahiti12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Comoros12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Bolivia12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Saint-Martin12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Israel12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Wallis and Futuna12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Mayotte12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Timor-Leste12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | New Caledonia12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Martinique12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Guadeloupe12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Greece12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Japan12 |
12 | 37 |
| 138 | Bhutan12 |
12 | 37 |
| 183 | Germany16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Niger16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Mauritania16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Gabon16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Sierra Leone16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Guinea16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Russia16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Cameroon16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Bangladesh16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | U.S. Virgin Islands16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | American Samoa16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Puerto Rico16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Lebanon16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Italy16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Guam16 |
16 | 30 |
| 183 | Northern Mariana Islands16 |
16 | 30 |
| 200 | Nigeria20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Angola20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Canada20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Congo20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Central African Republic20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | India20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | China20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Palestine20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Myanmar20 |
20 | 25 |
| 200 | Pakistan20 |
20 | 25 |
| 210 | United States24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Western Sahara24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Chad24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Brazil24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Equatorial Guinea24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Congo DR24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Iraq24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Cuba24 |
24 | 20 |
| 210 | Algeria24 |
24 | 20 |
| 219 | Sudan30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Libya30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | South Sudan30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Somalia30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Turkmenistan30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Venezuela30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Eritrea30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Iran30 |
30 | 15 |
| 219 | Haiti30 |
30 | 15 |
| 228 | Yemen40 |
40 | 8 |
| 228 | Syria40 |
40 | 8 |
| 228 | Afghanistan40 |
40 | 8 |
| 231 | Korea DPR52 |
52 | 1 |






































































































































































































































