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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