How long visas really take

Vistolane Visa Index, November 2026 edition

Provisional edition, rebuilt daily until the month ends. Built 2026-11-05; fees converted at ₹94.62 per US dollar. Licensed CC BY 4.0: reuse the numbers with a link to https://www.vistolane.com/visa-index.

• Across 52 destinations the median published decision time is 10 days (mean 13.3 days).
• Fastest: Thailand (Same day), Malaysia (Same day), Sri Lanka (Same day). Slowest: Ireland (4–8 weeks), Canada (29–45 days), Australia (21–33 days).
• The average all-in fee from (government fee + visa application centre fee + Vistolane Economy fee) is ₹7,596; the average government fee alone is ₹5,555.
• Cheapest to start: Thailand (₹20), Malaysia (₹20), Sri Lanka (₹20). Most expensive: United States (₹22,454), United Kingdom (₹19,224), New Zealand (₹19,072).
• 60% of destinations decide online as e-visas, 37% issue sticker visas and 4% decide at an embassy interview; 35% require biometrics.
• 5 government fee changes and 136 Vistolane fee changes were recorded this month.
• Biggest fee movers versus October 2026: United States ₹19,777 → ₹22,454, Kenya ₹3,509 → ₹5,914, United Kingdom ₹21,327 → ₹19,224.
• Biggest processing-time movers: South Africa 24 → 4 days, Indonesia (Bali) 1 → 4 days, Türkiye 1 → 4 days.

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How the Visa Index is built

• Published windows and government fees are taken from each authority's official schedule and re-verified by the Vistolane pricing desk; the verification date is published per destination.
• Observed decision times count calendar days from the applicant's documents being submitted on Vistolane to the authority's decision, so they include appointment wait and courier time that published windows leave out.
• Fees are set in Indian rupees for Indian passport holders and converted at the exchange rate recorded on the build date; the rate is published with every edition.
• An edition is provisional while its month is running and is frozen on the first day of the following month. Frozen editions never change.

Cite as: Vistolane Visa Index, November 2026 edition (provisional). Vistolane, https://vistolane.com/visa-index. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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