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Top highest and lowest approval rate of TRVs by country in 2023

Kevin Madrid

Newbie
Aug 10, 2023
5
1
Hii, after digging for quite a few mins in IRCC statistics, I came up with these results. They might be not 100% accurate, but it is a good approximation to the reality in my opinion. The approval rate was very high in general, more than 91 countries had equal or greater than 80% approval
Here my sources:
https://www.ircc.canada.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/Open Data - OPS TR Approved en.xlsx
https://www.ircc.canada.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/Open Data - OPS TRV Intake en.xlsx

Top 20 countries with the highest approval rate
Ukraine
115%​
Kuwait
101%​
Slovenia
99%​
Bahrain
98%​
Guatemala
97%​
Korea, Republic of
97%​
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of
96%​
Bulgaria
96%​
Oman
95%​
Luxembourg
95%​
Japan
95%​
Russia
95%​
Bermuda
95%​
Romania
95%​
Mexico
94%​
Hungary
94%​
Saudi Arabia
93%​
Finland
93%​
Austria
93%​
Costa Rica
93%​

COUNTRIES WITH THE LOWEST APPROVAL RATES (below to 50%)
Azerbaijan
47%​
Turkmenistan
47%​
Malawi
47%​
Uganda
46%​
Afghanistan
46%​
Nigeria
46%​
Rwanda
46%​
Bangladesh
45%​
Ethiopia
45%​
Burkina-Faso
44%​
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)
44%​
Mali, Republic of
44%​
Kenya
44%​
Yemen
42%​
Iraq
41%​
Mauritania
41%​
Togo, Republic of
41%​
Guinea-Bissau
41%​
Congo, People's Republic of the
41%​
Federal Republic of Cameroon
40%​
Algeria
38%​
Somalia, Democratic Republic of
38%​
Sierra Leone
37%​
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
36%​
Uzbekistan
36%​
Burundi
35%​
Ghana
35%​
Syria
33%​
South Sudan, Republic Of
32%​
Guinea, Republic of
29%​
Pakistan
28%​
Liberia
26%​
Senegal
26%​
Chad, Republic of
26%​
Republic of Djibouti
19%​
Gambia
14%​
Democratic Republic of Sudan
6%​
 

foodie69

VIP Member
Dec 18, 2015
3,358
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Hii, after digging for quite a few mins in IRCC statistics, I came up with these results. They might be not 100% accurate, but it is a good approximation to the reality in my opinion. The approval rate was very high in general, more than 91 countries had equal or greater than 80% approval
Here my sources:
https://www.ircc.canada.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/Open Data - OPS TR Approved en.xlsx
https://www.ircc.canada.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/Open Data - OPS TRV Intake en.xlsx

Top 20 countries with the highest approval rate
Ukraine
115%​
Kuwait
101%​
Slovenia
99%​
Bahrain
98%​
Guatemala
97%​
Korea, Republic of
97%​
Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of
96%​
Bulgaria
96%​
Oman
95%​
Luxembourg
95%​
Japan
95%​
Russia
95%​
Bermuda
95%​
Romania
95%​
Mexico
94%​
Hungary
94%​
Saudi Arabia
93%​
Finland
93%​
Austria
93%​
Costa Rica
93%​

COUNTRIES WITH THE LOWEST APPROVAL RATES (below to 50%)
Azerbaijan
47%​
Turkmenistan
47%​
Malawi
47%​
Uganda
46%​
Afghanistan
46%​
Nigeria
46%​
Rwanda
46%​
Bangladesh
45%​
Ethiopia
45%​
Burkina-Faso
44%​
Palestinian Authority (Gaza/West Bank)
44%​
Mali, Republic of
44%​
Kenya
44%​
Yemen
42%​
Iraq
41%​
Mauritania
41%​
Togo, Republic of
41%​
Guinea-Bissau
41%​
Congo, People's Republic of the
41%​
Federal Republic of Cameroon
40%​
Algeria
38%​
Somalia, Democratic Republic of
38%​
Sierra Leone
37%​
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
36%​
Uzbekistan
36%​
Burundi
35%​
Ghana
35%​
Syria
33%​
South Sudan, Republic Of
32%​
Guinea, Republic of
29%​
Pakistan
28%​
Liberia
26%​
Senegal
26%​
Chad, Republic of
26%​
Republic of Djibouti
19%​
Gambia
14%​
Democratic Republic of Sudan
6%​
You don't need a TRV as a citizen from Luxembourg, Finland or Austria
 

foodie69

VIP Member
Dec 18, 2015
3,358
1,038
It's strange to see anything OVER 100% (it's NOT a real number if it's over 100%)
Also no TRV needed for citizen form Japan, South Korea or Mexico (until recently) as well.
Yeah, don't trust any stats you didn't make yourself
 

Kevin Madrid

Newbie
Aug 10, 2023
5
1
Someone who doesn't hold citizenship from those visa exempt countries can still apply if they're only residing there, and that would still count for that country as they're applying inside the country