Australian visa processing times, made clearer.
Select a visa subclass, stream and lodgement date to compare your wait with Home Affairs statistical checkpoints, not a predicted grant date.
Choose your visa subclass
Your selected visa
Subclass 186
Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS)
For skilled workers nominated by their employer for permanent residence in Australia.
Eligibility, costs and application stepsChoose your pathway
Enter your lodgement date
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Two details are enough to compare your wait with current Home Affairs benchmarks.
Published benchmarks
Current Processing Times
Compare how long 50% and 90% of recently decided applications took in each pathway.
What do 50% and 90% processed mean?Agreement Pathway
For workers nominated under a labour agreement between an employer and the Australian Government.
Direct Entry Pathway
For skilled workers nominated by an Australian employer with an occupation on the relevant eligible skilled occupation list.
Transition Pathway
For workers who hold a subclass 457 or 482 visa, or an eligible bridging visa, and have usually worked in eligible sponsored employment for at least 2 years.
Processing-time guide
Estimate an Australian visa decision window from your lodgement date
AusVisaTime compares a lodged application with current Home Affairs 50% and 90% processing-time checkpoints for six popular subclasses. The result is a statistical planning window, not an exact or guaranteed grant date.
Learn what 50% and 90% processed mean