Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
302days
Process guide max617 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 186 · STREAM 5
Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) — Temporary Residence Transition
Permanent visa for 482/457 workers transitioning from temporary employer-sponsored work in Australia. Transition Pathway stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
265d
50%
P50
302d
75%
P75
382d
90%
P90
445d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
Transition Pathway
Subclass code
186
How to read these numbers
Home Affairs publishes the actual processing-time distribution for each visa subclass. The 25th percentile shows how fast the quickest quarter of recent grants were finalised; the 90th shows the long tail. The median (50th) is the most useful single number — half of applications take less, half take more. Plan around the 75th or 90th if your travel or work plans cannot tolerate a delay.
Source · immi.homeaffairs.gov.auRefreshed daily