Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
142days
Process guide max261 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 188 · STREAM 35
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) — Extension
Two-year extension stream for existing 188 Business Innovation visa holders. Business Innovation Extension stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
108d
50%
P50
142d
75%
P75
181d
90%
P90
217d
Category
Work & temporary
Stream
Business Innovation Extension
Subclass code
188
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