Median wait (P50)2026-06-10
253days
Process guide max307 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 191 · STREAM 76
Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191)
Permanent residence pathway for 491 / 494 holders who have met the regional residence and income requirements. Regional Provisional Visa stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
243d
50%
P50
253d
75%
P75
260d
90%
P90
264d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
Regional Provisional Visa
Subclass code
191
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