Median wait (P50)2026-07-22
476days
Process guide max921 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 309
Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 309)
Offshore provisional partner visa for spouses or de facto partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible NZ citizens. standard stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
364d
50%
P50
476d
75%
P75
682d
90%
P90
824d
Category
Partner
Stream
—
Subclass code
309
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