Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
89days
Process guide max147 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 461
New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship (Temporary) visa (subclass 461)
Five-year visa for non-NZ citizen family members of an eligible NZ citizen living in Australia. standard stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
52d
50%
P50
89d
75%
P75
109d
90%
P90
132d
Category
Family
Stream
—
Subclass code
461
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