Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
45days
Process guide max157 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 462
Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462)
Twelve-month work-and-holiday visa for young adults from eligible reciprocal countries with tertiary education or specified work history. standard stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
9d
50%
P50
45d
75%
P75
79d
90%
P90
120d
Category
Visitor & travel
Stream
—
Subclass code
462
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