Median wait (P50)2026-07-22
156days
Process guide max295 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 482-1 · STREAM 80
Skills In Demand visa (subclass 482) — Labour Agreement stream
Employer-sponsored work visa for occupations agreed under a labour agreement with the Australian Government. Labour Agreement stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
114d
50%
P50
156d
75%
P75
184d
90%
P90
253d
Category
Work & temporary
Stream
Labour Agreement
Subclass code
482-1
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