Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
7days
Process guide max98 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 482-1 · STREAM 82
Skills In Demand visa (subclass 482) — Specialist Skills stream
Fast-tracked employer-sponsored work visa for highly skilled specialists earning above the Specialist Skills Income Threshold. Specialist Skills stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
3d
50%
P50
7d
75%
P75
34d
90%
P90
51d
Category
Work & temporary
Stream
Specialist Skills
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