Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
87days
Process guide max979 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 491 · STREAM 70
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) — Family Sponsored
Five-year provisional regional visa for skilled workers sponsored by an eligible relative living in regional Australia. Family Sponsored Regional stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
59d
50%
P50
87d
75%
P75
136d
90%
P90
877d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
Family Sponsored Regional
Subclass code
491
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