Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
252days
Process guide max392 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 494 · STREAM 72
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Employer Sponsored
Five-year provisional regional visa for skilled workers sponsored by a regional employer. Employer Sponsored stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
191d
50%
P50
252d
75%
P75
267d
90%
P90
335d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
Employer Sponsored
Subclass code
494
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