Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
233days
Process guide max285 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 494 · STREAM 73
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Labour Agreement
Five-year provisional regional visa for skilled workers covered by a labour agreement. Labour Agreement stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
135d
50%
P50
233d
75%
P75
257d
90%
P90
270d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
Labour Agreement
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