Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
1days
Process guide max49 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 500 · STREAM 46
Student visa (subclass 500) — Non-Award sector
Student visa for non-award foundation studies, components of a course, or exchange programs in Australia. Non-Award Sector stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
1d
50%
P50
1d
75%
P75
21d
90%
P90
37d
Category
Student & graduate
Stream
Non-Award Sector
Subclass code
500
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