Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
525days
Process guide max936 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 820
Partner visa (subclass 820)
Onshore temporary partner visa for spouses or de facto partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible NZ citizens. standard stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
478d
50%
P50
525d
75%
P75
640d
90%
P90
740d
Category
Partner
Stream
—
Subclass code
820
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