Median wait (P50)2026-06-10
234days
Process guide max308 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 870 · STREAM 66
Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870) — Visa Application
Temporary visa allowing sponsored parents of Australian citizens or permanent residents to stay for up to five years. Visa Application stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
219d
50%
P50
234d
75%
P75
255d
90%
P90
290d
Category
Family
Stream
Visa Application
Subclass code
870
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