Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
208days
Process guide max609 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 887
Skilled — Regional visa (subclass 887)
Permanent visa for holders of certain provisional regional visas who have lived and worked in regional Australia. standard stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
112d
50%
P50
208d
75%
P75
431d
90%
P90
539d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
—
Subclass code
887
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