Median wait (P50)2026-04-29
195days
Process guide max244 days
Live data· SUBCLASS 888 · STREAM 12
Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visa (subclass 888) — Business Innovation
Permanent residence pathway for 188 Business Innovation visa holders meeting the business outcomes test. Business Innovation stream.
Processing-time distributionof grants in trailing 3 months
25%
P25
188d
50%
P50
195d
75%
P75
203d
90%
P90
218d
Category
Permanent residence
Stream
Business Innovation
Subclass code
888
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