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Visa processing times update, 27 June 2026: 37 streams slower, 28 faster at the 90% mark

Compared with the 25 May 2026 update, at the 90% mark 37 of 71 streams got slower, 28 got faster and 6 did not change. At the 50% mark 28 got slower, 30 faster and 13 did not change. The largest move was 408 Research Activities, 458 to 97 days at the 90% mark (361 days shorter).

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71Streams the Department lists today that had a figure on this date
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MarkSlowerFasterNo change
90% decided within37286
50% decided within283013

A stream counts as slower when the number of days rose, faster when it fell. Days run from lodgement to decision for applications the Department decided in its most recent period. For the 801 and 100 partner visas the Department counts from the date of eligibility, two years after the combined application was lodged. They describe the past and are not a prediction for any application.

Which visa processing times moved most? 408 Research Activities, 361 days shorter at the 90% mark

The 10 streams whose 90% figure changed most in this update, by number of days either way, with the 50% figure beside it.

Visa stream90% decided within, days50% decided within, days
408 Research Activities97 was 458 361 days shorter31 was 15 16 days longer
186 Direct Entry371 was 610 239 days shorter273 was 297 24 days shorter
300 Prospective Marriage1,045 was 811 234 days longer387 was 426 39 days shorter
100 Partner725 was 516 209 days longer310 was 309 1 day longer
500 Independent ELICOS Sector207 was 50 157 days longer14 was 19 5 days shorter
801 Partner331 was 479 148 days shorter105 was 164 59 days shorter
408 Exchange Arrangements99 was 228 129 days shorter22 was 25 3 days shorter
500 Higher Education Sector214 was 94 120 days longer16 was 28 12 days shorter
407 Training511 was 430 81 days longer79 was 126 47 days shorter
403 Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme (MATES)53 was 125 72 days shorter22 was 96 74 days shorter

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Australian visa processing times: Home Affairs update of 27 June 2026

Compared with the figures of 25 May 2026, at the 90% mark 37 of 71 streams got slower, 28 got faster and 6 did not change. At the 50% mark: 28 slower, 30 faster, 13 unchanged.

Largest moves at the 90% mark:
• 408 Research Activities: 458 to 97 days (361 days shorter)
• 186 Direct Entry: 610 to 371 days (239 days shorter)
• 300 Prospective Marriage: 811 to 1,045 days (234 days longer)
• 100 Partner: 516 to 725 days (209 days longer)
• 500 Independent ELICOS Sector: 50 to 207 days (157 days longer)

Official Department of Home Affairs figures: days from lodgement to decision for recently decided applications (801 and 100 partner visas: from the date of eligibility, two years after lodgement). They describe the past and are not a prediction for any application.
All 71 streams: https://visaprocessingtime.com.au/reports/2026-06-27/

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**Home Affairs updated its global visa processing times on 27 June 2026**

Compared with the figures of 25 May 2026, at the 90% mark: 37 streams slower, 28 faster, 6 unchanged (71 streams). At the 50% mark: 28 slower, 30 faster, 13 unchanged.

| Visa stream | 90% before | 90% now | Change |
|:--|--:|--:|--:|
| 408 Research Activities | 458 days | 97 days | -361 days |
| 186 Direct Entry | 610 days | 371 days | -239 days |
| 300 Prospective Marriage | 811 days | 1,045 days | +234 days |
| 100 Partner | 516 days | 725 days | +209 days |
| 500 Independent ELICOS Sector | 50 days | 207 days | +157 days |

Official Department of Home Affairs figures: days from lodgement to decision for recently decided applications (801 and 100 partner visas: from the date of eligibility, two years after lodgement). They describe the past and are not a prediction for any application.

Full table for all 71 streams: https://visaprocessingtime.com.au/reports/2026-06-27/

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Home Affairs updated visa processing times on 27 Jun 2026: at the 90% mark 37 of 71 streams got slower and 28 faster. Largest move at the 90% mark: 408 Research Activities, 458 to 97 days. https://visaprocessingtime.com.au/reports/2026-06-27/

Which lodgement months was Home Affairs processing? No statement under the current directions yet

Statements of the lodgement month each priority group has reached under Ministerial Directions 121 and 122, which set today's groups, start on 19 September 2026. Earlier banners followed other directions with different groups, so they are not compared here. Why.

Compared with a year earlier: 33 streams slower, 33 faster at the 90% mark than on 27 Jun 2025

The same streams against the figures on record for 27 June 2025, one year before this update. 67 streams have a figure on both dates. Figures before March 2026 come from a public archive that was not copied daily (TomazMPP/Australian-Visa-Tracker), so a figure on record for that date may already have been replaced a few days earlier.

MarkSlowerFasterNo changeNo earlier figure
90% decided within333314
50% decided within253394

New official banners: 7 dated after the 25 May 2026 update and up to 27 Jun 2026

Banner notices the Department posted on its visa pages, newest first, by the date it gives them. Titles and first sentences are the Department's own wording. Our banner archive is daily from 14 November 2026; lodgement month banners before that come from Wayback Machine copies from 19 September 2026. Other banners from these dates are listed only if they were still on the Department's pages when our archive began.

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Every stream in the 27 Jun 2026 update: 71 processing times, before and after

Days within which 50% and 90% of applications were decided, the figure in use the day before this update, and the 90% figure a year earlier where we have one. Each row opens that stream's page with its full history.

Show all 71 streams
Visa stream90%, days50%, days90% a year earlier
100 Partner725 was 516 209 days longer310 was 309 1 day longer577 148 days longer
101 Child909 was 926 17 days shorter600 was 687 87 days shorter804 105 days longer
102 Adoption445 was 441 4 days longer196 was 142 54 days longer384 61 days longer
117 Orphan Relative3,003 was 2,957 46 days longer2,473 was 2,453 20 days longer2,616 387 days longer
132 Significant Business History2,122 was 2,121 1 day longer2,032 was 2,032 no change1,817 305 days longer
155 Five Year Resident Return5 was 7 2 days shorter1 was 1 no change25 20 days shorter
157 Three Month Resident Return68 was 68 no change26 was 30 4 days shorter56 12 days longer
186 Direct Entry371 was 610 239 days shorter273 was 297 24 days shorter526 155 days shorter
186 Transition413 was 411 2 days longer275 was 291 16 days shorter516 103 days shorter
186 Agreement325 was 309 16 days longer252 was 267 15 days shorter181 144 days longer
188 Business Innovation Extension236 was 226 10 days longer153 was 149 4 days longer615 379 days shorter
189 Points-Tested231 was 216 15 days longer170 was 179 9 days shorter161 70 days longer
189 New Zealand1,849 was 1,848 1 day longer1,605 was 1,596 9 days longer1,499 350 days longer
190 Skilled - Nominated506 was 508 2 days shorter402 was 418 16 days shorter669 163 days shorter
191 Regional Provisional stream284 was 264 20 days longer264 was 253 11 days longer380 96 days shorter
300 Prospective Marriage1,045 was 811 234 days longer387 was 426 39 days shorter703 342 days longer
309 Partner (Provisional)824 was 777 47 days longer476 was 451 25 days longer677 147 days longer
400 Temporary Work (Short Stay Activity)28 was 23 5 days longer7 was 7 no change22 6 days longer
403 Domestic Worker (Diplomatic or Consular)82 was 82 no change57 was 57 no change9 73 days longer
403 Foreign Government Agency20 was 14 6 days longer6 was 5 1 day longer46 26 days shorter
403 Government Agreement29 was 37 8 days shorter10 was 11 1 day shorter42 13 days shorter
403 Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme (MATES)53 was 125 72 days shorter22 was 96 74 days shorternone on record
403 Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme21 was 21 no change14 was 10 4 days longer49 28 days shorter
407 Training511 was 430 81 days longer79 was 126 47 days shorter301 210 days longer
408 Entertainment Activities22 was 25 3 days shorter8 was 7 1 day longer56 34 days shorter
408 Exchange Arrangements99 was 228 129 days shorter22 was 25 3 days shorter119 20 days shorter
408 Invited for Other Social and Cultural Activity23 was 29 6 days shorter8 was 9 1 day shorter25 2 days shorter
408 Religious Work220 was 160 60 days longer58 was 42 16 days longer243 23 days shorter
408 Research Activities97 was 458 361 days shorter31 was 15 16 days longer178 81 days shorter
408 Special Programs38 was 77 39 days shorter23 was 21 2 days longer246 208 days shorter
408 Sporting Activities73 was 59 14 days longer12 was 12 no change67 6 days longer
408 Superyacht Crew19 was 31 12 days shorter6 was 13 7 days shorter17 2 days longer
417 Working Holiday38 was 65 27 days shorter1 was 1 no change43 5 days shorter
445 Dependent Child898 was 884 14 days longer732 was 731 1 day longer715 183 days longer
461 New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship (Temporary)155 was 134 21 days longer92 was 77 15 days longer129 26 days longer
462 Work and Holiday70 was 86 16 days shorter21 was 34 13 days shorter90 20 days shorter
482 Core Skills294 was 269 25 days longer83 was 63 20 days longernone on record
482 Labour Agreement253 was 224 29 days longer156 was 174 18 days shorter287 34 days shorter
482 Nomination273 was 260 13 days longer17 was 29 12 days shorter160 113 days longer
482 Specialist Skills57 was 55 2 days longer10 was 15 5 days shorternone on record
482 Sponsorship67 was 134 67 days shorter12 was 5 7 days longer128 61 days shorter
485 Post-Higher Education Work117 was 68 49 days longer59 was 30 29 days longer68 49 days longer
491 State/Territory Government Nominated Regional699 was 721 22 days shorter458 was 488 30 days shorter679 20 days longer
491 Family Sponsored Regional191 was 191 no change105 was 102 3 days longer773 582 days shorter
494 Employer Sponsored339 was 296 43 days longer151 was 213 62 days shorter282 57 days longer
494 Labour Agreement302 was 322 20 days shorter89 was 202 113 days shorter237 65 days longer
500 Higher Education Sector214 was 94 120 days longer16 was 28 12 days shorter219 5 days shorter
500 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector44 was 15 29 days longer3 was 3 no change18 26 days longer
500 Independent ELICOS Sector207 was 50 157 days longer14 was 19 5 days shorter230 23 days shorter
500 Non-Award Sector14 was 10 4 days longer1 was 1 no change10 4 days longer
500 Postgraduate Research Sector84 was 83 1 day longer36 was 31 5 days longer225 141 days shorter
500 Schools Sector73 was 77 4 days shorter20 was 28 8 days shorter123 50 days shorter
500 Vocational Education and Training Sector224 was 251 27 days shorter207 was 50 157 days longer273 49 days shorter
590 Student Guardian220 was 181 39 days longer39 was 29 10 days longer147 73 days longer
600 Tourist33 was 31 2 days longer16 was 18 2 days shorter28 5 days longer
600 Business Visitor26 was 23 3 days longer6 was 6 no change18 8 days longer
600 Sponsored Family86 was 78 8 days longer42 was 40 2 days longer44 42 days longer
601 Electronic Travel Authority1 was 1 no change1 was 1 no changenone on record
602 Medical Treatment101 was 102 1 day shorter18 was 18 no change195 94 days shorter
651 eVisitor1 was 1 no change1 was 1 no change1 no change
771 Transit16 was 19 3 days shorter2 was 3 1 day shorter17 1 day shorter
801 Partner331 was 479 148 days shorter105 was 164 59 days shorter455 124 days shorter
802 Child873 was 876 3 days shorter607 was 613 6 days shorter743 130 days longer
820 Partner759 was 738 21 days longer611 was 566 45 days longer805 46 days shorter
870 Visa Application284 was 290 6 days shorter229 was 234 5 days shorter224 60 days longer
870 Sponsorship120 was 134 14 days shorter82 was 106 24 days shorter125 5 days shorter
887 Skilled - Regional542 was 540 2 days longer204 was 202 2 days longer377 165 days longer
888 Business Innovation250 was 263 13 days shorter216 was 213 3 days longer116 134 days longer
888 Investor156 was 154 2 days longer118 was 115 3 days longer296 140 days shorter
888 Significant Investor203 was 216 13 days shorter121 was 115 6 days longer840 637 days shorter
988 Maritime Crew Visa1 was 2 1 day shorter1 was 1 no change2 1 day shorter

"Was" is the figure in use the day before this update. The last column is the 90% figure on record for 27 June 2025, and the badge compares it with this update.

Other visa processing times reports: 16 official updates since June 2025

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