subclass 309 Visa Processing Times in 2019

Partner Offshore Provisional Visa (subclass 309) Processing Times in 2019.

These are the official times quoted by Australian Immigration, for the visas finalised in each month, for 2019.

More recent data is at: 309 Processing times in 2020

They show the maximum time that it took for the fastest 75%, and the minimum time it took for the slowest 10%, of visas finalised in that month.

It should be noted that the average processing time is often a lot less than the 75% maximum figure quoted.

The average processing time for the 14,847 subclass 309 visas finalised in the 2018/19 year was 323 calendar days (10.6 months).
75% were done in under 391 days (12.9 months).

Partner Offshore Provisional Visa (subclass 309).

• Dec 2019: 16-21 = 75% took up to 16 months.  10% took over 21 months.
• Nov 2019: 17-20 = 75% took up to 17 months.  10% took over 20 months.
• Oct 2019: 17-21 = 75% took up to 17 months.  10% took over 21 months.
• Sep 2019: 16-20 = 75% took up to 16 months.  10% took over 20 months.
• Aug 2019: 16-21 = 75% took up to 16 months.  10% took over 21 months.
• Jul 2019: 15-20 = 75% took up to 15 months.  10% took over 20 months.
• Jun 2019: 15-20 = 75% took up to 15 months.  10% took over 20 months.
• May 2019: 14-19 = 75% took up to 14 months.  10% took over 19 months.
• Apr 2019: 13-19 = 75% took up to 13 months.  10% took over 19 months.
• Mar 2019: 15-20 = 75% took up to 15 months.  10% took over 20 months.
• Feb 2019: 14-20 = 75% took up to 14 months.  10% took over 20 months.

Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au

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December times were updated on 23rd January with one change in partner visa time changes, and again on 28th January, but this time with more processing time changes.

November 2019 was updated on 10th December with no change in times, and again on 18th December, but this time with processing time changes.

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