About AusVisaClock
AusVisaClock records how long the Australian Department of Home Affairs is taking to decide visas, and publishes it in one place: 42 visa subclasses and 74 streams, every SkillSelect 189 invitation round since November 2024, state and territory nominations, and the 714 occupations on the skilled occupation list.
- Run by
- Brightcore Technologies LLC, an independent software company. AusVisaClock is not affiliated with the Department of Home Affairs or the Australian Government.
- Sources
- Department of Home Affairs global visa processing times, SkillSelect invitation rounds, the skilled occupation list, citizenship and parent visa pages; ACT and Western Australian government migration pages. How we read them.
- Updates
- Checked every day; last checked 11 November 2026. Latest processing time release 9 November 2026; latest 189 round 15 October 2026. Update log.
- Open data
- The figures are free to reuse with a link: processing times, invitation rounds, occupation list, everything as text, CSV history on GitHub, and monthly reports.
- Not advice
- AusVisaClock reports published figures and does arithmetic on them. It does not give immigration assistance or advice. For your own situation, speak to a registered migration agent or an Australian legal practitioner.
- Contact
- hello@ausvisaclock.com. If a figure does not match the department’s, tell us and we will correct it.