The Australian visa tracker built for the long wait.
How long until your visa is granted? Get realistic estimates from Home Affairs' own processing data, log every milestone as it happens, and stop refreshing immi.gov.au at 11pm.
- No account
- Completely private
- Free, no ads
- iOS & Android
Waiting on an Australian visa is a slow business.
The official processing-times page is a wide bucket without a personal anchor, and the apps that do exist either want your money, your data, or both. AusVisa Tracker is what I wanted while I was waiting on mine: a private, local-only place to keep the dates and stop refreshing immi.gov.au at 11pm.
Three steps. No spreadsheets.
Add your application.
Pick your visa from every major subclass — 482, 189, 190, 491, 186, 494, 309/100, 820/801, 500, 858 and more — grouped by category and searchable by name or number.
Fill out your details.
Add the details that shape the estimate — stream, ANZSCO occupation, state and region, and your lodgement date.
Got an Accredited Business Sponsor? Toggle it on; the estimate tightens by around half, reflecting Home Affairs' priority processing. A nickname and notes help when you're tracking more than one application.
See your estimated grant date.
Each application gets two estimates from the latest Home Affairs processing data — 🍀 Feeling lucky, the date about half of similar applications are decided by, and 🌏 Down to earth, the date nine in ten are decided by.
A days-since-lodgement counter sits up top, so you always know how deep into the wait you are. Both estimates are approximate — always confirm at immi.gov.au.
30 Australian visa subclasses across 7 categories.
From a quick Working Holiday visa to a multi-year partner or child visa — with stream and occupation context where it changes the timing.
Work & Employer-Sponsored 6 subclasses
482Skills in Demand
- Core Skills
- Specialist Skills
- Labour Agreement
408Temporary Activity
- Entertainment Activities
- Research Activities
- Religious Work
- Special Programs
- Invited for Other Social and Cultural Activity
- Exchange Arrangements
- Superyacht Crew
- Sporting Activities
186Employer Nomination Scheme
- Direct Entry Pathway
- Agreement Pathway
- Transition Pathway
494Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional
- Employer Sponsored
- Labour Agreement
Skilled Migration 6 subclasses
189Skilled Independent
- Points-Tested
- New Zealand
491Skilled Work Regional
- State/Territory Government Nominated Regional
- Family Sponsored Regional
Student & Graduate 3 subclasses
500Student
- Higher Education Sector
- Vocational Education and Training Sector
- Postgraduate Research Sector
- Schools Sector
- Independent ELICOS Sector
- Non-Award Sector
- Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector
485Temporary Graduate
- Post-Higher Education Work
- Post-Vocational Education Work
Partner & Family 7 subclasses
Protection 3 subclasses
Visitor & Working Holiday 3 subclasses
600Visitor
- Tourist
- Sponsored Family
- Business Visitor
Resident Return 2 subclasses
88 days. 179 days. Logged like it actually matters.
A dedicated tab for 417 and 462 holders. Log each stint — employer, job, state, postcode, dates — and the summary card counts your unique specified-work days against the target, with a progress bar that turns green the moment you cross the line.
- Eligibility check — flags whether the postcode and work type actually count toward the 417 or 462 requirement, before you rely on them.
- Pick the exact days — a calendar selector, so only the days you genuinely worked count rather than a whole date range.
- Insights — pacing against your visa expiry, days by month, and a breakdown by employer.
- Overlap warnings so a day is never double-counted.
- Quick day-adds for ongoing work, plus per-entry and bulk CSV export.
- Track your 1st year, 2nd year, or both.
Know your points before you lodge.
Targeting a 189, 190, 491, 489 or 188? Switch on the Points tab and work through every Home Affairs scoring category — age, English, skilled employment in and outside Australia, qualifications, study, partner skills and the rest — with a running total pinned to the top.
- Every category from the official Home Affairs points table.
- A live total, so you always know exactly where you stand.
- Switch subclass to compare — state and regional nomination bonuses included.
- A direct link to the immi.gov.au points page for the subclass you're scoring.
Whatever wait you're in.
The 482 worker waiting on PR
Track your 482 alongside the 186 ENS or 494 you're building towards. Pin one as default and see the wait at a glance from Home.
The WHV traveller hunting 88 days
Log per-employer entries with postcode and dates. Overlap protection. CSV export when you lodge the 2nd-year application.
The skilled migrant juggling streams
189, 190, 491 — different streams, different timelines. Track all three, see which moves fastest.
The partner-visa applicant
Two-stage 309/100 or 820/801. Track both. Log requests for further information and decisions on the timeline as they come.
Nice touches that make a long wait easier.
Achievements
Dozens of quiet unlockables tied to real milestones — first lodgement, first request for further information, first grant. A soft chime, a haptic tap. Optional, never shared.
Share progress
A clean 1200×1200 PNG share card generated on-device. Subclass, estimates, lodgement, timeline. Goes nowhere until you tap share.
Home-screen widgets
iOS small, medium, large, and lock-screen widgets show subclass, days since lodgement, and estimated grant dates — right on your home screen.
Status badges
In progress · Request for further information pending · Interview · Granted · Refused · Withdrawn. Move applications through their states as the journey unfolds.
Multiple applications
Track several at once — the 482 you're on plus the 186 you're building towards. Pin one as default for the Home tab.
Biometric lock
Optional Face ID, Touch ID, or fingerprint gate so your visa info stays private even when your phone is unlocked.
Optional reminders
Switch on notifications for processing-time milestones, a nudge to log your specified-work days, visa-expiry warnings and more. Off by default, fully customisable — and scheduled entirely on your device, never pushed from a server.
Your data stays on your phone. Full stop.
Every milestone you enter lives in a SQLite database on your phone, under iOS file protection and excluded from Android backups. There are no accounts, no sign-up, no analytics, no third-party SDKs — and the app makes zero network requests. Nothing leaves your device.
- Local-first SQLite database, encrypted at rest by iOS / excluded from Android backups
- Optional biometric lock (Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint)
- No accounts. No email asked for. Nothing to forget.
- Works completely offline. The app never connects to the internet. Read the full privacy policy.
Quick answers.
Are the estimates reliable?
They're approximate. We build them from publicly available Home Affairs processing-time averages. The "Down to earth" date is when nine out of ten similar applications have been decided — your specific case can be faster or slower. Always confirm at immi.gov.au.
Is it really free?
Yes. No upsells, no premium tier, no ads. Building accounts and billing infrastructure would defeat the whole local-first point.
What happens if I lose my phone?
You lose the data — there's no cloud backup. That's the trade-off for total privacy. The 88/179-day tab has CSV export so you can keep a copy if you want.
Is this affiliated with Home Affairs?
No. AusVisa Tracker is an independent project, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Australian Department of Home Affairs.
Get in touch.
Bug reports, feature requests, or just to say hello — all welcome. This is a one-person project so replies take a few days, but every email gets read.
No mail app set up? Copy the email above and email us.
When reporting a bug, include your iOS or Android version and what you were doing when it happened. Screenshots are gold.