Hello! We applied for the 461 in London during August 2020 and haven’t yet received an acknowledgment letter. I called the general enquiries line in Aus (from my mobile... which cost me £42 for the call...) and they said that our application wasn’t yet on the system. I’m worried, as we haven’t received any acknowledgement. Is anyone else in the same boat? I’m assuming that Covid has slowed things down too... Thank you 🙂

Applied for my visa in june 2020.

Has anyone any idea how long they process visa applications offshore?

been around 8 months now

Don't know about for a UK citizen specifically, but global times have been..

Processing Times for subclass 461 Applications finalised in January 2021.

75% of applications took 32 months or less.
10% of applications took over 34 months.

Processing Times for subclass 461 Applications finalised in December 2020.

75% of applications took 34 months or less.
10% of applications took over 39 months.

Processing Times for subclass 461 Applications finalised in November 2020.

75% of applications took 32 months or less.
10% of applications took over 34 months.

Processing Times for subclass 461 Applications finalised between April 2020 to October 2020.

Not available, due to insufficient number of this visa group being finalised in those months, due to COVID restrictions.

Pre COVID..

Processing Times for subclass 461 Applications finalised in May 2020.

75% of applications took 25 months or less.
10% of applications took over 33 months.

That sounds about right, a work companion who is a NZ citizen told me that it took nearly 3 years to get his girlfriends 461 visa issued.

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I'd love to know this too. But as 461's are temporary visas I can't see offshore applications being processed anytime soon - unless the application was lodged in NZ.

Borders are shut as it's permanent residents and citizens only... unless you're coming from NZ and you can use the travel bubble.