The Department of Home Affairs have released information on 07 January 2021 under Freedom of Information request (FOI) providing information on partner visas, Subclass 309 Partner (Provisional) visa and Subclass 820 Partner Visa applications’ average processing times between July 2019 and June 2020.
According to the information, the following was processing time in calendar days for the above period:
| Month | Subclass 309 | Subclass 820 |
| July 2019 | 360 | 535 |
| August 2019 | 390 | 515 |
| September 2019 | 395 | 523 |
| October 2019 | 422 | 532 |
| November 2019 | 403 | 566 |
| December 2019 | 404 | 574 |
| January 2020 | 380 | 623 |
| February 2020 | 380 | 638 |
| March 2020 | 386 | 603 |
| April 2020 | 305 | 563 |
| May 2020 | 337 | 493 |
| June 2020 | 452 | 489 |
| Average | 384.5 | 554.5 |
