AAT decisions and Precedents | How long will the AAT process take?

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​People might get frustrated in the long queue, waiting for their hearing. Hear are a glance of time frame for AAT decisions

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​For decisions made between 1 April 2015 and 30 September 2015

The time taken by the Migration and Refugee division to make a decision on your case will depend on a range of factors including:

  - the type of case/ when your case is given to a division Member to conduct the review.

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While cases are generally allocated in priority and date of lodgement order, cases may from time to time be allocated out of order of lodgement as part of a taskforce or targeted approach. Such allocations enable batches of cases raising similar issues to be dealt with more efficiently and allow the division to deal with a greater volume of cases than would otherwise be the case.

The following table gives a guide as to how long it may take based on actual processing times for a recent six month period. The table shows average and median processing times from lodgement to decision by case category for that time period, as well as the number of days within which 75% of lodgements were decided. This table will be updated every three months.

The table is a guide only and does not guarantee that any individual matter will be heard in these timeframes.

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Note:  The average is the sum of all processing days divided by the number of cases processed. The median is the middle value of days, that is, the number of processing days which half of the cases exceeded and which half of the cases fell below. The table also shows the number of days within which 75% of lodgements within each case category were decided by the division in this period (the 75th percentile).

Information about monthly application lodgements, decisions and cases on hand is available in the statistics.