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📙 Daily Activity Report: 24 November 2025
This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 24 November 2025, based on crowdsourced data from the skilled migration community.
Visa Grants
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 491 OFFSHORE | Uni Lecturer | 12 Jul 2023 → 24 Nov 2025 | 13 Aug 2025 Remedicals (all); S57 health concerns (younger son); 16 Oct 2025 Additional medical exam |
| 190 SA | OFFSHORE ICT BA | 10 Oct 2024 → 24 Nov 2025 | 6 Nov 2025 Medicals; 7 Nov 2025 PCC |
| 189 | ONSHORE Intensive Care Specialist | 21 Aug 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 | 24 Aug 2025 PCC |
| 189 | ONSHORE Painter | 23 Aug 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 | 22 Nov 2025 Updated Polio |
| 189 | ONSHORE Carpenter | 22 Aug 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 | None |
| 189 | ONSHORE Physiotherapist | 22 Aug 2025 → 24 Nov 2025 | UNKNOWN |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 491 OFFSHORE | Electrical Engineer | 2 May 2024 | 24 Nov 2025 Remedicals (all); Spouse functional English (MOI letter) |
| 190 OFFSHORE | Retail Pharmacist | 14 Jun 2025 | 24 Nov 2025 Form 815 |
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
The S56 requests observed today show a mix of standard compliance checks. Two offshore applicants received S56 requests: one for Form 815 (health undertaking) for a Retail Pharmacist who lodged in June 2025, and another for remedicals and spouse functional English evidence for an Electrical Engineer who lodged in May 2024.
For granted visas, S56 requests varied significantly. Priority occupation applicants (Health professionals) received expedited processing with minimal S56 intervention - the Intensive Care Specialist only received a PCC request, while the Physiotherapist had no recorded S56. Non-priority occupations showed similar patterns, with the Carpenter receiving no S56, and the Painter receiving only an updated Polio vaccination request close to grant. The 491 University Lecturer case involved complex health-related S56 and S57 requests spanning multiple months, including remedicals and additional medical examinations for a dependent with health concerns.
News and Updates
NT and SA Registers of Interest (ROIs) opened on 24 November 2025. NT ROIs were expected to open on this date as previously announced.
Useful Resources
- NT ROI Opening Announcement: https://smartvisaguide.com/posts/10848
- S56 Request Details: https://smartvisaguide.com/lmemo
⚠️ Disclaimer: This blog post is an AI-generated summary of community comments and may be refreshed as additional data becomes available. Due to the crowdsourced and AI-generated nature of this content, mistakes and discrepancies are possible. This information should be consumed with caution and verified against official sources.
📊 Data Limitation: This report represents crowdsourced data and is a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete data on visa grants and invitation rounds.
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When will they start processing this year's 190 lodgements?
I have been tracking 190 grant database here for a while, and I have been seeing grants for 190 applications lodged from July 2023 to June 2024, especially July 2023 to December 2023, in the last month or so.
In contrast, as of 30 September 2025, based on the data provided by FOI requests, only 5 out of the 1610 cases lodged by 30 September 2025 in this program year have been processed.
I have also note seen 190 visa grants for those applied during the current program year in our database here either.
So, when will they start processing this year's 190 applications? Seems very different from the last program year, where they almost immediately started processing current cases.
