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Social Worker

South Africa

80 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 30
  • English 20
  • Education 10
  • Australian experience 0
  • Overseas experience 15
  • Australian study 0
  • Regional study 0
  • Specialist study 0
  • Professional Year 0
  • NAATI/CCL 0
  • Partner English 5
Total before state nomination 80 pts

Timeline

  1. Cleared Visa Medicals 01 Jan 2026

    Subclass 491 Β· VIC Β· 95 pts

  2. Submitted Visa Application 30 Dec 2025

    Subclass 491 Β· VIC Β· 95 pts

    Waiting for 10 months and 15 days

  3. Received State Nomination Approval 13 Nov 2025

    Subclass 491 Β· VIC Β· 95 pts

Expected visa grant

Priority

Social Worker lodged Subclass 491 on 30 Dec 2025

About this estimate: Level 1 (priority occupations) and level 2 (onshore non-priority) each use grant samples from their own group.

Levels 3 and 4 (offshore non-priority) use a combined sample set because many past grant profiles do not say whether the person applied alone or with a partner or family. Combining them gives us more data for a stable estimate. Priority levels follow Direction 122.

Waiting

10 months and 15 days

Through the range

~70%

0 days

Lodged

50%

4.4 months

90%

17.4 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    05 Apr 2026

    3.2 months

  • 25% chance by

    29 Apr 2026

    3.9 months

  • 50% chance by

    14 May 2026

    4.4 months

  • 75% chance by

    12 May 2027

    16.4 months

  • 90% chance by

    12 Jun 2027

    17.4 months

  • 99% chance by

    12 Aug 2027

    19.4 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Social Worker lodged Subclass 491 on 30 Dec 2025

Your grant is expected to be expedited because Social Worker is a priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates above.

Lodged before you
78
Lodged after you
40
Tracked total
119

Pending applicants by lodgement month

Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles Β· stacked by Direction 122 group

Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 491 applicants, with Dec 2025 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Applicants 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2023 (1 total) Jul 23 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (1 total) Feb 24 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2024 (1 total) Sep 24 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2025 (1 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) Apr 25 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 14 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (26 total) 5 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (26 total) 7 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (26 total) 5 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (10 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (10 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (3 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (2 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Nov 2025 (3 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (3 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (3 total) Dec 25 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (6 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (6 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (4 total) Jun 26 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (3 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2026 (3 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (2 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Sep 2026 (3 total) Sep 26 YOU Visa lodgement month
Priority Onshore Non-Priority Offshore Non-Priority Your month

Important: This chart only includes SmartVisaGuide users actively tracking their visa profile. It is not the complete population of Subclass 491 visa applicants.

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