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S56 Requests - 189 S56 Onshore Evidence of functional English for partner; lodged Dec 8 2024 - 190 S56 Offshore Employment and Medicals. Lodged 06 Dec 2023 - 190 S56 Offshore PCC Polio Employment and Medicals. Lodged 25 Nov 2023 - 491 S56 Offshore for Medical for 4 family member + Functional English for Partner. Lodged 16 Nov 2023 - 491 S56 Offshore for Medical for family. Lodged 14 Nov 2023 Electrical engineer technician - 491 S56 Onshore Medical for kids and Polio for wife. Lodged 18 May 2023
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Finally received 190🎉🎉
EOI: 12/08/23 Northern Territory Received pre invite: 02/10/2023 Final Invite : 08/11/2023 Lodgement date : 10/11/2023 Occupation: civil and structural engineer
Received s56 for remedicals: 02/09/2025 Medical date : 12/09/2025 Pressed the confirmed button on the same day after finishing medicals.
Received a visa grant on 18/09/2025
WA 190 Visa Granted 🎉 Occupation software engineer 📌 Visa Lodged: 9 June 2023 📌 S56 for Remedicals: 8 May 2025 📌 Twice AFP & Police Check 📌 Grant Date: 19 Sept 2025 What a journey — patience and persistence finally paid off Now new chapter begins in WA
Finally, it's my turn QLD 190 granted onshore
Occupation Mechanical Engineer Visa lodged - 19 June 2023 Medicals - 22 June 2023 S56 July 2025 BVB applied Sept 2025 Visa Granted - 19 Sep 2025 S56 on 17 July 2025, submitted on 8 Aug S56 for employment details/proof, address proof of regional stay, remedicals
189 granted! Offshore Occupation : Physiotherapist 75 points Invitation : 7 Nov 2024 DOL : 27 November 2024 Grant: 19 Sep 2025 No s56, direct grant.
Nominated Occupation: Medical Laboratory Technician (Priority) Country of Residence: Pakistan Current Status: Visa Granted (in 8M 9D)
Total Points: 85 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 15 - Single: 10 - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 19 Sep 2025 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Visa Granted - 03 Mar 2025 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Received Assessment Commencement Email - 13 Jan 2025 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 10 Jan 2025 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 06 Dec 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 03 Dec 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Received Preinvite from State - 03 Dec 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Submitted Nomination Application to State
189 grant received! Enviro engineer
November invite Couple Date submmited: 27 nov 2024 S56 request: 21st august 2025 S56 sent in 15 september 2025 Grant: 19 september 2025
Applied: 20 June 2023 S56: 21st July 2025 for Medicals and AFP Occupation: Computer Networking and Systems Engineer State WA 190 Grant: 19 Sept 2025 Single
SC 491 | Granted - 19.09.2025
DOL : 26.11.2023 (UAE) | NSW | Software Engineer Moved back to India in 2024 1st S56 : 02.04.25- EE & O 2nd S56 : 22.05.25- Biometric for newborns 2nd s56 withdrawal: 19.09.25 Grant : 19.09.2025
Re-medical not required as it has not crossed 18 months ( initials medical : may 2024)
491 Offshore Received our grant today ! Lodged on 14/ 03/2023 Family 3 Occupation code 313111(Hardware Technician )/ SA 1st s 56 on 23 July 2024= Office phone no ( provided same day) 2nd s56 for police clearance for me and husband on 23 may 2024 3ed s56 for re medicals on 16 december 2024, updated by medical center on 28 december S56 police clearance for daughter on 21 March 2025. Submitted on 27 March.
Granted : 19 September 2025 It is 30 months of waiting !
491 ACT onshore Biotechnologist DOL 11th Sept 2023 Remedials 11th Sept 2025 Grant 19th Sept 2023
VIC 190 onshore. Direct grant. ICT BA. Onshore Lodge: 27th March 2024 Grant date: 19th September 2025 Medicals: 5th May 2024 Points breakdown: English: 20 Age: 30 Sungle: 10 Australia Study: 5 Masters 15 Experience onshore: 5 Kept all my medical and AFP up to date. No S56. No Remedicals.
189 granted! Occupation : University Lecturer (Family of 2) Invitation : 7 Nov 2024 DOL : 9 Dec 2024 Grant: 19 Sep 2025 No s56, direct grant
189 granted! Date of lodgement: 28 Nov 2024 s56: 26 May 2025 (proof of overseas employment - 5 points) Grant: 19 Sept 2025 (12:30pm Melb time) Occupation: Secondary School Teacher (75 points)
Congrats, onshore?
Yes onshore
I got an S56 for our 189 application and it's for Evidence of functional English for partner. They stated that they received her PTE records from 2023, but it doesn't match the requirements for functional english since it's more than 12 months before visa application. However, her PTE score is superior, and in their website, they stated that it is valid for 3 years. What should be the correct way to approach this?
"You achieved one of the test scores in Table 2 or Table 3 in the 12 months before your visa application." Check here
I see. This is confusing since in the 189 points checklist:
"Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and meet age, English and skill criteria
For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen. Additionally, you will need to provide evidence that when you were invited to apply for this visa that they: ... - had competent English ..."
Why would it be necessary to provide evidence for "functional" English if she already has evidence of "competent" English? Should we consult a lawyer now?
Probably best to clarify with migrant agent/lawyer. I am just an applicant like yourself (but for study visa)
@tensor, in my own understanding, if you are not claiming point for a partner, all they require is functional English, and the test must be within 12 months; it does not matter if the partner has superior or competent. The 3-year rule applies if you want to claim point and the minimum is competent.
@evelyn, that's also my understanding and that it is our situation. We claimed partner points so we provided the "competent" English requirement. However, now they are asking for proof of "functional" English, which is a bit hard to understand why.
For Functional English, the test must be taken within 12 months before the visa application. Your spouse’s English test was older than 12 months at the time of your visa application, which is why you received an s56 request. If you had claimed 5 points for your spouse—since your spouse achieved a superior score—this s56 request would not have occurred.
@tensor, please may I know if they queried claiming points with the score of more than 12 months, or just to fulfil the functional English requirement? This is really confusing
@evelyn, apologies for the confusion. To clarify the situation: in our application, we claimed and provided evidence for partner skills. The criteria to get this is for the partner to have "competent" English, and the test results are valid for 3 years as stated in @biotechy's link. Our confusion now is: why is it needed to provide evidence of "functional" English when it was not listed in the requirements. Perhaps some of the requirements changed?
Finallyyyy after 6 years of freakin hardwork Alhmadulillah!!!!!😌 Received my 189 grant on 18th dec at 04:26PM -RN Nec 80 points Lodged application on 23 December 2024, Invited on 7th nov 2024. I received 2 s56 in August 6 & 18th . Family of 3-Onshore.
Direct grant. ICT BA VIC190 Onshore Lodge: 27th March 2024 Medicals 5th May 2024 Grant date: 19th September 2025 Kept all my medical and AFP up to date. No S56
@biotechy Thanks so much for pinning the S56 requests — really appreciate all the work you’re doing to keep things organized! 🙏 Would it be possible to also include the occupation in the list? That extra detail would really help everyone track progress more accurately and see when their turn might be coming. Cheers!
cheers, i try to get as much info as possible, will do my best
Thanks @biotechy — really appreciate that, and totally understand it’s a lot to juggle! Adding occupation where possible would be super helpful, but no stress if it’s too much to track. You’re doing an awesome job keeping everything together 🙌
remember that occupation isnt much relevant for s56 or visa processing. only priority or non-priorty is, and maybe offshore/onshore. But not occupation
189 S56 Onshore Evidence of functional English for partner; lodged Dec 8 2024
thanks