📙 Daily Activity Report: 21 October 2025 This report...
@gregormendel (1D ago| Updated 15H ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 21 October 2025 This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for Australian skilled migration pathways (subclasses 189, 190, and 491) based on crowdsourced data from the community.
Visa Grants
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 - | ONSHORE Medical Laboratory Scientist | 20 Dec 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | 18 Aug 2025, 17 Sep 2025 (Spouse PCC) |
| 190 ACT | ONSHORE Conference and Event Organiser | 21 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 NSW | OFFSHORE (SG) Electrical Engineering Technician | 11 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 QLD | OFFSHORE (PK) Program or Project Administrator | 13 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 QLD | OFFSHORE Plant and Production Engineer | 19 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 SA | OFFSHORE Metal Machinist | 23 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 TAS | ONSHORE Motor Mechanic | 08 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 TAS | ONSHORE Mechanical Engineer | 24 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 190 VIC | ONSHORE ICT Business Analyst | 14 May 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | - |
| 491 NSW | OFFSHORE (IN) Analyst Programmer | 29 Feb 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | 02 Oct 2025 (Remedicals, India PCC) |
| 491 NSW | OFFSHORE (LK) Database Administrator | 08 Feb 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | 15 Oct 2025 (Remedicals) |
| 491 QLD | OFFSHORE (LK) Construction Project Manager | 07 Feb 2024 → 21 Oct 2025 | 17 Oct 2025 (Remedicals) |
| 491 SA | OFFSHORE (LK) - | 02 Jan 2024 → 20 Oct 2025 | 13 Oct 2025 (Remedicals) |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 NSW | ONSHORE Developer Programmer | 20 May 2024 | 21 Oct 2025 (Child Medical - age crossed 2 years) |
| 190 NSW | OFFSHORE (SG) - | 20 May 2024 | 21 Oct 2025 (PCC expired) |
| 190 VIC | OFFSHORE (IN) - | 07 May 2024 | 21 Oct 2025 (Medicals, PCC) |
| 190 VIC | OFFSHORE (IN) - | 02 May 2024 | 21 Oct 2025 (Medicals) |
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
S56 requests issued on 21 October 2025 predominantly targeted applications lodged in May 2024, with a focus on medical examinations and police clearance certificates. Four subclass 190 applications received S56s, all for offshore applicants except one onshore NSW case requiring a child's medical examination due to age progression.
For visa grants processed today, remedicals were a common S56 request for subclass 491 applications, particularly those lodged in early 2024. Three out of four subclass 491 grants involved remedical requests issued in October 2025, suggesting a pattern of medical validity expiration for applications approaching the 18-month processing mark. The subclass 189 grant involved two S56 requests for spouse police clearance certificates in August and September 2025.
Notably, several subclass 190 grants (ACT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC) were direct grants without S56 requests, indicating complete documentation at lodgement. Processing times for non-priority occupations ranged from 17 to 20 months across all subclasses, while the priority occupation (Medical Laboratory Scientist) under subclass 189 processed in approximately 10 months.
Useful Resources
- NSW 190 Offshore (SG) S56 Case: https://smartvisaguide.com/snappychicken7952
- VIC 190 Offshore (IN) S56 Case: https://smartvisaguide.com/bunnychitangle
⚠️ 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 independently.
📊 Data Limitation: This represents crowdsourced data and is a subset of total activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete grant and invitation data.
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S56 Requests on 21 Oct 2025:- - 190 ONSHORE Lodged 20 May 2024 s56 for Child Medical examination (crossed 2 years age), NSW Developer Programmer - 190 OFFSHORE (SG) Lodged 20 May 2024 s56 for PCC (expired) - 190 OFFSHORE (IN) Lodged 07 May 2024 s56 for Medical and PCC - 190 OFFSHORE (IN) Lodged 02 May 2024 s56 for Medicals, VIC
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VIC190 ICT BA Salary 95K Eoi lodged - sometime in oct 2023 Eoi and Roi updated post salary hike and superior english scores - 02/03/2024 Pre invite - 13/03/2024 Documents submitted - 20/03/2024 Got asked for additional documents - 05/04/2024 Documents uploaded - 09/04/2024 Final invite - 10/04/2024 Lodged date - 17/05/2024 Added baby to application and paid fee of $1190 - 31/03/2025 Got baby's BVA - 02/04/2025 Got S56 for baby’s medical exam - 07/04/2025 Completed baby medicals and updated in immi - 09/04/2025 Updated AFP proactively- 13/10/2025 Finally the big golden day - Visa granted - 21/10/2025 Updated AFP,PCC, Medicals proactively.
Profile Summary for @cheesewiththat Nominated Occupation: 261111 ICT Business Analyst Unit Group: 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: VIC Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 5M 7D)
Total Points: 80 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 5 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Urban and Regional Planner), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: STSOL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 21 Oct 2025 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Visa Granted - 14 May 2024 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Submitted Visa Application
TAS 190 Grant Onshore Occupation - mechanical engineer Visa applied - 24 may 2024 Visa granted - 21 oct 2025
Grant for 189 visa Applied EOI: Nov 6 2024 Invited: Nov 7 2024 Lodged December 20 2024 MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST - 75 points Received s56 twice for husband’s police check August 18 sept 17 Grant 21 Oct 2025
Onshore?
491 OFFSHORE CPM Please Note This Is My Time Line from 🇱🇰 Invitation Received – 15th Dec 2023 Nomination Approved – 18th Jan 2024 Visa Lodge – 07th Feb 2024 Re Medical – 17th October Grant – 21st October
Metal Machinist 190 SA nominated visa direct grant!! Offshore, family of 4 Visa lodged: May 23, 2024 Visa grant: October 21, 2025
190 Offshore Grant QLD Plant and Production Engineer
Lodgement : 19 May 2024 Medicals : Somewhere around 27 or 28 May Kept the PCCs updated and submitted latest Polio Vaccination certificate
Received the grants on 21 Oct 2025
Profile Summary for @zanychicken5942 Nominated Occupation: 511112 Program or Project Administrator Unit Group: 5111 Contract, Program and Project Administrators Country of Residence: Pakistan Assessing Authority: VETASSESS Skill Level: 2 Skilled Occupation List: STSOL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 5M 8D)
Total Points: 90 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - 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 - 21 Oct 2025 * QLD190 * 95 pts * Visa Granted - 13 May 2024 * QLD190 * 95 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 16 Apr 2024 * QLD190 * 95 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 28 Mar 2024 * QLD190 * 95 pts * Received Preinvite from State
Profile Summary for @mohakgarg10 Nominated Occupation: 149311 Conference and Event Organiser Unit Group: 1493 Conference and Event Organisers Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: ACT Current Salary: AU$100,000 Assessing Authority: VETASSESS Skill Level: 2 Skilled Occupation List: STSOL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 5M)
Total Points: 85 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Single: 10 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 21 Oct 2025 * ACT190 * 90 pts * Visa Granted Direct grant. PCC and AFP proactively updated on 12/09/2025. - 21 May 2024 * ACT190 * 90 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 08 May 2024 * ACT190 * 90 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 10 Jan 2024 * ACT190 * 90 pts * Received Skill Assessment Approval
can you clarify if the visa grant date is 21 Oct 2025, not 21 May 2025? I have seen his separate comment here in this thread :)
Yep sorry about the error. Can confirm the grant date is 21/10/2025.
@mohakgarg10 thanks for confirming!
thanks guys, i have edited and fixed too
Thanks all. I had also made another slight error. My age points were 30 not 25 so my overall points are 90. I've fixed it in my profile. Thanks for all your assistance!
cool, i just recopied and pasted your profile into the comment above. All good.
Profile Summary for @bouncyzebra2580 Nominated Occupation: 312312 Electrical Engineering Technician Unit Group: 3123 Electrical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians Country of Residence: Singapore Assessing Authority: TRA Skill Level: 2 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 5M 10D)
Total Points: 85 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 15 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 21 Oct 2025 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Visa Granted - 11 Jun 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 11 May 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 29 Apr 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 19 Apr 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Received Preinvite from State - 18 Jan 2024 * NSW190 * 90 pts * Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
491 Offshore SL Visa was granted. DOL - 02 Jan 2024 Remedial- 13 Oct 2025 Remedial done- 13 Oct 2025 Grant- 20 Oct 2025 Family of 03 SA
Profile Summary for @whackybear4218 Nominated Occupation: 262111 Database Administrator Unit Group: 2621 Database and Systems Administrators, and ICT Security Specialists Country of Residence: Sri Lanka Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: STSOL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 8M 13D)
Total Points: 65 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 10 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 15 - Unskilled Partner: 0 - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 21 Oct 2025 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Visa Granted - 20 Oct 2025 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Cleared Visa Medicals Remedial given 16/10/2025 - 15 Oct 2025 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Re-Medical - 19 Feb 2024 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 08 Feb 2024 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 17 Jan 2024 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 20 Dec 2023 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Submitted Nomination Application to State - 15 Dec 2023 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Received Preinvite from State - 19 Nov 2023 * NSW491 * 80 pts * Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) - 18 Nov 2023 * 65 pts * Received English Test Results - 20 Sep 2023 * 65 pts * Received Skill Assessment Approval positive 8+ years - 30 Jun 2023 * 65 pts * Applied for Skill Assessment - 01 Jun 2023 * 65 pts * Started Skilled Migration Process
Will there be any invitation rounds for NSW this year before Christmas?
there is one this week as per their announcement.
this week for 190
I mean a proper round of invitation, this week's one is just 200 priority ones, where hardly people get any chance..
Your question is about "any invitation rounds for NSW". There may be no "proper" ones this FY at all and they may just keep giving interim allocations so that the backlog is significantly reduced.
So the federal government's announcement of same allocations does not hold true right? Few more doubts/queries.. 1. State allocations aren't released yet, leaving the current EOI applicants waiting.. 2. What is the current backlog and how do we know the backlog? Would this impact the NSW invitations until June'2026? 3. What would be the possibilities and other ways for people waiting for pre invite?
Offshore 491 (IN) I got my Visa granted today, Family of 3, DOL : 29th Feb 2024, s56- 2nd Oct 2025 (Renewal of Medical and India PCC), Medical completed 11th Oct-2025, s56 lodged 13th Oct-2025, 21st Oct-2025 visa granted, Analyst Programmer State NSW
Finally got the golden email TAS 190 Onshore Loged 08/05/24 Granted 21/10/25 Occupation:- Motor Mechanic
@gregormendel We can see that May '24 190 applicants have started receiving grants. Given that there is not much backlog after this, can be hopeful that Nov 24 applicants can start receiving grants before the year end or early Feb '26?
from May to Oct will be quick, based on backlogs
Thanks @biotechy, safe to assume my timeline is a good approx?
No one can tell you what's safe to assume. All of these projections are speculative. But with 3000-3500 grants per month starting October it's highly likely that most of the Nov 24 (myself included) applicants will get their visas this calendar year as the backlog as of end of September (speculatively, assuming ~2500 grants in Sep) should be around 10000-10500 applicants.
Will there any invitation rounds for NSW this year ?
Indeed @zanysquirrel8433, if we get this months FOI data, will paint a much better picture of the actual scenario.
I think at this point it's pretty clear what's going to happen. September had more grants than August or July, October seems busier than September. Even if they keep giving around 1500-2000 grants per month for Sep/Oct, they would have to do a huge grant month of 5000+ grants sooner than later to catch up to their target of 33000 this FY.
Bu we still have June 2023 applicants waiting for grants, especially the 491s, I wonder if these have not been forgotten
Received S56 for Remedicals today DOL 2 May 2024 190 VIC OFFSHORE (IN)
May I know the date of your initial medical exam?
@bunnychitangle did they generate a new hapid ? What does the medical section in immi look like? Mime says no action required even though S56 says medical (and employment proofs).
@snappychicken8915 initial medical was on 14 May 2024
bunny, added. Please add s56 entry to your timeline too. Helps others.
@ddapzr I see that hap Id is not changed from what was there before. I see that immiaccount clearly states health examination required.