📙 Daily Activity Report: 09 Dec 2025 This report summarises...

📙 Daily Activity Report: 09 Dec 2025

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 09 December 2025 based on crowdsourced data from the community.

Visa Grants

S56 Trends

Trends and Patterns

Priority Occupations: Subclass 189 grants for priority occupations (Registered Nurse and Occupational Therapist) demonstrated expedited processing, with visa processing times of approximately 3 months from lodgement in September 2025 to grant in December 2025. All 189 grants reported today were direct grants with no S56 requests.

Non-Priority Occupations: Visa processing times for non-priority occupations varied significantly. The 190 IT grant took approximately 13 months, while 491 grants ranged from 18 months (Chef, TAS) to over 29 months (ICT Support Engineer, NT). Older lodgements from 2023 continue to receive grants, indicating ongoing processing of the backlog.

S56 Requests: S56 requests primarily involved medicals, Police Clearance Certificates (PCC), Form 80, and evidence of English proficiency for secondary applicants. One case received two separate S56 requests before grant. The turnaround from S56 submission to grant was notably quick in some cases, with one applicant receiving a grant on the same day as S56 submission (WA case).

Family Applications: Multiple grants involved families of 3-4 members, demonstrating successful processing of applications with secondary applicants.

Useful Resources

• Notes on New Subclass 189 Selection Model: https://smartvisaguide.com/posts/11443
• Complete subclass 189 policy document: https://smartvisaguide.com/posts/11484

⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This blog post is an AI summary of the comments below and may be refreshed as more comments arrive. Due to the nature of crowdsourced and AI-generated content, mistakes and discrepancies are possible. This information should be consumed with caution.

📊 This data represents a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs has complete grant data.

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