📙 Daily Activity Report: 16 Dec 2025 This report summarises...
@gregormendel (1D ago| Updated 1H ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 16 Dec 2025
This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for Australian skilled visas (subclasses 189, 190, and 491) based on crowdsourced data from the community.
Visa Grants
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 VIC | Offshore Public Relations Professional | 17 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Employment & English evidence |
| 190 VIC | Offshore ICT Business Analyst | 15 Dec 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Software Engineer | 10 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 30 Jul 2025: Remedicals, Form 80, Serbian PCC, Form 1399, Military service |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Mathematician | 02 Feb 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Remedical & PCC |
| 190 VIC | Offshore University Lecturer | Feb 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 26 Sep 2025: Remedical & PCC |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Developer Programmer | 13 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Remedical |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Developer Programmer | 25 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Remedical |
| 190 VIC | Onshore Early Childhood Teacher | 23 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 13 Dec 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 WA | Onshore Cook | 06 Nov 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 02 Sep 2025: Medicals |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Industrial Engineer | 29 Dec 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 23 Sep 2025: Remedical & PCC |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Software Engineer | 27 Dec 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 24 Sep 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Agricultural Scientist | 14 Oct 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Nov 2025: AFP NPC |
| 190 NSW | Offshore Software Engineer | 26 Feb 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 30 Sep 2025: Employment Evidence & Remedical; 18 Nov 2025: Health Undertaking |
| 190 NSW | Offshore Fitter and Turner | Jun 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | Dec 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 SA | Offshore QA Manager | 08 Oct 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 30 Nov 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 TAS | Offshore Chef | 18 Oct 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 02 Dec 2025: Medical |
| 491 ACT | Offshore University Lecturer | 13 Jul 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 13 Aug 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 189 | Onshore RN NEC | 18 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore RN NEC | 25 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore RN Aged Care | 18 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Offshore RN Critical Care | 26 Aug 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 10 Dec 2025: State PCC |
| 189 | Offshore RN Critical Care | 18 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore Carpenter and Joiner | 14 Nov 2025 → 15 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore Early Childhood Teacher | 01 Sep 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 06 Dec 2025: AFP |
| 189 | Onshore Civil Draftsperson | 02 Jan 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 19 Nov 2025: PCC; 10 Dec 2025: Polio |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | Offshore UNKNOWN | 30 Jun 2023 | 16 Dec 2025: Polio |
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
Priority Occupations (Health and Teaching): Registered Nurses and Early Childhood Teachers continue to receive expedited processing, with grants issued within 1-4 months of lodgement. Most priority occupation cases received direct grants without S56 requests.
Non-Priority Occupations: Processing times for non-priority occupations ranged from 10-24 months. Common S56 requests included: - Remedicals and PCC renewals (most frequent for applications lodged in early 2024) - Employment evidence for offshore applicants - AFP checks for immigration purposes (not reused from previous visas) - Polio vaccination requests - Health undertakings for specific cases
Family Applications: Multiple family applications (sizes 3-4) were granted, with processing times consistent with individual applications in the same occupation category.
🔴 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 DHA and individual states have complete grant and invitation data.
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S56 Requests on 16 Dec 2025: - 491 OFFSHORE Lodged 30 June 2023 s56 for Polio, even though my polio was valid and uploaded 3 months before
190 Grant (chef) orange plus 75 points ROI: October 1st 2024 EOI: October 3rd 2024 Nomination approved: October 16th 2024 Visa applied: 18th October 2024 S56 request for medical :2 December 2025 Medical done: 11th December 2025 Visa Grant: 16th December 2025 Tasmania
190 Offshore Occupation: Dev Programmer State: VIC Family of 3 DOL: 25-01-2024 S56: 25-09-2025 for Re-medical Grant: 16-12-2025
189 GRANTED Occupation: ECT EOI lodge: 26/09/2024 DOE 85points : 03/07/2025 INVITATION: 21 August 2025 VISA LODGE: 01/09/2025 MEDICAL: 20/09/2025 s56 for AUSTRALIAN POLICE CHECK (the old one i resued from 485 visa is not for Immigration purposes, pretty sure i would get direct grant If i had submitted the new police check): 06/12/2025 S56 DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED: 08/12/2025 189 VISA GRANTED: 16/12/2025
EOI Jan 2024 Invite 7 November 24 Visa lodge 2nd Jan 25 First s56 19 Nov 25 PCC (Responded same day) Second s56 10 Dec 25 Polio ( Responded same day) Grant 16 Dec 25 312211 Civil Draftsperson Point 75 189
189 GRANT RECEIVED RN Critical care 80 points Offshore 14 November 2025 - Invite 18 November 2025 - Application submitted 4 December 2025 - Medicals finalised 15 December 2025 - Police clearance submitted 16 December 2025 - GRANT!!!
Qld 190 granted on 16/12/2025 Agricultural scietist on 482 visa with salary 120k Invited in September 2024 Lodge 14/10/2024 S56 for wife's AFP NPC on 25/11/2025 Thanks
190 Visa granted - Family of 4 - Offshore Nominating state : NSW Occupation: Software Engineer Lodge Date : 26th Feb 2024 First S56: 30th Sep 2025 - Employment Evidence (EPF + EOBI) and Re-Medical Second S56: 18th Nov 2025 - Health Undertaking Visa Grant: 16 Dec 2025
Profile Summary for @psychebb Nominated Occupation: 261111 ICT Business Analyst Unit Group: 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts Country of Residence: People's Republic of China Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 2Y 1D)
Total Points: 85 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 15 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Software Engineer), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Visa Granted - 25 Sep 2025 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer - 15 Dec 2023 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Submitted Visa Application
Profile Summary for @patrakova180397 Nominated Occupation: 261313 Software Engineer Unit Group: 2613 Software and Applications Programmers Country of Residence: Serbia Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 11M 6D)
Total Points: 90 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 10 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Analyst Programmer), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * VIC190 * 95 pts * Visa Granted finally granted!!! - 08 Aug 2025 * VIC190 * 95 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with Request for Further Information (RFI) from Skill Assessment Body - 06 Aug 2025 * VIC190 * 95 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 30 Jul 2025 * VIC190 * 95 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer for me and husband: - re-medicals - forms 80 - Serbian Police Certificates the Basic Court (originaly we attached only Certificate of No Convictions from the Ministry of Internal Affairs)
for husband only: - form 1399 - Military service details - 16 Jan 2024 * VIC190 * 95 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 10 Jan 2024 * VIC190 * 95 pts * Submitted Visa Application
190 Visa Granted Victoria offshore University Lecturer Lodge: Feb 2024 Last S56: Sept 26th 2025 / Renew PCC and medicals Granted 16 Dec 2025
190 Offshore Mathematician 190 Visa granted Nominating state : Victoria DOL : 2nd Feb 2024 Turnaround time : 22.5 months S56: 25th Sep 2025 Remedical and Pcc Grant today
Profile Summary for @sid2009 Nominated Occupation: 261313 Software Engineer Unit Group: 2613 Software and Applications Programmers Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: NSW Current Salary: AU$140,000 Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 11M 19D)
Total Points: 80 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 10 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 5 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Software Engineer), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * QLD190 * 85 pts * Visa Granted - 02 Oct 2025 * QLD190 * 85 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer - 24 Sep 2025 * QLD190 * 85 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer - 27 Dec 2023 * QLD190 * 85 pts * Submitted Visa Application
Offshore Visa Granted 491 Lodge date: 13 July 2023 S56: 13 August 2025 Invoice: 15 December 2025 Grant: 16 December 2025 ACT University Lecturer
Profile Summary for @nitin Nominated Occupation: 254412 Registered Nurse (Aged Care) (Priority) Unit Group: 2544 Registered Nurses Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: VIC Current Salary: AU$80,000 Assessing Authority: ANMAC Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 28D)
Total Points: 75 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 10 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * 189 * 75 pts * Visa Granted - 24 Nov 2025 * 189 * 75 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 18 Nov 2025 * 189 * 75 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 13 Nov 2025 * 189 * 75 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa
Profile Summary for @thornberri35 Nominated Occupation: 254415 Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) (Priority) Unit Group: 2544 Registered Nurses Country of Residence: United States Assessing Authority: ANMAC Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 3M 20D)
Total Points: 80 (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: 0
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * 189 * 80 pts * Visa Granted - 10 Dec 2025 * 189 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer State PCC - 10 Dec 2025 * 189 * 80 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer - 26 Aug 2025 * 189 * 80 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 21 Aug 2025 * 189 * 80 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 21 May 2025 * SA190 * 85 pts * Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) - 25 Feb 2025 * 189 * 80 pts * Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
189 granted EOI 31/10/2025 Invited 13/11/2025 Lodged 14/11/2025 PCCs 14/11/2025 Medicals 16/11/2025 Visa grant 15/12/2025 Carpenter and Joiner 65 points Myself and defacto partner Submitted Form 80 and 1221 (didn’t realise they weren’t mandatory)
Just got VIC 190 Grant Onshore 23rd Nov 2025 Submitted Application 13th Dec 2025 Request for more info s56 16th Dec 2025- 190 Granted ECT 70 + 5 points
190 Offshore Received Grant today
State: VIC Occupation: Developer Programmer DOL: 13 Jan 2024 s56 for remedical: 25th sep 2025
190 onshore State: QLD Occupation: Industrial Enginner DOL: Dec 29 2023 S56: Sep 23 2025 (re-medical and PCC) Grant: Dec 16 2025
Profile Summary for @sukhpaluk
Nominated Occupation: 351411 Cook
Unit Group: 3514 Cooks
Country of Residence: Australia
State of Residence: WA
Assessing Authority: TRA
Skill Level:
Skilled Occupation List: STSOL
Current Status: Visa Granted (in 2Y 1M 10D)
Total Points: 65 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 15 - English Language: 10 - Education: 10 - Australian Work Experience: 10 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * WA190 * 70 pts * Visa Granted - 02 Sep 2025 * WA190 * 70 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer S56 Medicaid - 06 Nov 2023 * WA190 * 70 pts * Submitted Visa Application
Profile Summary for @loopydolphin9334 Nominated Occupation: 225311 Public Relations Professional Unit Group: 2253 Public Relations Professionals Country of Residence: People's Republic of China Assessing Authority: VETASSESS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: STSOL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 10M 29D)
Total Points: 80 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 10 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Public Relations Professional), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: STSOL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 16 Dec 2025 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Visa Granted - 30 Sep 2025 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer - 25 Sep 2025 * 190 * 85 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer evidence of employment and English evidence - 17 Jan 2024 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Submitted Visa Application
189 Grant
Invitation Date 13th November Lodgement Date 25th November Medical Date 2nd December Grant Date 16th December RN Nec with skilled partner and superior English for both of us. Also, 3 months old New Born grant together. 85 Points
189 grant this morning!! RN Nec 75 points. Invited 13/11/25, Applied 18/11 Grant: 16/11 Family of 3, onshore Status went from received to grant Attached everything including form 80.
190 Offshore got grant today Occupation fitter and turner DOL 2nd week june 2025 NSW S56 December 2025 Grant 16th december 2025
190 Offshore
DOL: 08.10.2024 SA S56: 30.11.2015 Granted 16.12.2025 QA manager ( Pakistan)