📙 Daily Activity Report: 19 February 2026 This report...
@gregormendel (3D ago| Updated 21H ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 19 February 2026
This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 19 February 2026, based on crowdsourced data from the Australian skilled migration community.
Visa Grants
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | OFFSHORE Geotechnical Engineer | 27 Nov 2024 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 189 | UNKNOWN Early Childhood Teacher | 06 Sep 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 VIC | ONSHORE Registered Nurse NEC | 22 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 VIC | ONSHORE Registered Nurse Aged Care | 29 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 SA | UNKNOWN Diversional Therapist | 14 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 VIC | ONSHORE Registered Nurse NEC | 22 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 TAS | UNKNOWN Team Leader Disability | 04 Jun 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 | UNKNOWN Electrical Engineer | Jun 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 VIC | UNKNOWN Secondary School Teacher | 20 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 VIC | ONSHORE Critical Care RN | 20 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 190 QLD | UNKNOWN Early Childhood Teacher | Unknown → 18 Feb 2026 | 20 Jan 2026 Police Check |
| 190 QLD | ONSHORE RN Aged Care | 30 Jun 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 | 15 Jan 2026 Medicals, 19 Feb 2026 Daughter Medical |
| 491 ACT | ONSHORE Retail Pharmacist | 25 Sep 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 | None |
| 491 | UNKNOWN Chef | Nov 2024 → 19 Feb 2026 | 12 Feb 2026 Medicals |
| 491 NSW | OFFSHORE Construction Project Manager | 29 Jul 2025 → 19 Feb 2026 | Aug 2025 Medicals |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | OFFSHORE Unknown | 15 Jul 2025 | 19 Feb 2026 Polio |
| 491 | OFFSHORE Unknown | 14 Jul 2025 | 19 Feb 2026 Polio All Applicants |
| 190 | OFFSHORE Unknown | 16 May 2025 | 19 Feb 2026 Employment Evidence |
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
Priority occupations (Health and Teaching) continue to demonstrate expedited processing times. Multiple Registered Nurses and Teachers received grants within 21-30 days of lodgement, with most being direct grants requiring no S56 requests.
For non-priority occupations, processing times vary significantly. The Geotechnical Engineer (189) experienced a 14.7-month processing period, while the Construction Project Manager (491 NSW) processed in 6.7 months. Early Childhood Teachers, classified as priority, received grants in approximately 5.4 months.
S56 requests on 19 February 2026 focused on Polio vaccination requirements for offshore 491 applicants who lodged in July 2025, and employment evidence for a 190 offshore applicant from May 2025. Medical requests remain common, with several applicants receiving S56s for medicals or remedicals between January and February 2026.
VIC 190 continues to show strong activity for health professionals, with multiple Registered Nurses receiving grants within one month of lodgement. QLD 190 also demonstrated efficient processing for health occupations, with one RN Aged Care case processing in 7.6 months despite two S56 requests.
Useful Resources
- Geotechnical Engineer Grant Details: https://smartvisaguide.com/cheekyfox5546
⚠️ 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 crowdsourced information and is a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete data on all grants and invitations issued.
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s56 requests for 19 Feb 2026: - 491 OFFSHORE Lodged 15 Jul 2025 s56 for Polio - 491 OFFSHORE Lodged 14 July 2025 s56 for Polio for all applicants - 190 OFFSHORE Lodged 16 May 2025 s56 for Employment Evidence
Full invite onshore NT received for 190 Registered Nurse working in field 65 points Eoi submitted 24/11/2026 - 7pm Declaration 15 Feb 2026 Nomination today graduate stream
Offshore ICT Customer Support Officer 491 visa Submitted: 24 Nov 2025 Received Declaration: 19 Feb 2026 65 points
🎉 VISA GRANTED – Subclass 190 (QLD Nomination) 🎉 RN (Aged Care) | Onshore Applicant 🇦🇺 Family of 3 👨👩👧 | 85 Points After 8 long years of hardship, struggle, patience, and prayers… our 190 Visa has finally been granted! ✨ This journey was not easy 🥲🥲 it came with so many self-doubts, anxiety, and countless sleepless nights. But today, I’m feeling nothing but gratitude and happiness. Timeline: 📌 EOI submitted: March 2025 📩 Invitation received: 20 June 2025 📝 Visa applied: 30 June 2025 🛂 Daughter’s passport arrived & updated: 20 Nov 2025 🏥 S56 for medical: 15 Jan 2026 🏥 S56 for daughter’s medical: 19 Feb 2026 ✅ Visa granted: 19 Feb 2026 (just 2 hours after my daughter’s medical)
Visa 190 Granted!!!!! ECT occupation - QLD - Brisbane 65+5 Believe it or not you can be invited with 65!!! Proeficient english, age 32, at the moment less the 3 years experience as an ECT, bachelor. Eoi sent- 25/2/25 Invite - 17/4/25 Nomination - 24/4/25 S56- They asked a new police check - 20/1/26 Final Grant - 18/2/26
Received 189 grant today. Lodged on 6th sep Invited on 21 August Granted on 19 Feb Straight grant no s56. Occu - ECT Points - 90 including 5 regional points (no work exp, naati, pte superior
Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 190) VIC Onshore Critical Care Registered Nurse EOI Lodged: August 2024 Invitation Received: 5 December 2025 State Approval: 31 December 2025 Visa Application Lodged: 20 January 2026 Visa Grant: 19 February 2026
491 NSW Offshore CPM grant Lodged 29 Jul 25 Medical - August 2025 Grant - 19 February 2026
Is it priority occupation?
190 Secondary School Teacher DOL: January 20, 2026 Medicals Cleared: January 23, 2026 Grant: February 19, 2026 No S56 VIC Nominated w/ defacto partner
Offshore
DOL (491)Nov 2024 12/2/2026 medical request 18/2/2026 medical done 19/2/2026 visa grant chef
electrical engineer 190 dol June 2025 direct grant today
Points breakdown please?
My 190 visa Journery Eoi Points: 65 Occupation: Team Leader in disability Orange Couple with 2 children Timeline: Moved to Tasmania: 19 Sep 2020 1st Roi lodge: February 2022 (refused) Invitation: 20 March 2025 Nomination lodged: 27 March 2025 Nomination Approved: 27 May 2025 Visa Lodged : 4 June 2025 PR Visa granted: 19 Feb 2026 No s56 request(direct gran
VIC 190 granted 19/2/26 🌟 🌟 ⭐️ RN NEC- 70+5 pre invited on 3/12/25, Nomination approved for 190 on 15/01/26, Application lodged on 22/01/26
Invited to apply for the 190 visa on 2 January 2026 Official invitation received on 5 January 2026 Applied for the 190 visa on 14 January. Bridging visa activated on 20 January. Our migration lawyer advised us not to do police check and medical until mid-2027, but we completed both on 13 February. Today, we received the grant email! Occupation: Diversional Therapist Currently working in an aged care facility as a Diversional Therapist. Total points: 95 (including 10 partner points). SA graduate and resident since 2019.
Visa Granted! 🌟 190 - Registered Nurse Aged care Feeling incredibly grateful to share that my Subclass 190 visa has been granted.
Visa granted in just 22 days after lodgement!
VIC pre-invite received – 03/12/2025
Applied for VIC nomination –11 /12/2025
VIC nomination approved – 15/01/2026
Visa application lodged – 29/01/2026
Medicals cleared – 06/02/2026
Visa granted –19/02/2026 (Direct grant!) ✅
No s56 requests
Points at time of invitation: 75 (including 5 points for state nomination) Profile: Superior English, skilled partner, living & working in Melbourne VIC
VIC 190 granted 19/2/26 🌟 🌟 ⭐️ RN NEC- 70+5 pre invited on 3/12/25, Nomination approved for 190 on 15/01/26, Application lodged on 22/01/26
189 Grant from Iran.
Occupation: Geotechnical Engineer Points: 70 Subclass: 189 Invited: 07 Nov 2024 Lodged: 27 Nov 2024 Granted: 19 Feb 2026
Offshore Applicant
Happy to see that, I am 21/11/2024..hope can grant soon
You got commencement letter in April 2025? Still waiting? What did the letter say?
@biotechy @gregormendel Is it routine s56 or can I expect more movement or just that they will see this Polio certificate and then shelve the application as they do with most.