📙 Daily Activity Report: 20 April 2026 This report...
@gregormendel (4D ago| Updated 1D ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 20 April 2026
This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 20 April 2026 based on crowdsourced data from the community.
Visa Grants
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 VIC | OFFSHORE Mechanical Engineer | 15 Jan 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 Medical and polio certificate |
| 491 VIC | ONSHORE ICT Business Analyst | 06 Dec 2024 → 20 Apr 2026 | 20 Mar 2026 AFP, PCC and remedical |
| 190 NSW | ONSHORE Motor Mechanic | 03 Feb 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 190 SA | ONSHORE Marketing Specialist | 03 Feb 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | No S56 |
| 190 VIC | UNKNOWN ICT Business Analyst | 31 Jan 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | No S56 (Straight grant) |
| 491 NT | ONSHORE Chef | 05 Dec 2024 → 20 Apr 2026 | 20 Mar 2026 Health check and additional payslips |
| 189 | ONSHORE Solicitor | 29 Nov 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | No S56 (Direct grant) |
| 491 NT | ONSHORE Software Engineer | 12 Jan 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 491 VIC | ONSHORE Early Childhood Teacher | 15 Apr 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 | 14 Feb 2026 - |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 VIC | OFFSHORE Mechanical Engineer | 15 Jan 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 Medical and polio certificate |
| 491 VIC | ONSHORE ICT Business Analyst | 06 Dec 2024 | 20 Mar 2026 AFP, PCC and remedical |
| 491 NT | ONSHORE Chef | 05 Dec 2024 | 20 Mar 2026 Health check and additional payslips |
| 491 VIC | ONSHORE Early Childhood Teacher | 15 Apr 2025 | 14 Feb 2026 - |
Invitation Activity
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Points | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 QLD | ONSHORE Civil Engineering Draftsperson | 95 | Age 30, Partner 10, Edu 15+5, Au Exp 5, NAATI 5, Skilled partner Civil Engineer |
| 190 QLD | OFFSHORE Construction Project Manager | 85 | Age 25, Edu 15, Exp 15, PTE 10, Skilled Partner 10, NAATI 5 |
| 190 QLD | ONSHORE Early Childhood Teacher | UNKNOWN | TO BE VERIFIED |
| 190 QLD | OFFSHORE Electrician | 65 | Work Exp 15, Skilled Partner 10, Proficient English 10 |
| 190 QLD | ONSHORE Mechanical Engineer | 100 | TO BE VERIFIED |
| 190 QLD | ONSHORE Registered Nurse Community | 85 | - |
| 190 QLD | ONSHORE Registered Nurse Perioperative | 85 | - |
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
S56 requests observed on 20 April 2026 primarily involved health-related documentation (medicals, remedicals, polio certificates) and character documentation (AFP, PCC). The requests were issued between 1-4 months prior to visa grants. Applications lodged in late 2024 and early 2025 received S56 requests in early 2026, suggesting a processing pattern where additional documentation is requested approximately 12-15 months after lodgement for non-priority occupations.
Priority occupations such as Early Childhood Teacher demonstrated significantly faster processing times (12 months from lodgement to grant for Subclass 491 VIC), compared to non-priority occupations like ICT Business Analyst and Mechanical Engineer which took 14-15 months. The Solicitor grant under Subclass 189 was notably fast at approximately 5 months with a direct grant and no S56 requests.
Several grants were processed without S56 requests (straight/direct grants), particularly for Subclass 190 applications in SA, VIC, and the Subclass 189 Solicitor case, indicating streamlined processing for certain profiles.
🔵 This data is crowdsourced and represents a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs has complete grant data. For invitation rounds, only Queensland has the complete round data for 20 April 2026.
🔴 Disclaimer: This blog post is an AI summary of community comments and may be refreshed as more information becomes available. Due to the nature of crowdsourced and AI-generated content, mistakes and discrepancies are possible. This information should be consumed with caution.
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QLD Invitation Round 20 Apr 2026: Crowdsourced data. Points inclusive of state points. Data will be updated into our database at the end of the day. Reply to this comment to share more data. - 190 ONSHORE Civil Engineering Draftsperson 95 pts, Age 30 Partner 10 Edu 15+5, Au Exp 5, NAATI 5, Skilled partner with occupation Civil Engineer - 190 OFFSHORE CPM 85 pts, Age 25, Edu 15, Exp 15, PTE 10, Skilled Partner 10, NAATI 5 - 190 OFFSHORE Electrician 65 pts , Work Exp 15 pts, Skilled Partner 10, Proficient English 10 - 190 ONSHORE Mechanical Engineer 100 pts (TO BE VERIFIED) - 190 ONSHORE RN Community 85 pts - 190 ONSHORE RN Perioperative 85 pts
491 Granted VIC Onshore Occupation: ECT ROI lodge: 16/03/25 Pre invite: 8/04/2025 Final invitation: 14/04/2025 Application lodge: 15/04/2025 S56: 14/02/2026 Document submitted: 09/04/26 S64: 15/04/2026, submitted same day Grant: 20/04/2026
Points: 55+15
Visa: 491 (NT) Onshore Occupation: Software Engineer - 75 points Invite: 14th Nov 2024 Lodged: 12th Jan 2025 Granted: 20 April 2026
189 granted today! 😁😁 - Solicitor Invite- 13/11/2025 Lodged- 29/11/2025 Grant- 20/04/2026 Direct grant- no further requests! Onshore 85 pts
Timeline 491 invitation 27 Nov 2024 Lodge 5 December 2024 S56 request 20 March 2026 asking for health check and additional payslips Granted 20 April 2026 Occupation Chef 80 points Onshore NT resident
VIC 190 Visa Grant 🇦🇺 ICT BA Pre-Invite - Oct 2024 Lodged - 31/01/2025 Grant - 20/04/2026 (Straight grant)
190 visa granted today!!
SA 190 marketing specialist Onshore
Invited on 15 Jan 2025
Visa applied on 3 Feb 2025
Health check on 27 Mar 2025
Granted 20 Apr 2026
No co contact
No s56
190 Onshore NSW Motor Mechanic 03/02/2025 lodged 20/04/2026 granted 85 pts
491 Vic onshore ICT BUSINESS ANALYST DOL-06.12.24 S56- 20.03.26 afp, pcc and remedical. Grant- 20.04.26
Profile Summary for @usamajaved Nominated Occupation: 233512 Mechanical Engineer Unit Group: 2335 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers Country of Residence: Pakistan Assessing Authority: Engineers Australia Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 3M 5D)
Total Points: 85 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 10 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 20 Apr 2026 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Visa Granted - 31 Mar 2026 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Medical and polio certificate - 20 Jan 2025 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 15 Jan 2025 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 21 Nov 2024 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 08 Oct 2024 * VIC190 * 90 pts * Received Preinvite from State
Regarding S56 received on 31 March 2026, on which date did you reply?
Physio lodged on 2nd Jan 2026 here.
Just wondering people's thoughts (again) on if there's going to be many more (if any) 189 grants this FY?
Processing times are slowing, and I was REALLY hopeful I'd get my grant this FY... :(
we are waiting on Feb & mar FOIs to get latest data. I think good chance you will get grant this FY