📙 Daily Activity Report: 23 April 2026 This report...
@gregormendel (1W ago| Updated 1W ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 23 April 2026
This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for Australian skilled migration 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 Engineering Technologist | 04 Jan 2025 → 23 Apr 2026 | 24 Mar 2026 Medicals; 22 Apr 2026 Health Undertaking Form 815 |
| 189 | Offshore Carpenter | 20 Aug 2025 → 23 Apr 2026 | UNKNOWN (3x S56: payslips/tax docs, Form 80/PCC, military certificate) |
| 491 NT | - Materials Engineer | 27 Dec 2024 → 23 Apr 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 Form 80 + Polio |
| 491 SA | - Computer Network and System Engineer | 19 Dec 2025 → 23 Apr 2026 | Direct Grant (No S56) |
| 189 | Onshore Early Childhood Teacher | 18 Dec 2025 → 23 Apr 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 189 | Offshore Registered Nurse NEC | 22 Nov 2025 → 23 Apr 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 190 | Onshore Secondary School Teacher | 19 Feb 2026 → 23 Apr 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 491 WA | Onshore Chef | 28 Apr 2025 → 23 Apr 2026 | Direct Grant (No S56) |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 VIC | Offshore Engineering Technologist | 04 Jan 2025 | 24 Mar 2026 Medicals; 22 Apr 2026 Health Undertaking Form 815 |
| 491 NT | - Materials Engineer | 27 Dec 2024 | 31 Mar 2026 Form 80 + Polio |
| 189 | Offshore Carpenter | 20 Aug 2025 | UNKNOWN (3x S56: payslips/tax docs, Form 80/PCC, military certificate) |
Invitation Activity
No invitation round data was reported for this period.
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
Priority occupations (Teaching and Health) continue to demonstrate expedited processing. The Secondary School Teacher received a grant in approximately 2 months, while the Registered Nurse NEC and Early Childhood Teacher received grants in approximately 5 months. These processing times are significantly faster than non-priority occupations.
For non-priority occupations, visa processing times varied considerably. The Engineering Technologist (VIC 190) took approximately 15 months, while the Materials Engineer (NT 491) took approximately 16 months. The Computer Network and System Engineer (SA 491) received a direct grant in approximately 4 months, and the Chef (WA 491) took approximately 12 months.
S56 requests remain common across all visa subclasses. Medical requests and remedicals continue to be the most frequent S56 type, followed by requests for Form 80, police clearance certificates, and additional employment documentation. Multiple S56 requests (as seen with the Carpenter case receiving 3 separate requests) can extend processing times significantly. Health Undertaking Form 815 requests appear to be issued when medical conditions require ongoing monitoring or treatment commitments.
Direct grants without S56 requests were reported for two 491 cases (SA and WA), suggesting that complete and accurate documentation at lodgement can facilitate faster processing.
🔵 This data is crowdsourced and represents a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs has complete grant data.
🔴 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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FB group post My 491 Visa Journey 🇦🇺 Family of 3 | Main Applicant
Occupation: Architect Victoria, onshore
Points: 90 (including state nomination)
Thought I’d share my journey—it had a few ups and downs but finally got there!
I actually received two invitations last year. The first one, I had mistakenly entered incorrect information in my EOI. I realised it after getting invited, so I had to let it expire.
A few months later, I received another invitation with the correct details, and that’s the one I proceeded with.
I was working in my field as an architect throughout, and I handled the entire process myself—from submitting the EOI to lodging the visa application (no agent).
Just when things were going smoothly, I ran into a technical issue—my ImmiAccount link stopped working just 5 days before the deadline. I contacted the IT team, and luckily they fixed it within 2 days, so I was able to submit everything on time.
📅 Lodged: 23 May 2025
✅ Granted: 23 April 2026
A long wait, but totally worth it in the end. Happy to answer any questions if it helps someone going through the same journey!
190(NSW) Granted.
Profession: Urban and Regional Planner Points: 95 EOI Submission: April 18, 2024 Invitation: October 10, 2024 NSW Nomination Submitted: October 23, 2024 NSW Nomination Approved: November 19, 2024 Visa Application: December 27, 2024 Grant: March 23, 2026 Actively updated the PCCs. No S56, Direct Grant
South Australia 491 Visa granted! All glories to Lord Mahadev 🕉️ 🔹 NOC: 263111 – Computer Network and System Engineer 🔹 Points: 75 (90 with state nomination) 🔹 Experience: 1.5 years onshore, 7.5 years offshore 🔹 English: Proficient 🔹 EOI : 3 December 2025 Invitation received: 12th December 2025 🔹 Visa lodged: 19 th December 2025 🔹 Direct grant: 23rd April 2026
189 finally granted Carpenter 70 points offshore single 2 years exp claimed EOI lodgement 20 JAN 2025 Invitation 20 AUG 2025 Received 3x s56 (more payslips,tax docs / form80, home police clearance / military certificate) GRANTED 23 APRIL 2026
Finally 491(FS) Granted.
State: NT Profession: Materials Engineer Points: 85 ROI Submission date: 24th July 2024 Invitation: 7th November 2024 Visa Application: 27th December 2024 Medical & biometrics: 5th Jan 2025 Form 80 + Polio request: 31st March 2026 Form 80 submission: 19th April 2026 Grant: 23rd April 2026
Offshore
190 granted family of 4 Onshore Secondary School Teacher Everything done by myself. No agents Nomination applied 24.11.2025@1.30pm Invitation received on 20.01.2026 Visa applied on 19.02.2026 Medical done in first and third weeks in March 2026 Visa granted on 23.04.2026
NT
189 Visa Granted EOI March 2025 Invited: 13th Nov 2025 Lodged: 18th Dec 2025 Granted: 23rd April 2026 Points: 85 ECT Superior English No agent Onshore
189 Visa Granted EOI March 2025 Invited: 13th Nov 2025 Lodged: 22nd Nov 2025 Granted: 23rd April 2026 Points: 80 RN NEC Offshore With Skilled Partner Superior English From Nepal 🇳🇵 No agent, all steps were done by self from skill assessment to lodging visa
Profile Summary for @cheekybear9120 Nominated Occupation: 233914 Engineering Technologist Unit Group: 2339 Other Engineering Professionals Country of Residence: Zimbabwe Assessing Authority: Engineers Australia Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 3M 19D)
Total Points: 80 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 5 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Electronics Engineer), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 23 Apr 2026 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Visa Granted - 22 Apr 2026 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Health undertaking form requested. - 22 Apr 2026 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Submitted Health Undertaking Form 815 - 01 Apr 2026 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Cleared Visa Medicals - 27 Mar 2026 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals S56 Medicals - 24 Mar 2026 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Medicals for main applicant - 15 Aug 2025 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals Newborn medicals - 13 Aug 2025 * VIC190 * 85 pts * General Newborn added to application - 09 Jun 2025 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 04 Jan 2025 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 06 Dec 2024 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 06 Dec 2024 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 13 Nov 2024 * VIC190 * 85 pts * Received Preinvite from State
491 Granted just now. Lodged. 28 April 2025 Medical. 1 June 2025 Invite: 19 Feb 2025 WA Nomination approval: 28 April 2025 No S56. Family of 3 all onshore. Occupation: Chef