Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer
09
Feb
2026
• 189
• 85 pts
Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer
Received S56 for employment evidence
03
Sep
2025
• 189
• 85 pts
Submitted Visa Application
Waiting for
13 months and 5 days
21
Aug
2025
• 189
• 85 pts
Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa
received invitation
01
May
2025
• 85 pts
Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
29
Apr
2025
• 85 pts
Received Partner Skill Assessment Approval
03
Mar
2025
• 85 pts
Received Skill Assessment Approval
04
Feb
2025
• 85 pts
General Event
RECEIVED PARTNER ENGLISH TEST RESULTS
01
Jul
2024
• 85 pts
Received English Test Results
26
Jun
2024
• 85 pts
Started Skilled Migration Process
Expected Visa Grant
Priority
University Lecturer lodged Subclass 189 on 03
Sep
2025
About this estimate:
Level 1 (priority occupations) and level 2 (onshore non-priority) each use grant samples from their own group.
Levels 3 and 4 (offshore non-priority) use a combined sample set because many past grant profiles do not say
whether the person applied alone or with a partner or family. Combining them gives us more data
for a stable estimate. Priority levels follow
Direction 122.
Direction 122 started on 19 September 2026, so these estimates currently rely on data from before the change.
We expect to need 4–6 weeks of data under the new rules, until around the end of October, for estimates
to stabilise and reflect the new processing patterns. Treat them as provisional until then.
University Lecturer lodged Subclass 189 on
03
Sep
2025
Your grant is expected to be expedited because University Lecturer is a
priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates
above.
11 lodged before you
·
75 lodged after you
· 87 tracked
total
Priority
Onshore Non-Priority
Offshore Non-Priority
Your month
Important:
This chart only includes SmartVisaGuide users actively tracking their visa profile. It is not the
complete population of Subclass 189 visa applicants.
We have prepared a detailed s56 request analysis report (~2000 words) based on an analysis of recent s56 to
grant timelines in
the SmartVisaGuide database for Subclass 189 visas.
