Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa
20
Feb
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received English Test Results
Achieved superior English after multiple attempts
17
Dec
2024
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received NAATI/CCL Results
04
Sep
2024
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
04
Sep
2024
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received Skill Assessment Approval
20
Aug
2024
• 85 pts
Started Skilled Migration Process
Expected Visa Grant
Priority
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher lodged Subclass 491 on 10
Jun
2026
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.
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher lodged Subclass 491 on
10
Jun
2026
Your grant is expected to be expedited because Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher is a
priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates
above.
146 lodged before you
·
12 lodged after you
· 160 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 491 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 491 visas.
