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Environmental Scientists nec

WA, Australia

90 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 30
  • English 20
  • Education 15
  • Australian experience 5
  • Overseas experience 0
  • Australian study 5
  • Regional study 5
  • Specialist study 0
  • Professional Year 0
  • NAATI/CCL 0
  • Partner PR/Citizen 10
Total before state nomination 90 pts

Timeline

  1. Submitted Visa Application 21 Jan 2023

    Subclass 189 Β· 90 pts

    Waiting for 45 months and 7 days

Expected visa grant

Onshore Non-Priority

Environmental Scientists nec lodged Subclass 189 on 21 Jan 2023

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.

Waiting

45 months and 7 days

Through the range

~100%

0 days

Lodged

50%

7.3 months

90%

9.7 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    08 Jun 2023

    4.5 months

  • 25% chance by

    04 Jul 2023

    5.4 months

  • 50% chance by

    01 Sep 2023

    7.3 months

  • 75% chance by

    17 Sep 2023

    7.9 months

  • 90% chance by

    13 Nov 2023

    9.7 months

  • 99% chance by

    04 Oct 2024

    20.5 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Environmental Scientists nec lodged Subclass 189 on 21 Jan 2023

Lodged before you
0
Lodged after you
73
Tracked total
73

Pending applicants by lodgement month

Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles Β· stacked by Direction 122 group

Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 189 applicants, with Jan 2023 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Applicants Jan 23 Sep 23 May 24 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2024 (1 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2024 (6 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2024 (6 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2025 (2 total) Jan 25 1 Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (1 total) Sep 25 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Nov 2025 (4 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (4 total) 6 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (9 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2025 (9 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (9 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2026 (1 total) May 26 8 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (29 total) 7 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (29 total) 14 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (29 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (8 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (8 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (1 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2026 (1 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2026 (10 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2026 (10 total) 7 Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2026 (10 total) Oct 26 YOU Visa lodgement month
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.

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