Received Request for Further Information from State
06
May
2026
NSW
• 491
• 90 pts
Submitted Nomination Application to State
30
Apr
2026
NSW
• 491
• 90 pts
Received Preinvite from State
03
Mar
2025
NSW
• 190
• 80 pts
Received English Test Results
PTE
20
Dec
2024
• 190
• 80 pts
Received Skill Assessment Approval
20
Dec
2024
• 190
• 80 pts
Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
07
Oct
2024
• 190
• 80 pts
Applied for Skill Assessment
02
Oct
2024
• 190
• 80 pts
Received English Test Results
Expected Visa Grant
Priority
Primary School Teacher lodged Subclass 491 on 17
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.
Primary School Teacher lodged Subclass 491 on
17
Jun
2026
Your grant is expected to be expedited because Primary School Teacher is a
priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates
above.
149 lodged before you
·
10 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.
