Status change from "Initial Assessment" to "Further Assessment" following completion of Biometrics and Medicals
22
Aug
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Completed Visa Medicals
01
Aug
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Submitted Visa Application
Waiting for
14 months and 15 days
01
Aug
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Booked Medicals for Visa
10
Jun
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received State Nomination Approval
10
Jun
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received Request for Further Information from State
10
Jun
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa
30
May
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Submitted Nomination Application to State
23
May
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received Preinvite from State
Received pre-invite from NSW for 491 at 100points inclusive state nomination
08
May
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Updated Expression of Interest (EOI)
05
May
2025
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received Skill Assessment Approval
Renewal
20
Aug
2024
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
Submitted single EOI for 190 & 491
13
Aug
2024
NSW
• 491
• 100 pts
Received English Test Results
Completed PTE, attained Superior score R-90, L-83, S-90 & W-90
Expected Visa Grant
Priority
Geologist lodged Subclass 491 on 01
Aug
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 4β6 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.
Your grant is expected to be expedited because Geologist is a
priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates
above.
69 lodged before you
Β·
60 lodged after you
Β· 131 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.
