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People's Republic of China
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People's Republic of China
Joined 1M ago Seen 18H ago 2 events
People's Republic of China
75 pts
Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 90 pts
Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 90 pts
Waiting for 9 months and 3 days
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures) lodged Subclass 491 on 22 Jan 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 4โ6 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
9 months and 3 days
Through the range
~11%
0 days
Lodged
50%
22.3 months
90%
33.6 months
10% chance by
07 Oct 2026
8.5 months
25% chance by
04 May 2027
15.4 months
50% chance by
02 Dec 2027
22.3 months
75% chance by
25 Mar 2028
26.1 months
90% chance by
09 Nov 2028
33.6 months
99% chance by
07 Jan 2029
35.6 months
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures) lodged Subclass 491 on 22 Jan 2026
Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles ยท stacked by Direction 122 group
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.
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