Ray @mf2024

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@mf2024 Maintenance Planner 312911

Iran living in Iran

Awaiting Visa Priority

Joined 2Y ago Seen 23m ago 3 events

Maintenance Planner

Iran

75 pts

Points breakdown

Age 25
English 20
Education 15
Australian experience 0
Overseas experience 15
Australian study 0
Regional study 0
Specialist study 0
Professional Year 0
NAATI/CCL 0
Partner Skills 0

Total before state nomination 75 pts

Timeline

Submitted Visa Application 09 Jun 2025

Subclass 491 · NSW · 90 pts

Waiting for 16 months and 14 days
Received Preinvite from State 30 Jan 2025

Subclass 491 · NSW · 90 pts
Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) 27 Nov 2023

Subclass 491 · 90 pts

Expected visa grant

Priority

Maintenance Planner lodged Subclass 491 on 09 Jun 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 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

16 months and 14 days

Through the range

~73%

0 days

Lodged

50%

10.9 months

90%

18.7 months

Sooner Average Later

10% chance by

15 Oct 2025

4.2 months
25% chance by

11 Nov 2025

5.1 months
50% chance by

05 May 2026

10.9 months
75% chance by

26 Oct 2026

16.6 months
90% chance by

30 Dec 2026

18.7 months
99% chance by

01 Aug 2028

37.8 months

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Your lodgement date position

Maintenance Planner lodged Subclass 491 on 09 Jun 2025

Your grant is expected to be expedited because Maintenance Planner is a priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates above.

Lodged before you: 33
Lodged after you: 101
Tracked total: 135

Pending applicants by lodgement month

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

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.

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Comprehensive S56 Analysis Report

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