Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer
Submit 56 required document:
PCC of partner’s previous name
16
Jun
2026
• 189
• 90 pts
Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer
PCC of partner’s previous name
02
Dec
2025
• 189
• 90 pts
Submitted Visa Application
Waiting for
10 months and 0 days
Expected Visa Grant
Priority
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) lodged Subclass 189 on 02
Dec
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.
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) lodged Subclass 189 on
02
Dec
2025
Your grant is expected to be expedited because Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) is a
priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates
above.
22 lodged before you
·
68 lodged after you
· 91 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 189 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 189 visas.
- 13th Nov 189 invited
- 2nd 2025 189 Lodged
- 16th June S56 for PCC of partner’s previous name
- 17th June S56 submitted
- Still in further assessment status
