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241511 Special Needs Teacher
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Special Needs Teacher •  flag
Canada
Age
30
English
20
Education
15
AU Exp
0
Overseas Exp
0
AU Study
0
Regional Study
0
Specialist Study
0
PY
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NAATI/CCL
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Skilled Partner
Civil Engineer
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16 Jul 2026 • 189 • 75 pts
Submitted Visa Application
Waiting for 3 months and 1 days
04 Jun 2026 • 189 • 75 pts
Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa

Expected Visa Grant

Priority
Special Needs Teacher lodged Subclass 189 on 16 Jul 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.

Processing range
Waiting 3 months and 1 days At ~40%
0 days
Lodged
50%
3.3 months
90%
4.1 months
10%
06 Oct 2026
2.7 months
25%
10 Oct 2026
2.8 months
50%
24 Oct 2026
3.3 months
75%
29 Oct 2026
3.5 months
90%
17 Nov 2026
4.1 months
99%
15 May 2027
10.0 months
Sooner
Average
Later

Your lodgement date position

Special Needs Teacher lodged Subclass 189 on 16 Jul 2026
Your grant is expected to be expedited because Special Needs Teacher is a priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates above.
Pending applicants by lodgement month
Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles Β· stacked by Direction 122 group
65 lodged before you Β· 5 lodged after you Β· 70 tracked total
Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 189 applicants, with Jul 2026 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Applicants 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2024 (1 total) Nov 24 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2024 (7 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2024 (7 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2024 (7 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2025 (2 total) Mar 25 Jul 25 1 Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (1 total) 4 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Nov 2025 (7 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (7 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Nov 2025 (7 total) Nov 25 7 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (10 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2025 (10 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (10 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2026 (1 total) Mar 26 8 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (32 total) 7 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (32 total) 17 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (32 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (7 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (7 total) Jul 26 1 Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (1 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2026 (1 total) Sep 26 YOU Visa lodgement month
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.

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