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Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)

South Africa

85 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 30
  • 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 English 5
Total before state nomination 85 pts

Timeline

  1. Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer 23 Sep 2026

    Subclass 190 Β· NSW Β· 90 pts

    Request for form 80, police clearance, health assessment & employment evidence.

  2. Submitted Visa Application 14 May 2025

    Subclass 190 Β· NSW Β· 90 pts

    Waiting for 17 months and 24 days

  3. Received State Nomination Approval 20 Mar 2025

    Subclass 190 Β· NSW Β· 90 pts

  4. Received Preinvite from State 14 Jan 2025

    Subclass 190 Β· NSW Β· 90 pts

  5. Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) 31 Oct 2024

    Subclass 190 Β· NSW Β· 90 pts

Expected visa grant

Priority

Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) lodged Subclass 190 on 14 May 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.

Waiting

17 months and 24 days

Through the range

~91%

0 days

Lodged

50%

8.7 months

90%

17.6 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    14 Oct 2025

    5.0 months

  • 25% chance by

    16 Nov 2025

    6.1 months

  • 50% chance by

    02 Feb 2026

    8.7 months

  • 75% chance by

    12 Oct 2026

    17.0 months

  • 90% chance by

    30 Oct 2026

    17.6 months

  • 99% chance by

    29 Jul 2027

    26.5 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) lodged Subclass 190 on 14 May 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.

Lodged before you
38
Lodged after you
107
Tracked total
146

Pending applicants by lodgement month

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

Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 190 applicants, with May 2025 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 Applicants 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2023 (1 total) Apr 23 1 Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2023 (1 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2023 (1 total) Dec 23 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2024 (1 total) Aug 24 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2024 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2024 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2024 (2 total) 4 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2025 (4 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2025 (2 total) 6 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (7 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2025 (7 total) 7 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (10 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (10 total) 19 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (22 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2025 (22 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (22 total) May 25 14 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (21 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (21 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (21 total) 5 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (7 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (7 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (1 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (4 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (4 total) Dec 25 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2026 (1 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (5 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (5 total) 5 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2026 (13 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2026 (13 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2026 (13 total) 4 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (14 total) 6 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (14 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (14 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (10 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (10 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (10 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (8 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (8 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2026 (8 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2026 (1 total) Aug 26 2 Priority applicants lodged in Sep 2026 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2026 (1 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Nov 2026 (2 total) Nov 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 190 visa applicants.

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