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Chef

WA, Australia

90 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 25
  • English 20
  • Education 15
  • Australian experience 10
  • Overseas experience 0
  • Australian study 5
  • Regional study 0
  • Specialist study 0
  • Professional Year 0
  • NAATI/CCL 5
  • Single 10
Total before state nomination 90 pts

Timeline

  1. Submitted Visa Application 27 Feb 2026

    Subclass 491 Β· WA Β· 105 pts

    Waiting for 8 months and 18 days

  2. Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa 04 Dec 2025

    Subclass 491 Β· WA Β· 105 pts

Expected visa grant

Onshore Non-Priority

Chef lodged Subclass 491 on 27 Feb 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.

Waiting

8 months and 18 days

Through the range

~6%

0 days

Lodged

50%

16.4 months

90%

22.7 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    04 May 2027

    14.2 months

  • 25% chance by

    31 May 2027

    15.1 months

  • 50% chance by

    12 Jul 2027

    16.4 months

  • 75% chance by

    25 Aug 2027

    17.9 months

  • 90% chance by

    19 Jan 2028

    22.7 months

  • 99% chance by

    14 Jul 2028

    28.6 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Chef lodged Subclass 491 on 27 Feb 2026

Lodged before you
91
Lodged after you
27
Tracked total
119

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 491 applicants, with Feb 2026 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Applicants 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2023 (1 total) Jul 23 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (1 total) Feb 24 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2024 (1 total) Sep 24 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2025 (1 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) Apr 25 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 14 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (26 total) 5 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (26 total) 7 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (26 total) 5 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (10 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (10 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (3 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (2 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Nov 2025 (3 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (3 total) Nov 25 3 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (3 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) Feb 26 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (6 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (6 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (4 total) Jun 26 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (3 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2026 (3 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (2 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Sep 2026 (3 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 491 visa applicants.

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