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Fitter-Welder

Nigeria

50 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 25
  • English 0
  • Education 10
  • Australian experience 0
  • Overseas experience 10
  • Australian study 0
  • Regional study 0
  • Specialist study 0
  • Professional Year 0
  • NAATI/CCL 0
  • Partner English 5
Total before state nomination 50 pts

Timeline

  1. Submitted Visa Application 16 Jul 2023

    Subclass 491 Β· NT Β· 65 pts

    Waiting for 39 months and 19 days

Expected visa grant

Priority

Fitter-Welder lodged Subclass 491 on 16 Jul 2023

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

39 months and 19 days

Through the range

~100%

0 days

Lodged

50%

5.5 months

90%

18.3 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    27 Nov 2023

    4.4 months

  • 25% chance by

    03 Dec 2023

    4.6 months

  • 50% chance by

    29 Dec 2023

    5.5 months

  • 75% chance by

    25 Nov 2024

    16.4 months

  • 90% chance by

    23 Jan 2025

    18.3 months

  • 99% chance by

    25 Oct 2025

    27.4 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Fitter-Welder lodged Subclass 491 on 16 Jul 2023

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

Lodged before you
0
Lodged after you
130
Tracked total
130

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 Jul 2023 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Applicants 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2023 (1 total) Jul 23 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (2 total) Feb 24 Sep 24 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2025 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Feb 2025 (1 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 1 Priority applicant 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 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 16 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (31 total) 6 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (31 total) 9 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (31 total) 6 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (11 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (11 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (6 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (6 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (2 total) Nov 25 2 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (2 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (8 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (8 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (8 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (8 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (8 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (8 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (7 total) 6 Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (7 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2026 (4 total) 3 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) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2026 (2 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Sep 2026 (2 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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Fitter-Welder and applied for visa 16th 0f July, 2023

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