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Awaiting Visa
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Philippines in
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WA • Australia
233211 Civil Engineer
@pnd • 4 events →
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Civil Engineer • flag
WA • Australia
Age
30
English
20
Education
15
AU Exp
0
Overseas Exp
5
AU Study
5
Regional Study
0
Specialist Study
0
PY
0
NAATI/CCL
0
Single
10
05 May 2026 WA • 491 • 100 pts
Completed Visa Medicals
02 May 2026 WA • 491 • 100 pts
Submitted Visa Application
Waiting for 3 months and 3 days
22 Apr 2026 WA • 491 • 100 pts
Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa
06 Mar 2026 WA • 491 • 100 pts
Received Preinvite from State

Expected Visa Grant

Onshore Priority
Civil Engineer lodged Subclass 491 on 02 May 2026
Processing range
Waiting 3 months and 3 days At ~18%
0 days
Lodged
50%
11.3 months
90%
15.8 months
10%
25 Jun 2026
1.8 months
25%
07 Sep 2026
4.2 months
50%
11 Apr 2027
11.3 months
75%
06 Jul 2027
14.1 months
90%
26 Aug 2027
15.8 months
99%
29 Oct 2027
17.9 months
Sooner
Average
Later
How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Civil Engineer lodged Subclass 491 on 02 May 2026
Your grant is expected to be expedited because Civil Engineer is a priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 119. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates above.
Pending applicants by lodgement month
Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles · stacked by Direction 119 group
105 lodged before you · 15 lodged after you · 121 tracked total
Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 491 applicants, with May 2026 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Applicants 1 Offshore applicant lodged in May 2023 (1 total) May 23 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Jun 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Jul 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (1 total) Dec 23 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (1 total) Jul 24 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Aug 2024 (1 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2024 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2024 (1 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2025 (1 total) 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Feb 2025 (1 total) Feb 25 4 Offshore applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 3 Offshore applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (3 total) 4 Offshore applicants lodged in May 2025 (8 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (8 total) 2 Onshore Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (8 total) 23 Offshore applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (28 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (28 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2025 (28 total) 9 Offshore applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (9 total) 7 Offshore applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (7 total) 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (1 total) Sep 25 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (1 total) 2 Offshore applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (4 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2025 (4 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Dec 2025 (4 total) 4 Offshore applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (6 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2026 (6 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2026 (6 total) 2 Offshore applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 3 Offshore applicants lodged in Mar 2026 (4 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (4 total) 6 Offshore applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2026 (7 total) 3 Offshore applicants lodged in May 2026 (5 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (5 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (5 total) May 26 4 Offshore applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (6 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2026 (6 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2026 (6 total) 3 Offshore applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (4 total) 1 Onshore Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2026 (4 total) 1 Offshore applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (1 total) Aug 26 YOU Visa lodgement month
Onshore Priority Onshore Non-Priority Offshore 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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Application Date Activity

Activity for visas lodged within 3 days of 02 May 2026
02 May 2026 • 491 • WA • Onshore • 100pts
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