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๐Ÿ“™ Daily Activity Report: 28 Nov 2025

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 28 November 2025, based on crowdsourced data from the skilled migration community.

Visa Grants

Subclass State Location Occupation Lodge โ†’ Grant Date S56 Date Detail
189 - ONSHORE Agricultural Consultant 26 Aug 2025 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 27 Nov 2025 Polio vaccination
190 VIC ONSHORE Information and Organisation Professional NEC 03 Oct 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 30 Oct 2025 Employment evidence, Remedicals, Partner AFP
190 VIC ONSHORE Architectural, building and surveying technician 01 Oct 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 01 Nov 2025 -
190 VIC OFFSHORE ICT BA 17 May 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 22 Oct 2025 -, 20 Nov 2025 Medicals
190 WA ONSHORE Social Worker 29 May 2025 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 UNKNOWN
491 VIC OFFSHORE Physiotherapist 05 Mar 2025 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 14 Jul 2025 -, 01 Oct 2025 Biometric for baby
491 VIC ONSHORE Secondary School Teacher 03 Apr 2025 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 30 Oct 2025 -
491 NSW OFFSHORE Marketing Specialist 12 Feb 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 16 Oct 2025 Spouse English, Remedicals, PCC, Form 80
491 NSW OFFSHORE Marketing Specialist 09 Feb 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 16 Oct 2025 Medicals
491 NSW OFFSHORE Marketing Specialist 05 Feb 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 15 Oct 2025 Medicals
491 NSW OFFSHORE Surveyor 14 Feb 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 16 Oct 2025 Remedicals, EE
491 NSW OFFSHORE Surveyor 31 Jan 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 15 Oct 2025 Medicals
491 NSW OFFSHORE Software Engineer 03 May 2023 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 28 May 2024 PCC, 31 Oct 2025 Remedicals
491 NSW OFFSHORE Software Tester 13 Feb 2024 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 16 Oct 2025 Medicals
491 VIC OFFSHORE Software Engineer 23 Nov 2023 โ†’ 28 Nov 2025 03 Sep 2025 Health check, PCC, 12 Nov 2025 Health check for son

S56 Trends

Subclass State Location Occupation Lodge Date S56 Date Detail
189 - OFFSHORE - 27 Aug 2025 28 Nov 2025 Military Service Details, Partner pts evidence
491 - OFFSHORE - 09 Oct 2023 28 Nov 2025 Partner Functional English (2nd S56, 1st on 16 Sep 2025)

Invitation Activity

Subclass State Location Occupation Points Invitation Date
190 NSW ONSHORE Construction Project Manager 75+5 06 Nov 2025 Preinvite, 28 Nov 2025 Full Invite

Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests

The most common S56 requests on 28 November 2025 involved medical-related documentation, particularly remedicals. Multiple offshore applicants who lodged visas in early 2024 (January-February) received S56 requests for medicals in mid-October 2025, with grants following approximately 6 weeks later. This pattern was particularly evident among NSW 491 applicants in Marketing Specialist and Surveyor occupations.

Partner-related documentation requests also featured prominently, including partner functional English evidence, partner points verification, and partner AFP checks. One notable case involved a second S56 request for an applicant who lodged in October 2023, highlighting extended processing times for some cases.

Priority occupation holders (Social Worker, Physiotherapist, Secondary School Teacher) demonstrated faster processing times, with grants occurring within 6-9 months of lodgement. Non-priority occupations showed significantly longer processing times, with some cases exceeding 20 months from lodgement to grant.

News and Updates

Northern Territory has commenced issuing onshore 190 preinvites (declarations) in recent days, indicating active state nomination activity.

โš ๏ธ Disclaimer: This blog post is an AI summary of crowdsourced comments and may be refreshed as more data arrives. Due to the nature of crowdsourced and AI-generated content, mistakes and discrepancies are possible. This information should be consumed with caution.

๐Ÿ“Š This data represents a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs and individual states possess complete data on grants and invitations.


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@biotechy 10M ago Pinned

s56 Requests for 28 Nov 2025: - 189 OFFSHORE Lodged 27 Aug 2025 s56 for Military Service Details and Evidence of Partner pts - 491 OFFSHORE Lodged 09 Oct 2023 s56 for Partner Functional English. This is secon s56, first s56 was on 16 Sep 2025

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@biotechy 10M ago

Onshore Finally itโ€™s our turn. PR GRANTED ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ VIC 190 ET 85 points (Electronics Engineer/ Engineering Technology ) Family of 4 onshore ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’โ€๐Ÿง’ PTE 7 Bands Experience 2.5 years offshore 4 years onshore (When invited) ROI January or Feb 2024 ๐Ÿ˜€ Final invite April 2024๐Ÿ˜˜ Lodge April 2024๐Ÿคž After 17 months requested to open file ๐Ÿ˜‡ Next week file opened S56 3rd Oct 2025 (Medical and AFP) ๐Ÿค” Submitted 8th October 2025 No response till 20th Nov ๐Ÿ˜ก Requested again to process : got standard reply ๐Ÿ˜‡ Called last two days immigration and today Granted 28.11.2025โค๏ธ๐Ÿงฟ.

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@biotechy 10M ago

491 Offshore Visa Granted Visa lodged : 13/02/2024 S56- Medicals: 16-Oct-2025 Visa Granted : 28/11/2025 Anz Code: 261314 (Software Tester) Family of 3

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@biotechy 10M ago

189 visa grant ๐ŸŽ‰ Agricultural Consultant 90 points onshore Invite: 21/08/25 Lodged: 26/08/25 S56 (polio vaccination): 27/11/25 submitted same day Granted: 28/11/2025 Point breakdown; Age: 30 English: 20 Single: 10 Master degree: 15 Aus study: 5 Regional: 5 Naati: 5

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@biotechy 10M ago

VIC 190 PR grant onshore Occupation: Information and Organisation Professional NEC Points: 85 + 5 Invitation: 27/08/2024 Visa Lodged: 03/10/2024 S56 (more evidence of previous employment, re medical and update AFP of partner): 30/10/2025 Grant Date: 28/11/2025

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@biotechy 10M ago

Received 491 Grant Today

Code - 261313 (Software Engineer) Family of 3 - NSW 491 Date of lodgement - May 3rd 2023 - Offshore India 1st S56 - May 28th 2024 (PCC) 2nd S56 - Oct 31th 2025 (Remedical of all 3 applicants) Nov 28th 2025 - Received golden email today.

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@biotechy 10M ago

Finallyyy Golden mail received 28-11-2025 Visa Grant 491 Victoria (priority) physiotherapist Lodged 5th of March S56 14 July 2025 S40 biometric request for added baby 1 Oct

Offshore 75 pts

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@biotechy 10M ago

State: NSW 190 Onshore Full Invite Pre invite date: 06/11/2025 Occupation: Construction Project Manager Points: 75+5 Nomination Application date: 18/11/2025 Nomination Approval date: 28/11/2025

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@biotechy 10M ago

491 offshore Lodged - 23 Nov 2023 1st S56 - 3 sep 2025 for health check and PCC 2nd S56 - 12 Nov 2025 health check for my son (he completed 2 years so had to redo) Grant received - 28th Nov 2025 Family of 4 (Software Engineer -261313) VIC

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@biotechy 10M ago

491 NSW Offshore DOL-14 feb 2024 S56 for remedical and EE- 16th October 2025 Occupation Surveyor Granted 28 Nov 2025

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@biotechy 10M ago

Offshoreโ€ฆMarketing Specialistโ€ฆ80 pts 15-12-2023โ€ฆPre-invitation NSW 491 24-12-2023โ€ฆ.NSW Nominatin 28-1-2024โ€ฆNSW Invitation nominations 12-2-2024โ€ฆ.Visa lodge 19-2-2024โ€ฆMedical & Biometric tests 16-10-2025โ€ฆReceiving S56 (English Spouse-remedical-PCC-form 80 for spouse) 6-11-2025โ€ฆS56 documents upload 28-11-2025โ€ฆVisa Grant

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@biotechy 10M ago

190 Grant Visa granted - 28/11/25 Lodged - 1/10/24 S56 - 1/11/25 VIC Architectural, building and surveying technician 312199

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@biotechy 10M ago

Just got my 491 Offshore Grant Visa lodge date : 31st Jan 2024 S56: re medical only on 15th October 2025 Occupation: Surveyor State: NSW

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@biotechy 10M ago

Nominated Occupation: 272511 Social Worker (Priority) Unit Group: 2725 Social Workers Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: WA Current Salary: AU$90,000 Assessing Authority: AASW Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 5M 30D)

Total Points: 80 (excluding state points)

Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5

Timeline / Events - 28 Nov 2025 * WA190 * 85 pts * Visa Granted - 29 May 2025 * WA190 * 85 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 29 May 2025 * WA190 * 85 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 26 May 2025 * WA190 * 85 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 27 Mar 2025 * WA190 * 85 pts * Received Preinvite from State

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@biotechy 10M ago

190 VIC ICT BA Offshore Lodged 17 May 2024 1st s56 on oct 22nd. Second 56 on nov 20th for medicals Granted 28 Nov 2025

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@biotechy 10M ago

Just got my 491 Grant

Visa lodge date : 05th Feb 2024 S56: re medical only on 15th Oct 2025 Medical clearance: 24th October 2025 Occupation: Marketing Specialist State: NSW Offshore

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@biotechy 10M ago

491 Offshore (SL) Granted 28 Nov 2025 Visa lodge date : 09th Feb 2024 S56: re medical 16th Oct 2025 Medical clearance: 23rd October 2025 Occupation: Marketing Specialist State: NSW Offshore

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@biotechy 10M ago

Looks like another quiet Friday!

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@biotechy 10M ago

Got my 491 Visa grant this morning. Timeline: 28/01/25: Submitted ROI 06/03/25: State Nomination received 14/03/25: Nomination Approved 03/04/25: Lodged Visa Application 30/10/25: S56 received 28/11/25: Visa granted Family of 4 Secondary School Teacher VIC Onshore

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@biotechy 10M ago

NT has already issued some onshore 190 preinvites (declarations) in last couple days.

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