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๐Ÿ“™ Daily Activity Report: 08 December 2025

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 08 December 2025, based on crowdsourced data from the community.

Visa Grants

Subclass State Location Occupation Lodge โ†’ Grant Date S56 Date Detail
491 SA OFFSHORE Mechanical Engineer 29 Jun 2023 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 05 Aug 2025 Remedicals
491 QLD ONSHORE Primary Products Inspector 24 Apr 2024 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 06 Nov 2025 AFP, Medicals
190 TAS ONSHORE Welder 07 Apr 2025 โ†’ 06 Dec 2025 None (Direct Grant)
190 TAS ONSHORE Registered Nurse NEC 10 Sep 2025 โ†’ 06 Dec 2025 None (Proactive PCC)
190 TAS ONSHORE Early Childhood Teacher 12 Sep 2025 โ†’ 06 Dec 2025 None (Proactive AFP)
189 ONSHORE Registered Nurse NEC 01 Sep 2025 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 None (Direct Grant)
189 ONSHORE Early Childhood Teacher 29 Aug 2025 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 None (Direct Grant)
190 SA OFFSHORE ICT Security Specialist 26 Oct 2024 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 None (Direct Grant)
190 VIC ONSHORE General Accountant 27 Oct 2024 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 None (Direct Grant)
190 TAS ONSHORE Chef 25 Oct 2024 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 None (Proactive AFP)
190 SA OFFSHORE Biotechnologist 28 Oct 2024 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 None (Direct Grant)
190 TAS ONSHORE Enrolled Nurse 07 May 2025 โ†’ 08 Dec 2025 UNKNOWN

S56 Trends

Subclass State Location Occupation Lodge Date S56 Date Detail
491 OFFSHORE (PK) - 28 May 2024 08 Dec 2025 Medicals
491 SA OFFSHORE Mechanical Engineer 29 Jun 2023 05 Aug 2025 Remedicals
491 QLD ONSHORE Primary Products Inspector 24 Apr 2024 06 Nov 2025 AFP, Medicals

Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests

S56 requests observed today primarily involved medicals and remedicals for 491 visa applicants. One offshore applicant from Pakistan lodged in May 2024 received a medical request. A South Australian 491 case from June 2023 received remedicals in August 2025 before grant. A Queensland 491 applicant received requests for both AFP and medicals in November 2025.

Priority occupations (Health and Teaching) continue to demonstrate significantly faster processing times. Early Childhood Teachers and Registered Nurses received grants within 3-7 months of lodgement, with most being direct grants. Non-priority occupations showed more varied processing times, ranging from approximately 7 months to over 29 months for the SA Mechanical Engineer case.

Several applicants proactively uploaded AFP checks and PCCs, which may have contributed to direct grants without S56 requests. Tasmania appears particularly active in processing 190 visas for both priority and non-priority occupations.

News and Updates

No specific news or announcements were included in today's comments.


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

๐Ÿ“Š Data Limitation: This represents crowdsourced data and is therefore a subset of total activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete grant and invitation data.


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@biotechy 10M ago Pinned

s56 Requests for 08 Dec 2025: - 491 OFFSHORE (PK) Lodged 28 May 2024 s56 for Medicals

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@biotechy 10M ago

Occupation: physiotherapist WA 190 Onshore 70 pts EOI applied: Nov 2024 Invitation: 31/05/25 Applied: 31/07/2025 Medicals: Aug2025 Granted:08/12/25

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@biotechy 10M ago

SA 190 Invitation - Onshore Occupation: Aero Engineer Skilled employment SA 1.5 year exp in Australia only Total points: 90+5 ROI lodged: 26 Nov 25 Made New EOI same day Pre invite: 01 Dec 25 ROI Application lodged: 02 Dec 25 190 Visa invitation: 03 Dec 25 190 Visa Lodged: 08 Dec 25

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@biotechy 10M ago

189 PR Visa Granted! Invite 21st August Lodged 1st September Granted 8th December No S56 Direct Grant Painting Trades Worker 75 points Offshore Family of 4

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@abdulghuman 10M ago

Please, sir, can you guide @gregormendel Is it true that offshore applicants in low-demand occupations like Chemical Engineer basically need Superior English to get invited?

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@biotechy 10M ago

189 Granted today! Invited August 21 Lodged September 1 Direct Grant today 8/12 RN nec Onshore

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@biotechy 10M ago

Profile Summary for @happywalrus8174 Nominated Occupation: 241111 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher (Priority) Unit Group: 2411 Early Childhood (Pre Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: NSW Assessing Authority: AITSL Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 3M 9D)

Total Points: 85 (excluding state points)

Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Computer Network and Systems Engineer), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0

Timeline / Events - 08 Dec 2025 * 189 * 85 pts * Visa Granted - 08 Sep 2025 * 189 * 85 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 29 Aug 2025 * 189 * 85 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 21 Aug 2025 * 189 * 85 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa

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@biotechy 10M ago

Profile Summary for @zirasukh13 Nominated Occupation: 411411 Enrolled Nurse (Priority) Unit Group: 4114 Enrolled and Mothercraft Nurses Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: TAS Current Salary: AU$70,000 Assessing Authority: ANMAC Skill Level: 2 Skilled Occupation List: STSOL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 7M 1D)

Total Points: 65 (excluding state points)

Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 10 - Education: 10 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5

Timeline / Events - 08 Dec 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Visa Granted - 07 May 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 02 May 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 28 Apr 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) - 28 Apr 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Submitted State Registration of Interest (ROI) - 28 Apr 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Received Preinvite from State - 28 Apr 2025 * TAS190 * 70 pts * Submitted Nomination Application to State

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@biotechy 10M ago

TAS 190 Onshore Got 190 grant Saturday Applied: 12 Sept 2025 Medical: 15 Sept 2025 Proactively uploaded AFP with English name: 10 Nov 2025 Grant: 6 Dec 2025 (no s56 request) Occupation: Early Childhood Teacher (ECT)

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@biotechy 10M ago

190 visa granted DOL: 25/10/2024 Occupation: Chef Points: 75 State: Tasmania Date of grant: 8/12/2025 No s56 request. Updated proactively AFP last month.

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@saavi 10M ago

Why they not considering ENROLLED NURSES for priority grant, WA 190 Waiting from june, no update, schedule 1

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@biotechy 10M ago

190 Granted โœ… Grant date: 08/12/2025 DOL: 28/10/2024 Occupation: Biotechnology Status: Offshore State: SA Direct Grant Application: Single

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@biotechy 10M ago

190 Visa Grant!! ๐ŸŽ‰

90 points (Skilled Partner) Victoria - Onshore (Non-Priority) General Accountant Invite: 8 Oct 2024 Lodged: 27 Oct 2024 Grant: 8 Dec 2025 No s56

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@biotechy 10M ago

190 Granted Today๐Ÿป Visa lodge- 07- April-2025 Visa Grant- 06-Dec-2025 No S56 Direct Grant Welder Onshore TAS

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@biotechy 10M ago

Got TAS 190 grant today Applied: 10th Sept 2025 Medical: 17th Sept 2025 Overseas travel: 21st Sept - 10 Nov 2025 Uploaded overseas PCC after coming back Grant: 6th Dec 2025 Occupation: Registered Nurse Nec

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@biotechy 10M ago

QLD/ primary product inspector 491 onshore grant Submitted 24 April 2024 S56 6 nov (afp and medical) Medical and documents submitted on 12 nov Visa granted 8 dec 2025 Family of 4

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@biotechy 10M ago

SA MECHANICAL ENGINEER 491 Visa grant received DOL: 29/06/2023 S56: for remedical - 5/8/2025 Visa Grant: 8/12/2025

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@biotechy 10M ago

SA 190 Offshore Direct grant - SA DOL: 26/10/2024 Grant date: 8/12/2025 Occupation: ICT Security Family of 4 95 points

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@matt 10M ago

quiet day so far?

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