📙 Daily Activity Report: 27 Jan 2026 This report summarises...
@gregormendel (1M ago| Updated 1M ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 27 Jan 2026
This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 27 January 2026, based on crowdsourced data from the Australian skilled migration community.
Visa Grants
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Offshore Management Consultant | 10 Dec 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 189 | Onshore Social Worker | 16 Dec 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 190 NSW | Offshore ICT Business Analyst | 07 Jan 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 190 VIC | Onshore Developer Programmer | 02 Jan 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 190 WA | Offshore Petroleum Engineer | 03 Nov 2024 → 27 Jan 2026 | 05 Jan 2026: Updated PCC, Polio, Medicals; 21 Jan 2026: Daughter Polio |
| 190 TAS | Unknown Accountant | 12 Dec 2024 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 190 WA | Onshore Civil Engineering Draftsperson | 13 Jan 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 190 TSE | Onshore Enrolled Nurse | 11 Dec 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | 10 Jan 2026: UNKNOWN |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Developer Programmer | 08 Dec 2024 → 27 Jan 2026 | - |
| 491 | Unknown Secondary School Teacher | 21 Jul 2025 → 27 Jan 2026 | 19 Jan 2026: Newborn Medical |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | Offshore Social Worker | 13 Apr 2025 | 27 Jan 2026: Employment Evidence |
| 190 | Onshore Unknown | 16 Jan 2025 | 27 Jan 2026: India PCC, AFP |
| 190 VIC | Onshore Information and Organisation Professional | 18 Nov 2024 | 27 Jan 2026: Polio cert (family of 4), Medical screening (toddler 2.5 years) |
State Nomination Approvals
Western Australia (WA) approved multiple 190 and 491 nominations on 27 January 2026. Most preinvites were issued on 5 December 2025, with nominations approved within 7-8 weeks. Several applicants received requests for further documentation (university authorised letters, additional documents) in mid-January before final approval. Occupations included ECT, University Lecturer, Civil Draftsperson, and Civil Engineer.
New South Wales (NSW) approved a 190 nomination for Architectural Draftsperson (80 points) on 27 January 2026, following an S56 request on 23 January for partner English evidence and proof of regional residence during study period.
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
S56 requests on 27 January 2026 focused on standard documentation: employment evidence, police clearance certificates (India PCC, AFP), and health-related requirements. One family received requests for polio certification and medical screening for a toddler who had turned 2.5 years old. These requests align with typical compliance checks for visa applications lodged between November 2024 and April 2025.
Priority occupation grants (Social Worker, Secondary School Teacher, Enrolled Nurse) showed faster processing times ranging from 1.4 to 6.2 months. Non-priority occupations demonstrated more variable processing times, with some direct grants occurring within 1.7 months (Developer Programmer) and others taking up to 14.8 months (Petroleum Engineer) with multiple S56 requests.
Useful Resources
- NSW 190 ICT Business Analyst Profile: https://smartvisaguide.com/smithtowa
- NSW 190 S56 Request Details: https://smartvisaguide.com/sillypenguin5123
- WA 190 Petroleum Engineer Grant: https://smartvisaguide.com/wackychicken4080
⚠️ Disclaimer: This blog post is an AI summary of community 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.
📊 This data represents a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete grant and invitation data. For state nomination rounds, only the respective state has comprehensive round information.
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s56 Requests on 27 Jan 2026: - 190 OFFSHORE Lodged 13 Apr 2025 s56 for Employment Evidence, Social Worker - 190 ONSHORE Lodged 16 Jan 2025 s56 for India PCC and AFP - 190 ONSHORE Lodged 18 Nov 2024 s56 for polio cert for the family of 4 + medical screening of a toddler who has turned 2.5 years old now, VIC Information and Organisation Professional
Received QLD 190 grant (onshore developer programmer 85 points & family of 3). Here is the timeline. 27/oct/2024 - Eoi submitted 20/nov/2024 - pre invite 22/nov/2024 - submitted documents to get qld state nomination approval 03/dec/2024 - state nomination approved 08/dec/2024 - Lodged application 11/dec/2024 - completed medicals 27/jan/2025 - received direct grant & no additional documents been asked. (have updated pcc & afp before expiring date)
491 Granted family of 3 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER Lodged - 21 July 2025 CO assigned and start commencing our application - 20- December 2025 New Born child Added - 24 December 2025 New Born medical request - 19 January 2026 New Born Medical Assessment Cleared - 23 January 2026 GRANTED 27 JANUARY 2026
onshore
we, a family of four, just got our 189 Visa granted Invitation received at the 13th of Nov 2025, lodged 10th of Dec, granted 27 of Jan 2026. Occupation: Management Consultant with 85 pts. Offshore
190 grant for Enrolled Nurse Onshore TSE
Nominated applied on 11/11/2025
Pre invite on 11/11/2025
Additional documents requested on 27/11/2025
Nomination grant on 10/12/2025
Visa applied on 11/12/2025
S56 request on 10/01/2026
Visa grant on 27/01/2026
Almost no 491 grant since new year
yea, not sure why as well. Do you have any insights sir @gregormendel ?
🎉 Visa 190 GRANTED! 🇦🇺 🎉 👨👩👦👦 Family of three – Onshore application
⬆️ State: WA ( WA Graduate)
👷♀️Civil Engineering Draftsperson - Graduate Stream
📝 EOI & visa application lodged through agent
📌 EOI lodged: 12 Jan 2024 for 189,190,491 📌 Invitation received for 491: 13 Sep 2024 📌 Invitation received for 190: 17 Oct 2024
Accepted 491 few days before invitation expires and luckily got invited for 190. My agent emailed Migration Services that we will be applying for 190 instead of 491 and it was approved.
📌 Nomination for 190 approved: 5 Dec 2024 📌 Lodged 190: 13 Jan 2025 📌 Health Examination: 28 Feb 2025 🎊 Visa Grant: 27 Jan 2025
75 pts
189 Onshore November 13 2025 - Social Worker invite with 80points December 16 2025 - Lodged 189 visa January 27 2026 - 189 Pr Granted
Profile Summary for @giangnam1994 Nominated Occupation: 312111 Architectural Draftsperson Unit Group: 3121 Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: NSW Current Salary: AU$60,000 Assessing Authority: VETASSESS Skill Level: 2 Skilled Occupation List: STSOL Current Status: Invited
Total Points: 75 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 10 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 5 - Unskilled Partner: 0 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 0
Timeline / Events - 27 Jan 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 23 Jan 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received Request for Further Information from State Request of Partner English and evidence of living in regional while studying - 15 Jan 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received Preinvite from State - 15 Jul 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI)
27 Jan 2026 TAS 190 grant date. Lodge date. 12.12.2024 no s56 , direct grant Occupation Accountant
WA Nomination approved 491 Civil Engineer 5 December 2025- invited 16 December 2025- submit documents 15 January 2026-Further documents request 20 January 2026- submit additional documents 27 January 2026- Nomination approved
WA Nomination 190 Approved! Onshore Civil Draftsperson 85 pts Pre invite 5 dec! Approved today! No request of additional Documents!
@gregormendal, applied 189 on 5th Sep 2025 ( from Aug 2025 invitation round) RN nec offshore.. when can expect the grant? still showing received
update ur profile mate u will see timelines
have updated, where to see
top right, click New Event, add 'Submitted Visa Application' event
top left i mean, near ur profile picture
it shows more than 90% and it is red zone, meaning my one taking longer than usual time?
ur profile is not complete because i cant see your timeline
@botechy: Can you review my profile? It is showing incomplete, even though I updated the detail
jig, edit profile, and there is a question for partner skill, a dropdown, make sure you answer it, then you can create event
@botechy: I am a single applicant.
WA Nomination approved Pre Invite 5 December, 2025 Lodge 15 December, 2025 Req Further docs 12 January, 2026 ( University Authorized Letter) Nomination Approve 27 January, 2026 190 University Lecturer
Finally WA Nomination approved onshore Invited 05 DEC 2025 LODGED 15 dec Req Further docs 14 jan 2026 Final invite 27 Jan 2026 Subclass 190 Occupation ECT
Finally its my turn Subclass 190 Code 233612 Petroleum Engineer Offshore breakdown • Age 30 • Qualification 15 • Experience 10 • Naati 5 • PTE superior 20 • Spouse PTE 5 • Total 85+5 = 90 Timeline Decided to apply for PR 1-Nov-23 Skill Assessment (Fast Track) 16-Feb-23 NAATI 14-Mar-23 Assessment of Relevant Skilled Employment 22-Mar-23 PTE Spouse 6-Apr-23 PTE myself 1 (Score 50+) 8-Apr-23 PTE myself 2 (Score 50+) 14-May-23 EOI Submitted 9-Apr-23 PTE myself 3 (Score 50+) 28-May-23 PTE myself 4 (Score 50+) 10-Jun-23 PTE myself 5 (Score 65+) 8-Jul-23 EOI updated with PTE score 9-Jul-23 EOI updated with experience 19-Feb-24 PTE myself 6 (Scored 79+) 3-Sep-24 EOI updated with PTE score 3-Sep-24 Pre-Invite 10-Oct-24 Final Invite 23-Oct-24 Visa Lodged 3-Nov-24 Health assessment submitted (family 4) 20-Nov-24 PCC submitted (3 countries) 15-Dec-24 S56 for updated PCC, Polio and medicals 5-Jan-26 Submitted Response 10-Jan-26 2nd S56 (Daughter Polio) 21-Jan-26 Submitted Response 21-Jan-26 Grant 27-Jan-26 No agent
Visa Granted 27/01/2026 Developer Programmer ( onshore) Invitation - 02 Dec 2024 Lodged - 02 Jan 2025 Direct Grant State : VIC 190
Profile Summary for @snappybear1321 Nominated Occupation: 261111 ICT Business Analyst Unit Group: 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts Country of Residence: India Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 20D)
Total Points: 90 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 25 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 15 - Skilled Partner: 10 (Occupation: Information and Organisation Professionals nec), Skill Level: 1, Skilled Occupation List: STSOL - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 27 Jan 2026 * NSW190 * 95 pts * Visa Granted - 10 Dec 2025 * NSW190 * 95 pts * General Updated the application with renewed PCC - 15 Jan 2025 * NSW190 * 95 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 07 Jan 2025 * NSW190 * 95 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 13 Dec 2024 * NSW190 * 95 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 03 Dec 2024 * NSW190 * 95 pts * Received Preinvite from State
@gregormendel did you mean 26th of Jan?
26 Jan is public holiday (today)
It makes sense now. :D
It should be 18 November 2024.
thnx, updated