📙 Daily Activity Report: 25 Feb 2026 This report summarises...

📙 Daily Activity Report: 25 Feb 2026

This report summarises visa grants, s56 requests, and invitation activity for Australian skilled visas (subclasses 189, 190, and 491) based on crowdsourced data from the community.

Visa Grants

S56 Trends

No new s56 requests were reported for 25 Feb 2026.

Invitation Activity

Trends and Patterns

Visa Processing Times: - Priority Occupations (Health): Subclass 189 grants for General Practitioner and Physiotherapist processed in approximately 3 months. Subclass 190 grants for Registered Nurses nec processed between 1-2 months, demonstrating expedited processing under Ministerial Direction 105. - Non-Priority Occupations: Processing times varied significantly. Engineering and ICT occupations showed processing times ranging from 1 month (WA 190 Civil Engineering Draftsperson) to 12 months (NSW 491 ICT Business Analyst). Most grants fell within the 3-6 month range. - Subclass 491: Processing times ranged from 1 month to nearly 2 years, with most cases processed within 6-12 months.

S56 Request Patterns: - Medical requests (including remedicals and polio vaccination) were the most common s56 type across all subclasses. - Police Clearance Certificates (PCC) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) checks were frequently requested, particularly for onshore applicants. - Form 80 requests appeared for both primary and secondary applicants. - Employment verification documents (reference letters, ITRs, super summaries, payslips, bank statements) were requested in some cases. - Most s56 requests occurred in January 2026, with response times typically within 1-2 weeks.

Family Composition: - Family sizes ranged from single applicants to families of 5, with no apparent impact on processing times.

⚠️ 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.

📊 This data represents a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete data on all grants and invitations issued.

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