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📙 Daily Activity Report: 16 Dec 2025
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
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 190 VIC | Offshore Public Relations Professional | 17 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Employment & English evidence |
| 190 VIC | Offshore ICT Business Analyst | 15 Dec 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Software Engineer | 10 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 30 Jul 2025: Remedicals, Form 80, Serbian PCC, Form 1399, Military service |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Mathematician | 02 Feb 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Remedical & PCC |
| 190 VIC | Offshore University Lecturer | Feb 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 26 Sep 2025: Remedical & PCC |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Developer Programmer | 13 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Remedical |
| 190 VIC | Offshore Developer Programmer | 25 Jan 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Sep 2025: Remedical |
| 190 VIC | Onshore Early Childhood Teacher | 23 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 13 Dec 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 WA | Onshore Cook | 06 Nov 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 02 Sep 2025: Medicals |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Industrial Engineer | 29 Dec 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 23 Sep 2025: Remedical & PCC |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Software Engineer | 27 Dec 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 24 Sep 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 QLD | Onshore Agricultural Scientist | 14 Oct 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 25 Nov 2025: AFP NPC |
| 190 NSW | Offshore Software Engineer | 26 Feb 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 30 Sep 2025: Employment Evidence & Remedical; 18 Nov 2025: Health Undertaking |
| 190 NSW | Offshore Fitter and Turner | Jun 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | Dec 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 SA | Offshore QA Manager | 08 Oct 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 30 Nov 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 190 TAS | Offshore Chef | 18 Oct 2024 → 16 Dec 2025 | 02 Dec 2025: Medical |
| 491 ACT | Offshore University Lecturer | 13 Jul 2023 → 16 Dec 2025 | 13 Aug 2025: UNKNOWN |
| 189 | Onshore RN NEC | 18 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore RN NEC | 25 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore RN Aged Care | 18 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Offshore RN Critical Care | 26 Aug 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 10 Dec 2025: State PCC |
| 189 | Offshore RN Critical Care | 18 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore Carpenter and Joiner | 14 Nov 2025 → 15 Dec 2025 | None |
| 189 | Onshore Early Childhood Teacher | 01 Sep 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 06 Dec 2025: AFP |
| 189 | Onshore Civil Draftsperson | 02 Jan 2025 → 16 Dec 2025 | 19 Nov 2025: PCC; 10 Dec 2025: Polio |
S56 Trends
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Date Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | Offshore UNKNOWN | 30 Jun 2023 | 16 Dec 2025: Polio |
Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests
Priority Occupations (Health and Teaching): Registered Nurses and Early Childhood Teachers continue to receive expedited processing, with grants issued within 1-4 months of lodgement. Most priority occupation cases received direct grants without S56 requests.
Non-Priority Occupations: Processing times for non-priority occupations ranged from 10-24 months. Common S56 requests included: - Remedicals and PCC renewals (most frequent for applications lodged in early 2024) - Employment evidence for offshore applicants - AFP checks for immigration purposes (not reused from previous visas) - Polio vaccination requests - Health undertakings for specific cases
Family Applications: Multiple family applications (sizes 3-4) were granted, with processing times consistent with individual applications in the same occupation category.
🔴 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 DHA and individual states have complete grant and invitation data.
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