Explore your Australian Skilled Visa Options

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 25 November 2025, based on crowdsourced data from the Australian skilled migration community.

Visa Grants

Subclass State	Location Occupation	Lodge → Grant Date	S56 Date Detail
189	ONSHORE Physiotherapist	24 Aug → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
189	OFFSHORE Chemical Engineer	23 Aug → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
189	ONSHORE Solicitor	24 Aug → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
189	ONSHORE Food Technologist	25 Aug → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
189	ONSHORE Environmental Research Scientist	23 Aug → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
189	ONSHORE Registered Nurse Aged Care	23 Aug → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
190 WA	ONSHORE Social Worker	06 Jun → 25 Nov 2025	20 Sep, 22 Oct, 21 Nov
190 SA	OFFSHORE Information and Organisation Professionals NEC	12 Oct 2024 → 25 Nov 2025	PCC renewed 14 Oct 2024
491 NT	OFFSHORE Marketing Specialist	16 Dec 2024 → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
491 NT	OFFSHORE Marketing Specialist	16 Dec 2024 → 25 Nov 2025	Direct Grant
491 SA	OFFSHORE Advertising Specialist	Jan 2024 → 25 Nov 2025	UNKNOWN

S56 Trends

Subclass State	Location Occupation	Lodge Date	S56 Date Detail
190	OFFSHORE Quality Assurance Manager	08 Oct 2024	25 Nov: Polio, PCC
190	OFFSHORE -	13 Oct 2024	25 Nov: Form 1221, Form 80, Clear PTE Format
491	ONSHORE -	03 May 2024	25 Nov: Employment Evidence

Invitation Activity

Subclass State	Location Occupation	Points	Details
190 NSW	ONSHORE Analyst Programmer	95	DOE Sep 2025
190 NSW	ONSHORE Community Worker	90	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE Health and Safety Advisor	80	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE Hospital Pharmacist	90	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE ICT Business Analyst	95	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE ICT Project Manager	110	3 yrs exp
190 NSW	ONSHORE Mechanical Engineer	100	6 yrs overseas exp
190 NSW	ONSHORE Mechanical Engineer	100	-
190 NSW	OFFSHORE Medical Lab Technician	90	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE Motor Mechanic	75	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE Occupation Therapist	65	-
190 NSW	ONSHORE Software and Application Programmer NEC	100	5 yrs AU exp
491 NSW	ONSHORE Registered Nurse NEC	85	-
190 SA	OFFSHORE Life Scientist	75	4+ yrs exp

Trends and Patterns

Visa Processing Times: Priority occupations (Physiotherapist, Registered Nurse Aged Care) continue to receive expedited processing with direct grants within 3 months of lodgement. Non-priority occupations show varied processing times, ranging from 3 months (189 grants lodged in August 2025) to nearly 2 years (491 SA Advertising Specialist lodged January 2024).

S56 Activity: Recent S56 requests focus on standard documentation including Form 1221, Form 80, PCC, and employment evidence. One case required Polio vaccination documentation. The WA Social Worker case received three S56 requests over a 2-month period before grant.

NSW Invitation Round: NSW conducted a 190/491 round on 25 November 2025, inviting across diverse occupations. Points ranged from 65 (Occupation Therapist) to 110 (ICT Project Manager). ICT and Engineering occupations dominated invitations with points between 95-110. Health occupations received invitations at lower points (65-90).

Direct Grants: Multiple 189 direct grants were issued for August 2025 lodgements, indicating efficient processing for complete applications with all documentation submitted upfront.

Useful Resources

ICT Business Analyst Profile: https://smartvisaguide.com/surajkandi

⚠️ 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 is crowdsourced and represents a subset of total activity. Only DHA and individual states have complete data. For invitation rounds, this summary reflects reported cases only—the state holds complete round information.