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📙 Daily Activity Report: 24 Sep 2026

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for skilled migration subclasses 189, 190, and 491 based on crowdsourced data from the community.

Visa Grants

S56 Trends

News and Updates

One applicant proactively renewed their Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) on 02 March 2026 while awaiting visa processing. Another applicant updated their AFP on 18 September 2026 before Direction 122 came into effect, recognising it was outside the 12-month validity range.

Tasmania continues to demonstrate rapid processing for Gold priority applicants, with one Social Worker receiving nomination support within 4 days of ROI submission and visa grant within 14 days of visa lodgement.

⚠️ 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 crowdsourced information and is a subset of total grants issued. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states possess complete data on all visa grants and invitations.

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TAS Processing Times and Invitations

Data on processing times, ROIs and nomination applications ROIs invited to apply for nomination on 24/09/2026: Subclass 190 - 38 invitations - 20 Gold invitations and 18 Green invitations Subclass 491 - 24 invitations - 0 Gold invitations and 24 further invitations

The lowest scores invited: Subclass 190 - 352 points Subclass 491 - 72 points

Number of ROIs on hand (ROIs with a status of Submitted after the invitation round has taken place): Subclass 190 - 905 ROIs Subclass 491 - 593 ROIs

Nomination places available: Subclass 190 - 992 places Subclass 491 - 712 places

Nomination applications lodged but not yet decided: Subclass 190 - 41 applications Subclass 491 - 37 applications

Invitations issued but application not yet lodged: Subclass 190 - 76 invitations Subclass 491 - 63 invitations

Oldest nomination application lodged and not yet allocated to a case officer - 17/09/2026

Lowest point score required to gain nomination (at assessment): Subclass 190 - 478 points Subclass 491 - 81 points This is a rolling three-month average of the lowest point score resulting in an invitation.

Where an ROI is invited, all priority attributes claimed are verified and the information provided in the ROI and nomination application is considered to be true and correct, nomination will be approved. If one or more priority attributes are not verified, and the point score falls below the lowest score threshold, the application will be declined.

Where candidates are found to have intentionally claimed priority attributes to artificially inflate their score, the application will be declined.

Any Gold pass holder that does not meet the Gold priority attribute will be declined, regardless of their total point score.