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More of a question about history here: When did early childhood, primary, and secondary teachers, nurses, allied health professionals, and social workers became the so-called priority occupations? Around 2019/2020, 2022, or earlier or later?

📙 Daily Activity Report: 01 Dec 2025

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity observed on 01 December 2025 based on community-shared data.

Visa Grants

S56 Trends

No new S56 requests were observed on 01 December 2025.

Invitation Activity

South Australia issued preinvites on 01 December 2025, marking their first round of invitations. No specific occupation or points data was shared for this round.

Trends and Patterns

Priority Occupations: Health and teaching occupations continue to demonstrate expedited processing. University Lecturers and Registered Nurses (Critical Care) lodging in late August 2025 received grants within approximately 3 months.

Non-Priority Occupations: Processing times for non-priority occupations remain significantly longer. Grants observed today include applications lodged between September 2023 and October 2024, indicating processing times ranging from 13 to 26 months. The 491 ACT Laboratory Technician application took over 2 years to process.

S56 Patterns: Remedical requests continue to be the most common S56 type, particularly for applications approaching or exceeding 12 months from initial medical examinations. One case involved remedicals for all 4 family members. PCC requests were also observed in longer-processing applications.

State Activity: Tasmania and South Australia showed notable activity today. Multiple TAS 190 Chef grants were issued for October 2024 lodgements. SA commenced their invitation round with preinvites issued.

Family Size: One Electrical Engineer case involved a family of 4, demonstrating that larger family applications are being processed alongside individual applications.

⚠️ Disclaimer: This blog post is an AI summary of community comments and may be refreshed as more data becomes available. Due to the nature of crowdsourced and AI-generated content, mistakes and discrepancies are possible. This information should be consumed with caution and verified against official sources.

📊 This report represents crowdsourced data and is therefore a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs and individual states possess complete data on all grants and invitations issued.

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Can we see Engineering technologists (offshore) in next rounds of VIC/NSW or 189 ? @gregor

Hey Gregor @gregormendel is there usually a lower visa grant pace during Dec/Jan due to DoHA offices shutdown plus holiday period till beginning of Feb?

WA residency evidence

Applicants receiving a prioritised invitation based on residing in Western Australia must be able to substantiate this claim by providing evidence that they:

• were residing in Western Australia for a continuous period of at least three months immediately prior to the date of their Western Australian State nomination invitation.; and
• are still residing in Western Australia at the date of State nomination application.

Acceptable evidence includes:

• A signed WA residential property lease agreement (Form 1aa) with proof of rental payments and record of bond lodgement with Bonds Administration;
• bank statements showing daily transactions, income and expenses in WA;
• mortgage account statements; and
• Government or Federal Identity checks such as a Federal police check showing the applicant's name and WA address;

Or two or more of the following secondary evidence:

• insurance policy renewal documents showing the applicant's name and WA address;
• renewal notices for driver's licence or vehicle registration;
• employment contracts or payslips from a WA-based employer; and
• enrolment confirmation or transcripts from a WA educational institution.

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