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📙 Daily Activity Report: 27 Jul 2026

This report summarises visa grants, S56 requests, and invitation activity for 27 July 2026, based on crowdsourced data from the Australian skilled migration community.

Visa Grants

S56 Trends

Invitation Activity

No invitation round data was reported for this date.

Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests

One S56 request for medicals was reported for both primary and secondary applicants on a 190 visa lodged in May 2025. The majority of grants reported today were direct grants with no additional documentation requests, suggesting streamlined processing for certain occupations and profiles.

Priority occupations (Health and Teaching) continue to show faster processing times. The RN Aged Care grant processed in approximately 4.5 months, while the University Lecturer grant took approximately 14.5 months. Non-priority occupations such as Architectural Draftsperson experienced longer processing times of approximately 14.5 months.

News and Updates

Tasmania has commenced issuing full invites (nominations) for preinvites from the previous financial year, indicating progression in their nomination pipeline.

Useful Resources

• S56 Request Details

⚠️ 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 only a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and individual states have access to complete data.

Useful Links

👨🏻‍🏫 Book IELTS 💾 FOI 🧮 Calculator 🗳️ FY2025-26 Guide to Australian PR

📗 FY2025-26 Migration Planning Levels 🔖 Frequently Asked Questions 📞 Useful phone numbers and emails 📋 Visa Application Document List 🏘️ Guide to Housing, Jobs and Community 📲 Whatsapp Groups ☎️ Book Consultation to explore your 189/190/491 Skilled Visa Options

Has DHA done this before? Have they ever put offshore applications on hold like this?

This whole situation is becoming incredibly frustrating and stressful. It’s hard to watch people who lodged around the same time—or even later—receive their visas within 10 months while some of us are still waiting with no updates at all. It feels like we’re left in the dark, with no idea when our visas will be granted.

At this point, it makes you wonder what the benefit of being in a priority occupation is if there doesn’t seem to be any priority in processing. Is anyone else in the same situation, or has DHA done something similar in previous years?

📙 Daily Activity Report: 24 Jul 2026

This report summarises visa grants and invitation activity for 24 July 2026 based on crowdsourced data from the community.

Visa Grants

S56 Trends

Trends and Patterns in S56 Requests

The majority of grants reported today were direct grants with no S56 requests. Only one case (TAS 190 Enrolled Nurse) received an S56 on 12 June 2026 requesting correct AFP documentation and evidence of regional residency to support the claimed 5 points for regional study. The applicant responded on 15 June 2026 and received the grant on 22 July 2026.

Priority Occupation Processing: The Enrolled Nurse (priority occupation) case showed a processing time of approximately 5 months despite the S56 request, which is consistent with expedited processing for health occupations under Ministerial Direction 105. The Physiotherapist (also priority) received a direct grant in approximately 1.5 months.

Non-Priority Occupation Processing: Social Worker, Community Worker, and Painting Trades Worker cases all showed processing times of approximately 3 months with direct grants and no S56 requests.

State Patterns: NSW and WA grants were all direct grants. The single TAS grant involved an S56 request for documentation verification.

🔴 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 is crowdsourced data and represents only a subset of total visa activity. Only the Department of Home Affairs has complete grant data.

Useful Links

👨🏻‍🏫 Book IELTS 💾 FOI 🧮 Calculator 🗳️ FY2025-26 Guide to Australian PR

📗 FY2025-26 Migration Planning Levels 🔖 Frequently Asked Questions 📞 Useful phone numbers and emails 📋 Visa Application Document List 🏘️ Guide to Housing, Jobs and Community 📲 Whatsapp Groups ☎️ Book Consultation to explore your 189/190/491 Skilled Visa Options