📙 Daily Activity Report: 07 Oct 2026 This post summarises...
@gregormendel (1D ago| Updated 1H ago)📙 Daily Activity Report: 07 Oct 2026
This post summarises crowdsourced visa grant, S56 and invitation data shared in the comments for 07 Oct 2026.
1. Visa Grants
Sorted by lodgement date (descending). Format: Lodge → Grant.
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge → Grant | S56 Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Offshore, Registered Nurse NEC (Priority) | 15 Jun 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 189 | Offshore, Registered Nurse NEC | 15 Jun 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | None |
| 189 | Offshore, Registered Nurse NEC (1 dependant) | 12 Jul 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | Received 07 Sep 2026; submitted 05 Oct 2026 |
| 189 | Civil Engineer/CPM (Vetassess) | Jul 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | Received 05 Sep 2026 |
| 190 QLD | Offshore, Construction Project Manager | 24 May 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | 01 Oct 2026: Medical for daughter |
| 190 SA | Offshore, Registered Nurse (Family of 4, 85 pts) | 23 May 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | 02 Oct 2026: Hep C testing for husband; completed 06 Oct 2026 |
| 190 SA | Offshore, Construction Project Manager | 08 May 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | 01 Oct 2026: Medical |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Civil Draftsperson (WA Graduate) | 29 Apr 2026 → 07 Oct 2026 | 29 Sep 2026: Health examination; medical done 30 Sep 2026 |
| 189 | Offshore, Secondary School Teacher | 18 Dec 2025 → 07 Oct 2026 | UNKNOWN |
| 189 | Wall and Floor Tiler | 16 Dec 2025 → 07 Oct 2026 | None |
| 190 NSW | Onshore, Motor Mechanic (General) | 21 May 2025 → 07 Oct 2026 | 27 Aug 2026: Medical and evidence of Australian study; re-medicals done 27 Aug 2026; documents submitted 07 Sep 2026 |
| 190 ACT | Onshore, Developer Programmer | 20 May 2025 → 07 Oct 2026 | 27 Aug 2026: New medical and Australian NPC; AFP submitted 31 Aug 2026; medicals cleared 01 Sep 2026 |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Chef | 17 Feb 2025 → 07 Oct 2026 | 07 May 2026: Superannuation info and reference letter; 18 Jun 2026: Health examination; 22 Jul 2026: Newborn birth certificate and passport; 10 Sep 2026: Newborn medical |
| 491 VIC | Offshore, Registered Nurse | 22 May 2025 → 06 Oct 2026 | None (PCC renewed Sep 2026 without S56) |
2. S56 Trends
Sorted by lodgement date (descending).
| Subclass State | Location Occupation | Lodge Date | S56 Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Offshore, Registered Nurse NEC | 12 Jul 2026 | 07 Sep 2026: - |
| 189 | Civil Engineer/CPM | Jul 2026 | 05 Sep 2026: - |
| 190 QLD | Offshore, CPM | 24 May 2026 | 01 Oct 2026: Medical (daughter) |
| 190 SA | Offshore, Registered Nurse | 23 May 2026 | 02 Oct 2026: Hep C testing (husband) |
| 190 SA | Offshore, CPM | 08 May 2026 | 01 Oct 2026: Medical |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Civil Draftsperson | 29 Apr 2026 | 29 Sep 2026: Health examination |
| 190 NSW | Onshore, Motor Mechanic | 21 May 2025 | 27 Aug 2026: Medical and evidence of Australian study |
| 190 ACT | Onshore, Developer Programmer | 20 May 2025 | 27 Aug 2026: New medical and Australian NPC |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Chef | 17 Feb 2025 | 07 May 2026: Superannuation info and reference letter |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Chef | 17 Feb 2025 | 18 Jun 2026: Health examination |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Chef | 17 Feb 2025 | 22 Jul 2026: Newborn birth certificate and passport |
| 190 WA | Onshore, Chef | 17 Feb 2025 | 10 Sep 2026: Newborn medical |
A comment titled "s56 requests for 07 Oct 2026" stated it is yet to be updated.
3. Invitation Activity
No invitations were issued on 07 Oct 2026 according to the comments.
Disclaimer
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📊 This is crowdsourced data and is therefore a subset of the total data. Only DHA and/or the States hold the complete data.
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QLD 190-OFFSHORE| Grant Update 🇦🇺 Finally received my Subclass 190 grant yesterday, 07/10/26! 🎉 Occupation: Construction Project Manager (CPM) EOI submission- 20/09/26 ROI- 20/09/26 Pre-Invite- 05/05/26 Final invite- 15/05/26 DOL: 24/05/26 S56 : 01/10/26 (Regarding Medical for my daughter as she turned 2 years last week) Granted: 07/10/2026 (4.57am Singapore time)
189 Granted 7 Oct 26 RN NEC 80 points EOI Feb 26 Invite 4 June 26 Applied 12 Jul 26 S56 7 Sep 26 Submitted S56 5 Oct 26 Grant 7 Oct 26 Primary applicant and 1 dependant
what was the s56. such a quick turn around for it! congrats!
Happy to share 491 visa grand detail Visa lodged 22/05/2025 Medicals May 2025 PCC renewed on sep2026 without any S56 Visa grand on 06/10/2026 Occupation RN Victoria 491 No s56 direct grand Offshore
SA 190 granted in under 5 months for RN Finally, SA 190 visa granted! Family of 4 RN Medical 85 pts, offshore Visa lodge date: 23/05/26 S56 for husband (Hep C Testing) - 02/10/26, completed 06/10 Turn around time from lodge to grant - less than 5 months!
189 granted today! 🇦🇺🎉 Registered Nurse NEC | Offshore | 80 points Points breakdown: Age: 30 Degree: 15 PTE Superior: 20 NAATI CCL: 5 Single: 10 Invited: 4 June 2026 Lodged: 15 June 2026 Commencement email: 29 September 2026 Granted: 7 October 2026 114 days from lodgement to grant. Granted 8 days after the commencement email. DIY. No Form 80. No s56.
may ik what time did the grant come thru?
189 granted🎉 Came to Australia in Jan 2022 for Masters. Did Skills Assessment with Engineers Australia for Civil Engineer in 2023. Have given NAATI and PTE scored Superior. (3 attempts) Submitted EOI and ROI for Vic. No invite until end of 2024. Thought of doing skills assessment from Vetassess under CPM. Lodged EOI Dec 25. Got invite for 190 Vic under Civil Engineer. But did not apply. Later got invite in June 2026 for CPM. Lodged July 2026. Got S56 on Sep 5. Grant today Oct 7.
85 pts
Congratulations, what is the exact visa lodgement date of your application?
may i know what was s56 for?
Nominated Occupation: 261312 Developer Programmer Unit Group: 2613 Software and Applications Programmers Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: ACT Assessing Authority: ACS Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 4M 17D)
Total Points: 95 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 10 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 07 Oct 2026 * ACT190 * 100 pts * Visa Granted - 01 Sep 2026 * ACT190 * 100 pts * Cleared Visa Medicals "The required health examinations have been completed and submitted by the panel clinic to the department." - 31 Aug 2026 * ACT190 * 100 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer submitted new AFP NPC - 27 Aug 2026 * ACT190 * 100 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer asked for new medical exam and NPC (australia) - 20 May 2025 * ACT190 * 100 pts * Submitted Visa Application
Subclass 189 Granted! 🎊 👨🏫 Secondary School Teacher 📩 Invited: 13 Nov 2025 📄 Lodged: 18 Dec 2025 🎉 Granted: 7 Oct 2026 Had to leave Australia due to my 485 expiring, and luckily got invited the following month and lodged offshore.
Nominated Occupation: 254499 Registered Nurses nec (Priority) Unit Group: 2544 Registered Nurses Country of Residence: South Korea Assessing Authority: ANMAC Skill Level: 1 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 3M 22D)
Total Points: 80 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 20 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 0 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Single: 10 - Australian Study: 0 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 07 Oct 2026 * 189 * 80 pts * Visa Granted - 29 Sep 2026 * 189 * 80 pts * Received Assessment Commencement Email - 15 Jun 2026 * 189 * 80 pts * Submitted Visa Application
Nominated Occupation: 321211 Motor Mechanic (General) Unit Group: 3212 Motor Mechanics Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: NSW Current Salary: AU$40,000 Assessing Authority: TRA Skill Level: 3 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 4M 16D)
Total Points: 75 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 10 - Education: 10 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Single: 10 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 07 Oct 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Visa Granted - 07 Sep 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Submitted Evidence of Australian Study - 27 Aug 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Medical & Evidence of Australian Study - 27 Aug 2026 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Re-Medicals done - 26 May 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 22 May 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Booked Medicals for Visa - 21 May 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 19 May 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 19 May 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received Skillselect Invitation to Apply (ITA) Visa - 07 May 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Submitted Nomination Application to State - 29 Apr 2025 * NSW190 * 80 pts * Received Preinvite from State
FINALLY RECEIVED 189 Grant.
Occupation = wall and floor tiler Invitation = November 13 /2025 Visa lodge = December 16/2025 GRANT = 7 OCTOBER 2026 NO S56 Points 70. Also claim one year work experience . JRP done on ABN. No suppernuation. Thanks everyone. Hopefully everyone received this golden soon.
Nominated Occupation: 351311 Chef Unit Group: 3513 Chefs Country of Residence: Australia State of Residence: WA Assessing Authority: TRA Skill Level: 2 Skilled Occupation List: MLTSSL Current Status: Visa Granted (in 1Y 7M 20D)
Total Points: 75 (excluding state points)
Points Breakdown: - Age: 30 - English Language: 10 - Education: 15 - Australian Work Experience: 5 - Overseas Work Experience: 0 - Partner (Competent English): 5 - Australian Study: 5 - Professional Year: 0 - NAATI/CCL: 5
Timeline / Events - 07 Oct 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Visa Granted - 10 Sep 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer New born medical - 22 Jul 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer I have submitted 1022 for new born and got s56 for birth certificate and passport for newborn - 22 Jun 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 18 Jun 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Health examination only - 19 May 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Submitted Documents to comply with s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer - 07 May 2026 * WA190 * 80 pts * Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer Superannuation information and reference letter - 20 Feb 2025 * WA190 * 80 pts * Completed Visa Medicals - 17 Feb 2025 * WA190 * 80 pts * Submitted Visa Application - 06 Feb 2025 * WA190 * 80 pts * Received State Nomination Approval - 26 Jan 2025 * WA190 * 80 pts * Received Request for Further Information from State - 20 Nov 2024 * 190 * 80 pts * Received Preinvite from State Pre-invite received
190 Granted, 07 Oct 2026
Timeline: Applicant: Onshore Occupation: Civil Draftsperson State: WA Graduate Total Points: 80
Invite: 23 Feb 2026 Nomination Outcome: 15 April 2026 Invitation to Apply: 23 April 2026 DOL: 29 April 2026 s56: 29 September 2026 for Health Examination Medical: 30 September 2026 DOG: 07 Oct 2026
190 CPM SA Offshore 65+5
DOL: 8 May 2026 S56: 1 Oct (Medical) Grant: 07 Oct 2026