@rsaints

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 433 days

Recruitment Consultant

•

VIC

Applied

19 Dec 24

S56

23 Jan 26

+400 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+33 days

Hope the following helps someone out there! We are gay parents and had our child born through surrogacy in Canada. We did provide Canadian court order of parenthood. Australian Department of home affairs did NOT attempt to engage with surrogate for further consents, etc. We didn’t face any additional hustle for this fact. We didn’t provide any documentation by residence country (Spain) regarding parenthood, only place of birth (Canada)

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 394 days

ICT Business Analyst

•

SA

Applied

27 Jan 25

S56

28 Jan 26

+366 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+28 days

Family of 4 S56 Notes Jan 28, 2026: Received s56 Request (Partner Form 80, Character & Functional English). Submitted within 1 week.

🌍 Offshore 190 Priority

Total: 36 days

Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)

•

SA

Applied

20 Jan 26

S56

28 Jan 26

+8 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+28 days

S56 Notes Medical

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 41 days

Civil Engineering Draftsperson

•

WA

Applied

15 Jan 26

S56

19 Jan 26

+4 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+37 days

S56 Notes 19 Jan 2026 S56 (Police Check & Polio) 4 Feb 2026 Submitted Police Check & Polio

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 428 days

Mechanical Engineering Draftsperson

•

TAS

Applied

24 Dec 24

S56

23 Jan 26

+395 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+33 days

S56 Notes Medical

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 443 days

Motor Mechanic (General)

•

NSW

Applied

09 Dec 24

S56

27 Jan 26

+414 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+29 days

Family of 3 S56 Notes S56 Requested -: 27 Jan 2026 for Medicals, Employment reference letters, ITR’s, Super summary, Payslips, Bank statement. Medicals and Documents submitted -: 02 Feb 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 437 days

ICT Business Analyst

•

NSW

Applied

15 Dec 24

S56

23 Jan 26

+404 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+33 days

S56 Notes AFP

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 19 days

Registered Nurses nec

•

NT

Applied

06 Feb 26

S56

23 Feb 26

+17 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+2 days

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 147 days

Electrical Engineer

•

NSW

Applied

01 Oct 25

S56

27 Jan 26

+118 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+29 days

Spouse Priority Occupation S56 Notes S56 date: 27 january 2026 ( for polio vaccination) S56 submitted: 30th january, 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 464 days

Information and Organisation Professionals nec

•

VIC

Applied

18 Nov 24

S56

27 Jan 26

+435 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+29 days

S56 Notes S56: 27/01/2026 for PCC and child medical

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 413 days

Engineering Technologist

•

TAS

Applied

08 Jan 25

S56

27 Jan 26

+384 days

Granted

25 Feb 26

+29 days

Family of 3

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 404 days

Software Tester

•

VIC

Applied

16 Jan 25

S56

27 Jan 26

+376 days

Granted

24 Feb 26

+28 days

S56 submitted on 30 Jan. PCC AFP for primary & secondary. Grant on 24 Feb. Family of 3

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 292 days

Software Engineer

•

NSW

Applied

07 May 25

S56

10 Feb 26

+279 days

Granted

23 Feb 26

+13 days

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 252 days

Child Care Centre Manager

•

WA

Applied

16 Jun 25

S56

22 Jan 26

+220 days

Granted

23 Feb 26

+32 days

S56 Notes - Request s56 AFP on 22nd Jan 2026 - Submitted on 6th Feb 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 461 days

Electrical Engineer

•

VIC

Applied

19 Nov 24

S56

17 Feb 26

+455 days

Granted

23 Feb 26

+6 days

S56 Notes Medical

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 438 days

Fitter (General)

•

SA

Applied

09 Dec 24

S56

12 Feb 26

+430 days

Granted

20 Feb 26

+8 days

Visa granted!!!

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 453 days

Engineering Technologist

•

TAS

Applied

24 Nov 24

S56

29 Jan 26

+431 days

Granted

20 Feb 26

+22 days

Family of 3 S56 Notes S56 received 29/01/2026 (medicals) police clearence was both expired, but did not request Medicals completed 13/02/2026 Medcals all cleared in Immi account and grant was almost after 10 minutes

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 56 days

Registered Nurses nec

•

VIC

Applied

26 Dec 25

S56

15 Jan 26

+20 days

Granted

20 Feb 26

+36 days

S56 Notes S56 request: 15/1/2026 (Alias name on AFP, overseas PCC, NZ information exchange consent)

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 234 days

Registered Nurse (Aged Care)

•

QLD

Applied

30 Jun 25

S56

19 Feb 26

+234 days

Granted

19 Feb 26

+0 days

🛂 Daughter’s passport arrived & updated: 20 Nov 2025 ✅ Visa granted just 2 hours after my daughter’s medical Family of 3 S56 Notes 🏥 S56 for medical: 15 Jan 2026🏥 S56 for daughter’s medical: 19 Feb 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 40 days

Secondary School Teacher

•

VIC

Applied

09 Jan 26

S56

14 Jan 26

+5 days

Granted

18 Feb 26

+35 days

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 300 days

Carpenter

•

WA

Applied

24 Apr 25

S56

20 Jan 26

+271 days

Granted

18 Feb 26

+29 days

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 452 days

Structural Engineer

•

SA

Applied

23 Nov 24

S56

23 Jan 26

+426 days

Granted

18 Feb 26

+26 days

S56 Notes S56: January 23, 2026 (PCC) S56 Submitted: January 24, 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 376 days

Chef

•

TAS

Applied

07 Feb 25

S56

29 Jan 26

+356 days

Granted

18 Feb 26

+20 days

S56 Notes s56 request 29/01/2026 for spouse PTE same day submitted

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 694 days

University Lecturer

•

VIC

Applied

26 Mar 24

S56

02 Oct 25

+555 days

Granted

18 Feb 26

+139 days

S56 Notes S56 - 2 Oct 2025 for medical & PCC 26 Dec 2025 added our newborn girl.

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 264 days

Software Engineer

•

NSW

Applied

28 May 25

S56

10 Feb 26

+258 days

Granted

16 Feb 26

+6 days

Partner is not skilled. S56 Notes S56 - 10/02/2026 Medical for my kid. We did the medical for my kid when he is less than two years old. So request for additional medical

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 63 days

Registered Nurses nec

•

TAS

Applied

11 Dec 25

S56

10 Jan 26

+30 days

Granted

12 Feb 26

+33 days

Stream Gold Pass S56 Notes 10/01/26 – s56 (partner functional English) — we chose to pay $5K VAC instead of test 11/02/26 – s64 request for second VAC — paid same day

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 806 days

Mechanical Engineer

•

QLD

Applied

28 Nov 23

S56

03 Sep 25

+645 days

Granted

11 Feb 26

+161 days

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 378 days

Research and Development Manager

•

NSW

Applied

29 Jan 25

S56

13 Jan 26

+349 days

Granted

11 Feb 26

+29 days

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 70 days

Construction Project Manager

•

VIC

Applied

03 Dec 25

S56

10 Jan 26

+38 days

Granted

11 Feb 26

+32 days

S56 Notes Polio submitted 23 Jan 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 66 days

Secondary School Teacher

•

VIC

Applied

07 Dec 25

S56

13 Jan 26

+37 days

Granted

11 Feb 26

+29 days

Family of 5 S56 Notes S56 for polio requested on the 13/1/26 Uploaded the polio certificate 15/1/26

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 40 days

Cabinet Maker

•

QLD

Applied

02 Jan 26

S56

13 Jan 26

+11 days

Granted

11 Feb 26

+29 days

S56 Notes submitted same day 13 Jan 2026: s56 request for ‘Consent to Exchange Criminal Record Check Information’ form, which is for spending 12+ months in NZ

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 311 days

Software Engineer

•

SA

Applied

06 Apr 25

S56

06 Feb 26

+306 days

Granted

11 Feb 26

+5 days

S56 Notes Toddler medical only

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 729 days

Civil Engineer

•

QLD

Applied

11 Feb 24

S56

07 Jan 26

+696 days

Granted

09 Feb 26

+33 days

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 775 days

Software Engineer

•

VIC

Applied

23 Dec 23

S56

04 Apr 25

+468 days

Granted

05 Feb 26

+307 days

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 461 days

Financial Investment Adviser

•

SA

Applied

01 Nov 24

S56

05 Jan 26

+430 days

Granted

05 Feb 26

+31 days

S56 Notes s56 and s64 for partner English 5 Jan 2026/ 4 Feb 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 412 days

Software Engineer

•

VIC

Applied

20 Dec 24

S56

23 Jan 26

+399 days

Granted

05 Feb 26

+13 days

Currently not working. Skilled Partner with Superior English. Family of 3. Reason for s56 medicals -A few months before our PR medicals, we’d already done them for the 482 visa mid 2024. When we applied for PR, we reused those details and just added a few extra tests. This is why our medicals expired, and we had to redo them in January. S56 Notes Medical cleared: 04 Feb 2026

🇦🇺 Onshore 190 Priority

Total: 69 days

General Practitioner

•

QLD

Applied

28 Nov 25

S56

15 Jan 26

+48 days

Granted

05 Feb 26

+21 days

Family of 3 S56 Notes PCC submitted on 02 Feb 2026

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 453 days

Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)

•

SA

Applied

08 Nov 24

S56

11 Jan 26

+429 days

Granted

04 Feb 26

+24 days

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 459 days

Metal Fabricator

•

SA

Applied

02 Nov 24

S56

05 Jan 26

+429 days

Granted

04 Feb 26

+30 days

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 453 days

Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)

•

SA

Applied

08 Nov 24

S56

07 Jan 26

+425 days

Granted

04 Feb 26

+28 days

🇦🇺 Onshore 190

Total: 455 days

Civil Engineer

•

QLD

Applied

06 Nov 24

S56

06 Jan 26

+426 days

Granted

04 Feb 26

+29 days

S56 Notes Received s56 for evidence of relationship- 06/01/2026 Responded on 13/01/2026

🌍 Offshore 190

Total: 693 days

Marketing Specialist

•

VIC

Applied

13 Mar 24

S56

01 Oct 25

+567 days

Granted

04 Feb 26

+126 days

S56 Notes Medical and PCC