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Primary School Teacher

Philippines

55 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 15
  • English 10
  • Education 15
  • Australian experience 0
  • Overseas experience 15
  • Australian study 0
  • Regional study 0
  • Specialist study 0
  • Professional Year 0
  • NAATI/CCL 0
  • Partner Skills 0
Total before state nomination 55 pts

Timeline

  1. Submitted Visa Application 08 Jul 2026

    Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 70 pts

    Waiting for 3 months and 16 days

  2. Received State Nomination Approval 13 May 2026

    Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 70 pts

  3. Submitted Nomination Application to State 02 May 2026

    Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 70 pts

  4. Received Preinvite from State 01 May 2026

    Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 70 pts

  5. Submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) 16 Oct 2025

    Subclass 491 ยท SA ยท 70 pts

Expected visa grant

Priority

Primary School Teacher lodged Subclass 491 on 08 Jul 2026

About this estimate: Level 1 (priority occupations) and level 2 (onshore non-priority) each use grant samples from their own group.

Levels 3 and 4 (offshore non-priority) use a combined sample set because many past grant profiles do not say whether the person applied alone or with a partner or family. Combining them gives us more data for a stable estimate. Priority levels follow Direction 122.

Direction 122 started on 19 September 2026, so these estimates currently rely on data from before the change. We expect to need 4โ€“6 weeks of data under the new rules, until around the end of October, for estimates to stabilise and reflect the new processing patterns. Treat them as provisional until then.

Waiting

3 months and 16 days

Through the range

~8%

0 days

Lodged

50%

10.9 months

90%

18.7 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    13 Nov 2026

    4.2 months

  • 25% chance by

    10 Dec 2026

    5.1 months

  • 50% chance by

    03 Jun 2027

    10.9 months

  • 75% chance by

    24 Nov 2027

    16.6 months

  • 90% chance by

    28 Jan 2028

    18.7 months

  • 99% chance by

    30 Aug 2029

    37.8 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Primary School Teacher lodged Subclass 491 on 08 Jul 2026

Your grant is expected to be expedited because Primary School Teacher is a priority occupation under Ministerial Direction 122. This is reflected in the Expected Visa Grant dates above.

Lodged before you
127
Lodged after you
7
Tracked total
135

Pending applicants by lodgement month

Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles ยท stacked by Direction 122 group

Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 491 applicants, with Jul 2026 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Applicants 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2023 (1 total) May 23 Dec 23 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (2 total) Jul 24 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Oct 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2025 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Feb 2025 (1 total) Feb 25 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (7 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (7 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2025 (7 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2025 (7 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (7 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (7 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (9 total) 16 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (32 total) 6 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (32 total) 10 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (32 total) 6 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (12 total) 6 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (12 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2025 (5 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (5 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (2 total) Sep 25 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (1 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (2 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (3 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (7 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 3 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (5 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (5 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2026 (5 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (6 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2026 (6 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (6 total) Apr 26 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (8 total) 7 Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (8 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2026 (8 total) 7 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (8 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (3 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2026 (3 total) Jul 26 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2026 (3 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2026 (3 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Sep 2026 (2 total) Sep 26 YOU Visa lodgement month
Priority Onshore Non-Priority Offshore Non-Priority Your month

Important: This chart only includes SmartVisaGuide users actively tracking their visa profile. It is not the complete population of Subclass 491 visa applicants.

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