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Subclass 190 Processing Time

Based on recent visa grants from SmartVisaGuide users and crowdsourced records

Priority

Onshore and offshore priority occupations

25% granted: 3.5 months
50% granted: 7.1 months
75% granted: 16.9 months
90% granted: 17.3 months

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Onshore Non-Priority

Other occupations

25% granted: 6.5 months
50% granted: 6.8 months
75% granted: 7.4 months
90% granted: 10.1 months

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Offshore Non-Priority

All offshore non-priority applications

25% granted: 15.1 months
50% granted: 15.8 months
75% granted: 16.3 months
90% granted: 16.8 months

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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 4–6 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.

Processing priority definition under Ministerial Direction 122 →

SkillSelect EOI Backlog for Subclass 190

All occupations, at the end of each month, with the change from the month before

Month end ↓	SUBMITTED	INVITED	LODGED	CLOSED	HOLD
30 Sep 2026	410,226 −3,793	154 −52	11,967 −2,970	449,995 +11,956	4,858 −162
31 Aug 2026	414,019 −12,803	206 −2,198	14,937 −2,550	438,039 +14,509	5,020 −401
31 Jul 2026	426,822 −6,683	2,404 −1,418	17,487 −1,838	423,530 +18,404	5,421 −154
30 Jun 2026	433,505 −4,076	3,822 +1,920	19,325 +2,824	405,126 +11,110	5,575 +37
31 May 2026	437,581 −880	1,902 −301	16,501 −670	394,016 +13,327	5,538 +170
30 Apr 2026	438,461 +1,245	2,203 +268	17,171 −422	380,689 +12,849	5,368 +103
31 Mar 2026	437,216 −521	1,935 −15	17,593 −1,027	367,840 +15,182	5,265 +77
28 Feb 2026	437,737 +1,242	1,950 +514	18,620 −345	352,658 +7,894	5,188 +133
31 Jan 2026	436,495 −94	1,436 −2,123	18,965 −404	344,764 +10,748	5,055 +36
31 Dec 2025	436,589 +1,096	3,559 −885	19,369 +173	334,016 +6,852	5,019 +29
30 Nov 2025	435,493 −449	4,444 +4,040	19,196 −312	327,164 +10,088	4,990 +107
31 Oct 2025	435,942 +9,202	404 −1,538	19,508 −1,038	317,076 +11,611	4,883 −62
30 Sep 2025	426,740 −3,253	1,942 −680	20,546 −285	305,465 +18,553	4,945 −266
31 Aug 2025	429,993 +3,282	2,622 +2,393	20,831 −637	286,912 +9,161	5,211 −182
31 Jul 2025	426,711 +6,158	229 −959	21,468 −760	277,751 +3,655	5,393 +45
30 Jun 2025	420,553 +3,218	1,188 −1,143	22,228 +1,109	274,096 +6,409	5,348 +112
31 May 2025	417,335 +1,429	2,331 +655	21,119 +917	267,687 +9,989	5,236 +1
30 Apr 2025	415,906 +4,041	1,676 +168	20,202 −407	257,698 +9,954	5,235 +51
31 Mar 2025	411,865 +3,842	1,508 −155	20,609 −1,021	247,744 +9,677	5,184 −92
28 Feb 2025	408,023 +4,262	1,663 +111	21,630 −674	238,067 +1,633	5,276 −87
31 Jan 2025	403,761 +6,422	1,552 −3,368	22,304 +64	236,434 +4,731	5,363 +45
31 Dec 2024	397,339 +805	4,920 −881	22,240 +1,035	231,703 +7,519	5,318 −151
30 Nov 2024	396,534 +2,777	5,801 +2,466	21,205 +1,422	224,184 +4,744	5,469 +485
31 Oct 2024	393,757 +11,861	3,335 −91	19,783 −699	219,440 +3,517	4,984 −120

Users waiting for Visa Grant

Lodgement pattern of SmartVisaGuide users awaiting 190 grant

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Visa Grants

Subclass 190 application dates that have been granted (SmartVisaGuide users + Crowdsourced). This chart has crowdsourced data as well, whereas the top chart only has active SmartVisaGuide users.

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