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Subclass 491 Processing Time

Based on recent visa grants (crowdsourced and our users)

Priority Occupations

25% Visa Grants
1.2 months
50% Visa Grants
1.9 months
75% Visa Grants
3.7 months
90% Visa Grants
5.5 months

Non Priority Occupations

25% Visa Grants
19.3 months
50% Visa Grants
19.7 months
75% Visa Grants
19.9 months
90% Visa Grants
20.5 months
Priority definition as per Ministerial Direction 105 →

FY2024-25 Planning Level Usage

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Regional planning level is 33000 places of which ~85% (guesstimate) can be estimated to be available for 491 regional visa = 28050 places (primary + secondary). As at 31 Dec 2024, 15652 (55.8%) out of 28050 places have been consumed by visa grants, with 12398 remaining places until the end of FY. The number of ONHAND visas as at 31 Dec 2024 is 24916 (see table below). Therefore, the remaining FY planning level (12398) is enough to grant 49.8% of the ONHAND visas.

FOI Data: Monthly Visa Activity

Spreadsheet available for download here →
MonthEnd ↓ LODGED LODGED_P GRANTED GRANTED_P ONHAND ONHAND_P
31 Jul 2024 372 201 4179 1700 32116 14363
31 Aug 2024 269 152 3237 1358 29145 13127
30 Sep 2024 551 290 3375 1394 26255 11938
31 Oct 2024 831 425 1609 714 25436 11599
30 Nov 2024 1304 702 2078 888 24520 11302
31 Dec 2024 1623 849 1174 510 24916 11585

FOI Data: Visa Pending by Lodgement Month

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Lodged ↓ Jul2024 Aug2024 Sep2024 Oct2024 Nov2024 Dec2024
Dec-2024 0 0 0 0 0 1603
Nov-2024 0 0 0 0 1257 1197
Oct-2024 0 0 0 798 742 671
Sep-2024 0 0 546 522 478 440
Aug-2024 0 269 269 265 241 238
Jul-2024 371 371 368 337 322 294
Jun-2024 803 778 755 698 661 651
May-2024 1063 1007 942 907 862 838
Apr-2024 791 713 682 660 647 638
Mar-2024 1659 1614 1596 1585 1554 1541
Feb-2024 1492 1466 1455 1448 1432 1421
Jan-2024 1255 1232 1222 1213 1197 1195
Dec-2023 1085 1075 1065 1056 1049 1038
Nov-2023 880 871 865 867 861 856
Oct-2023 980 973 969 969 963 959
Sep-2023 705 703 703 704 698 694
Aug-2023 915 909 908 903 900 899
Jul-2023 2342 2340 2338 2337 2329 2335
Jun-2023 8050 7430 6614 6201 5536 5055
May-2023 3632 2940 2370 1864 1099 884
Apr-2023 1496 1093 655 514 434 391
Mar-2023 1044 550 466 431 344 298
Feb-2023 331 256 241 224 192 150
Jan-2023 365 313 276 262 198 135

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