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Program or Project Administrator

NSW, Australia

60 pts

Points breakdown

  • Age 30
  • English 10
  • Education 15
  • Australian experience 0
  • Overseas experience 0
  • Australian study 5
  • Regional study 0
  • Specialist study 0
  • Professional Year 0
  • NAATI/CCL 0
  • Partner Skills 0
Total before state nomination 60 pts

Timeline

  1. Received s56 Request for Further Information (RFI) from Visa Case Officer 18 Dec 2024

    Subclass 491 Β· NSW Β· 75 pts

    Remedial

  2. Submitted Visa Application 26 Jun 2023

    Subclass 491 Β· NSW Β· 75 pts

    Waiting for 40 months and 10 days

Expected visa grant

Onshore Non-Priority

Program or Project Administrator lodged Subclass 491 on 26 Jun 2023

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.

Waiting

40 months and 10 days

Through the range

~99%

0 days

Lodged

50%

16.3 months

90%

22.7 months

Sooner Average Later

  • 10% chance by

    30 Aug 2024

    14.2 months

  • 25% chance by

    26 Sep 2024

    15.1 months

  • 50% chance by

    03 Nov 2024

    16.3 months

  • 75% chance by

    27 Dec 2024

    18.1 months

  • 90% chance by

    17 May 2025

    22.7 months

  • 99% chance by

    10 Nov 2025

    28.6 months

How are visa processing time estimates calculated?

Your lodgement date position

Program or Project Administrator lodged Subclass 491 on 26 Jun 2023

Lodged before you
0
Lodged after you
129
Tracked total
129

Pending applicants by lodgement month

Your position among active SmartVisaGuide profiles Β· stacked by Direction 122 group

Pending visa applicants by lodgement month Monthly counts of pending Subclass 491 applicants, with Jun 2023 marked as your lodgement month. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Applicants Jun 23 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jul 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Aug 2023 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2023 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Jan 2024 (2 total) Jan 24 Aug 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) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2025 (8 total) Mar 25 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2025 (6 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (10 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (10 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in May 2025 (10 total) 15 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (30 total) 6 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (30 total) 9 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2025 (30 total) 6 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (11 total) 5 Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2025 (11 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (6 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2025 (6 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Sep 2025 (1 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Oct 2025 (2 total) Oct 25 1 Onshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Nov 2025 (2 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Dec 2025 (2 total) 3 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (8 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (8 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Jan 2026 (8 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 4 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Feb 2026 (6 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 1 Priority applicant lodged in Mar 2026 (2 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (8 total) 2 Onshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (8 total) 4 Priority applicants lodged in Apr 2026 (8 total) 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in May 2026 (7 total) 6 Priority applicants lodged in May 2026 (7 total) May 26 1 Offshore Non-Priority applicant lodged in Jun 2026 (4 total) 3 Priority applicants lodged in Jun 2026 (4 total) 2 Offshore Non-Priority applicants lodged in Jul 2026 (2 total) 2 Priority applicants lodged in Aug 2026 (2 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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