u/naveazzy23

Invite: 13 Nov 2025

Lodge: 21 Dec 2025

S56 (request for more info): 3 Jul 2026, partner points evidence + relationship evidence

Grant: 19 Aug 2026

Onshore, self applied, further information requested, with partner (de facto)

90 pts breakdown:

Age (30 pts), English superior (20 pts), Australian employment experience (5 pts), Education Bachelor degree (15 pts), Australian study requirement (5 pts), Partner Australian citizen (10 pts), Credentialled community language (5 pts, added after invitation)

Nearly 4 years from first arriving to grant day. The S56 was annoying but straightforward once I got the evidence together. Grateful this chapter is done.