Data released by the Australian Department of Home Affairs provides an overview of the number of subclass 189, 190, 491 and 191 (Regional Provisional Stream) visa applications awaiting a decision as at 30 June 2026, broken down by application lodgement month. This information helps applicants better understand the volume of pending applications across Australia's skilled migration visa subclasses.
| Subclass | lodgement month | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| 189 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | <5 | 70 | 480 |
| 2 | – | <5 | – | <5 | <5 | <5 | 6 | <5 | – | 49 | |
| 3 | – | <5 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | <5 | 52 | |
| 4 | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 44 | |
| 5 | – | – | – | 7 | <5 | <5 | <5 | – | – | 58 | |
| 6 | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | – | 5,496 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | <5 | – | 7 | – | – | |
| 8 | – | – | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | 38 | – | |
| 9 | <5 | – | – | – | <5 | 5 | – | 5 | 245 | – | |
| 10 | <5 | – | – | <5 | <5 | 19 | – | 26 | 198 | – | |
| 11 | – | <5 | – | 6 | <5 | 5 | – | 60 | 947 | – | |
| 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | <5 | 326 | 1,646 | – | |
| 190 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | – | <5 | 11 | 71 | 351 | 983 |
| 2 | – | – | – | <5 | – | – | 8 | 41 | 444 | 1,692 | |
| 3 | – | – | – | 11 | – | <5 | 17 | 75 | 811 | 2,580 | |
| 4 | – | – | <5 | <5 | – | <5 | 41 | 62 | 894 | 2,948 | |
| 5 | – | – | – | – | – | <5 | 67 | 91 | 1,566 | 3,358 | |
| 6 | <5 | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | 117 | 56 | 1,899 | 2,823 | |
| 7 | – | <5 | – | – | 7 | <5 | 37 | 34 | 575 | – | |
| 8 | – | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | 17 | 16 | 40 | – | |
| 9 | – | <5 | <5 | – | – | – | 12 | 20 | 224 | – | |
| 10 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | 43 | 57 | 265 | – | |
| 11 | <5 | – | – | – | <5 | – | 49 | 137 | 506 | – | |
| 12 | <5 | – | <5 | – | <5 | 11 | 68 | 246 | 751 | – | |
| 491 | 1 | – | – | – | – | <5 | – | 12 | 69 | 426 | 682 |
| 2 | – | – | – | – | <5 | – | <5 | 108 | 672 | 1,192 | |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 19 | 156 | 1,147 | 2,176 | |
| 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1,139 | 1,882 | |
| 5 | – | – | – | <5 | – | – | 32 | 50 | 1,208 | 1,867 | |
| 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 22 | 155 | 55 | 1,433 | 2,361 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | <5 | 9 | <5 | 96 | 42 | 1,008 | – | |
| 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 66 | 15 | 461 | – | |
| 9 | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | – | 48 | 33 | 299 | – | |
| 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 36 | 96 | 463 | – | |
| 11 | – | – | – | – | <5 | 22 | 38 | 176 | 553 | – | |
| 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 46 | 211 | 718 | – | |
| 191 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | 2,528 |
| 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 3,278 | |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4,086 | |
| 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | <5 | <5 | 3,966 | |
| 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 23 | 2,346 | |
| 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 44 | 1,695 | |
| 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 127 | – | |
| 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 575 | – | |
| 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1,356 | – | |
| 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 1,506 | – | |
| 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1,574 | – | |
| 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 2,651 | – |
