Australia holds latest round of invitations under SkillSelect

Every month – approximately on the 11th day of the month – Australia holds an invitation round, commonly referred to as the SkillSelect round.  Invitation rounds are held from – 

 

Skilled Independent visa [subclass 189]

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – family sponsored

 

The total number of invitations that are issued in each month will be according to the number of applications currently being processed by the Australian government.

 

Latest draw: March 13, 2020

Total invited: Subclass 189 – 1,750 Subclass 491 – 300

Points of those invited to apply in this round: Subclass 189 [total 1,750 invited] 1,311 invitations – 90 points   341 invitations – 95 points   67 invitations – 100 points     20 invitations – 105 points   9 invitations – 110 points   2 invitations – 115 points Subclass 491 – [total 300 invited]   48 invitations – 85 points 131 invitations – 90 points   71 invitations – 95 points   44 invitations – 100 points      6 invitations – 105 points

 

In each of the invitation rounds, it is the highest ranked clients based on their points’ score that are invited to apply for the corresponding visa.  Do keep in mind that in case of clients that have an equal number of points as their score, it is the time at which they had reached the score for that subclass that will decide their order for receiving an invitation. This is referred to as “the date of effect”.

 

Certain occupations are subject to a pro rata arrangement.

Put simply, this means that for the same occupation, SkillSelect will first allocate the available places to Subclass 189. The remaining places will then be allocated to Subclass 491.  In case all of the available places for that occupation are taken up by Subclass 189, then no invitations will be issued for those occupations under Subclass 491.  The pro rata arrangement is in place in view of the high demand for particular occupations. The arrangement also ensures that invitations can be issued across the program year. 

 

Pro rata occupations in March 13 round along with their minimum points score 

 

Subclass	Occupation ID	Description	Minimum Points Score
189	2211	Accountants	95
189	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	95
189	2334	Electronics Engineer	90
491	2334	Electronics Engineer	85
189	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	90
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	90
189	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	90
189	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	90
491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	85
189	2631	Computer Network Professionals	90
491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	90

   

Subclass	Invitations issued [July 2019 to March 2020]
Skilled Independent visa [subclass 189]	6,950
Skilled Work Regional [Provisional] visa [subclass 491] – Family Sponsored	1,300
Skilled Regional [provisional] visa [subclass 489]	300
Total: 8,550

 

Invitations issued during 2019-20 program year State and Territory nominations in February 2020

Following is a combined list of the State and Territory nominations for – Subclass 190, 491, 188, and 132. 

 

Nominating State / Territory	Nominations sent in February 2020
Australian Capital Territory [ACT]	147
New South Wales [NSW]	267
Northern Territory [NT]	103
Queensland [Qld]	251
South Australia [SA]	335
Tasmania [Tas.]	175
Victoria [Vic.]	447
Western Australia [WA]	77
Total: 1,802

 

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