Australia Skill Select update for February 2020

Australia conducted the second Skill Select invitation round for this year on 11^th February 2020. The latest draw saw 1000 invitations issued for the Subclass 189 Visa and 500 for the Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional Provisional Visa-Family-sponsored. The minimum required score in the Subclass 189 Visa category was 90 points, while that in the Subclass 491 Visa category was 85 points. The below graph shows the number of invitations by points score in the 11^th February draw: Due to the high demand in the previous years, some occupations are subject to pro-rata arrangements. This ensures that invitations are available throughout the program year. Here are the results of the latest Skill Select round on 11^th February:

Subclass	Occ. ID	Description	Minimum cut-off score	Latest date of effect
189	2211	Accountants	95	17/05/2019 9:21 am
189	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	95	01/12/2019 3:57 am
189	2334	Electronics Engineer	90	16/11/2019 7:32 pm
491	2334	Electronics Engineer	85	22/12/2019 10:06 pm
189	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	90	17/09/2019 2:06 pm
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	90	11/11/2019 4:19 pm
189	2611	ICT Business & System Analysts	90	07/11/2019 7:50 pm
189	2613	Software & Applications Programmers	90	16/11/2019 9:23 pm
491	2613	Software & Applications Programmers	85	06/01/2020 11:07 pm
189	2631	Computer Network Professionals	90	16/11/2019 3:07 pm
491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	85	03/01/2020 10:24 pm

  Here are the number of invitations issued during the 2019-2020 program year:

Visa Subclass	Jul'19	Aug'19	Sep'19	Oct'19	Nov'19	Dec'19	Jan'20	Feb'20	Total
Subclass 189	1,000	100	100	1,500	250	250	1,000	1,000	5,200
Subclass 491						200	300	500	1,000
Subclass 489	100	100	100						300
Total	1,100	200	200	1,500	250	450	1,300	1,500	6,500

  Here is the update on the occupation ceiling of the popular occupations:

Occ. ID	Description	Occupation ceiling	Invites already issued
2211	Accountants	2746	491
2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	1552	279
2247	Management Consultant	5269	18
2321	Architect and Landscape Architects	2171	258
2331	Chemical and Materials Engineer	1000	82
2332	Civil Engineering Professionals	3772	415
2333	Electrical Engineers	1000	232
2334	Electronics Engineers	1000	166
2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	1600	287
2339	Other Engineering Professionals	1000	177
2611	ICT Business & System Analysts	2587	455
2613	Software & Applications Programmers	8748	1444
2621	Database and Systems Administrators and ICT Security Specialists	2887	355
2631	Computer Network Professionals	2553	448
2633	Telecommunications Engineering Professionals	1000	214

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