Australia Skill Select update for January 2020

Australia has released the results of the first Skill Select round of 2020 held on 11^th January. Australia issued 1300 invitations- 1000 under the Subclass 189 and the rest under the Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Family-sponsored) Visa.

The minimum required score in the latest Skill Select round dropped marginally to 90 points. The latest Subclass 189 EOI to be invited was lodged in early October 2019.

High demand for some occupations caused invitations to be issued on a pro-rata basis. Invitations are first given under for the Subclass 189. If there are visa places left, the remaining are issued under the Subclass 491 Visa.

Here are the scores for the 11^th January Skill Select round:

Occupation ID	Occupation Name	Minimum reqd. score	Latest EOI date
2211	Accountant	95 (Subclass 189)	23.04.2019 1:56pm
2212	Auditors, CS and Corporate Treasurers	95 (Subclass 189)	18.10.2019 10:51am
2334	Electronics Engineer	90 (Subclass 189)	25.09.2019 6:35am
2334	Electronics Engineer	95 (Subclass 491)	3.01.2020 3:10pm
2335	Industrial, Production and Mechanical Engineers	90 (Subclass 189)	1.06.2019 4:20pm
2339	Other Engg. Professionals	90 (Subclass 189)	28.08.2019 12:31pm
2611	ICT Business & System Analysts	90 (Subclass 189)	1.09.2019 9:12am
2613	S/W & Application Programmers	90 (Subclass 189)	2.10.2019 8:32am
2613	S/W & Application Programmers	90 (Subclass 491)	11.12.2019 7:33pm
2631	Computer N/W Professionals	90 (Subclass 189)	30.09.2019 4:46pm
2631	Computer N/W Professionals	90 (Subclass 491)	20.11.2019 2:40pm

The major winners of the latest Skill Select round were Software and Application Programmers. This occupation took away 298 invitations, including both Subclass 189 and Subclass 491. 53% of all the invitations were taken by the top 5 occupations alone.

The occupations to get the most number of invitations were:

• Software and Application Programmers: 298
• Database and Systems Administrators: 121
• ICT Security Specialists: 121
• Accountants: 98
• ICT Business and Systems Analysts: 93
• Civil Engineering Professionals: 76

Occupations with a low number of invitations were:

• Cartographers/ Surveyors: 4
• Construction Managers: 3 to 4
• Management Consultants: 3
• Medical Imaging Professionals: 1 to 2

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