📣 Latest SkillSelect Invitation Round Has Been Announced 📣 (July 24th, 2020)

Invitations issued on 11 June 2020

The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 11 June 2020.

Visa subclass	Number
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	170
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored	30

Invitation process and cut offs

The highest ranked clients by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients who have equal points scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates.

Visa subclass	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	85	02/2020
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored)	70	04/2020

Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 11 June 2020 invitation round.

Due to high levels of demand, and in keeping with previous program years, the below occupation groups will be subject to pro rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the program year.

SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189), and thereafter the remaining to Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored . If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 489 visas in these occupations.

Subclass	Occupation ID	Description	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
189/491	2211	Accountants	N/A	N/A
189/491	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2334	Electronics Engineer	N/A	N/A
189/491	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	N/A	N/A
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	95	03/2020
491	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	95	12/2019
189/491	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	N/A	N/A
189/491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	N/A	N/A

 

Invitations issued during 2019-20 program year

Visa subclass	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	1,000	100	100	1,500	250	250	1,000	1,000	1,750	50	550	170	7,720
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored						200	300	500	300	50	100	30	1,480
Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489)	100	100	100										300
Total	1,100	200	200	1,500	250	450	1,300	1,500	2,050	100	650	200	9,500

 

The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses. State and Territory Governments nominate throughout the month for specific points tested skilled migration and business innovation and investment visas.