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

 

Current round

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.

 

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