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Invitation Rounds Results
Current round
Invitations issued on 11 June 2020 by Department of Home Affairs
The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 11 June 2020 – these are copied from Dept of Home Affairs website and appended below for your convenience:
Overview
Invitation rounds for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas, anticipated to be run each month. Dates for the rounds are subject to change.
Invitation numbers in each round may vary depending on the number of applications being processed by the Department.
Note: State or territory government nominations for Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) will not be impacted by the departmental invitation rounds.
The Government is closely monitoring migration and visa settings to ensure they are consistent with public health measures, are flexible and do not displace job opportunities for Australians, so that Australia can effectively respond to the immediate and subsequent impacts of COVID-19. As such, targeted invitation rounds occurred in May and June 2020.
Current round
Invitations issued on 11 June 2020
The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 25 May 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 |
---|---|---|
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 then 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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100 |
100 |
100 |
300 |
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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.