Invitations Issued this month
Visa Subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 30 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 80
Invitation Process and Cut Offs
Visa Subclass Minimum Points Score Latest Date of Effect Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 65 Sep 2020 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored) 65 Apr 2020
Top 5 Occupations receiving invitations this month
Ranking Occupation Invitations 1 Registered Nurses 79 2 Other Medical Practitioners 14 3 Internal Medicine Specialists 13 4 Psychologists 2 5 Medical Laboratory Scientists 1
Top 5 Occupations receiving invitations this migration year so far
Ranking Occupation Invitations 1 Registered Nurses 414 2 Medical Laboratory Scientists 241 3 Civil Engineering Professionals 141 4 Electrical Engineers 98 5 Other Medical Practitioners 92
Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in this month’s invitation round
SUBCLASS OCCUPATION ID DESCRIPTION MINIMUM POINTS SCORE LATEST DATE OF EFFECT 189/491 2211 Accountants N/A N/A 189/491 2212 Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers N/A N/A 189 2334 Electronics Engineer N/A N/A 491 2334 Electronics Engineer N/A N/A 189 2335 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers N/A N/A 491 2335 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers N/A N/A 189 2339 Other Engineering Professionals N/A N/A 491 2339 Other Engineering Professionals N/A N/A 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 2020-21 program year
VISA SUBCLASS JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 500 110 350 30 990 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 100 90 150 80 420 Total 600 200 500 110 1 ,410
Nominations by State and Territory governments for last month
Visa Subclass ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA TOTAL Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) 96 101 20 <20 66 62 157 0 518 Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored 26 95 <20 <20 43 194 <20 0 378 Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188) <20 117 0 <20 <20 0 136 <20 295 Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) 0 0 0 <20 48 0 <20 <20 69 Total 125 313 34 35 170 256 309 <20 1,260
Nominations by State and Territory governments – 2020-21 total activity
Visa Subclass ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA TOTAL Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) 128 102 61 <20 66 94 157 0 624 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored 34 95 24 <20 43 210 <20 0 412 Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188) <20 117 0 <20 <20 0 136 31 312 Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) 0 0 0 <20 48 0 <20 <20 74 Total 165 314 85 35 170 304 309 40 1,422
Source: Department of Home Affairs
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