Invitations Issued this month
Visa Subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 200 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 163
Invitation Process and Cut Offs
Visa Subclass Minimum Points Score Latest Date of Effect Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 65 Apr 2020 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored) 65 Nov 2020
Top 5 Occupations receiving invitations this month
Ranking Occupation Invitations 1 Registered Nurses 127 2 Other Medical Practitioners 58 3 Internal Medicine Specialists 40 4 Psychiatrists 33 5 Other Engineering Professionals* 32
Top 5 Occupations receiving invitations this migration year so far
Ranking Occupation Invitations 1 Registered Nurses 541 2 Medical Laboratory Scientists 242 3 Other Medical Practitioners 150 4 Civil Engineering Professionals 141 5 Internal Medicine Specialists 108
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 95 Oct 2020 491 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 70 Sep 2020 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 0 0 200 1190 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 100 90 150 80 0 0 163 583 Total 600 200 500 110 0 0 363 1 ,773
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) 34 <20 75 131 78 48 <20 <20 384 Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored <20 <20 23 <20 69 224 32 <20 382 Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188) 0 <20 0 198 <20 0 23 <20 237 Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) 0 0 0 28 <20 0 0 <20 32 Total 53 <20 98 366 152 272 66 <20 1,035
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) 294 357 195 382 326 321 568 205 2,648 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored 65 101 130 210 318 753 73 42 1,692 Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188) <20 204 <20 401 61 <20 332 66 1,073 Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) <20 <20 0 125 83 0 <20 20 243 Total 365 663 327 1,118 788 1,076 986 333 5,656
Source: Department of Home Affairs
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