SkillSelect Invitation Rounds – 21 January 2021

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