Invitations Issued this month
Visa Subclass Number Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 500 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 160
Invitation Process and Cut Offs
Visa Subclass Minimum Points Score Latest Date of Effect Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 80 Jul 2019 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored) 65 Mar 2021
Top 5 Occupations receiving invitations this month
Ranking Occupation Invitations 1 General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers 206 2 Registered Nurses 117 3 Mining Engineers 74 4 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers* 73 5 Veterinarians 41
Top 5 Occupations receiving invitations this migration year so far
Ranking Occupation Invitations 1 Registered Nurses 658 2 Medical Laboratory Scientists 261 3 General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers 230 4 Other Medical Practitioners 167 5 Civil Engineering Professionals 141
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 80 07/2019 491 2335 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers N/A N/A 189 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 90 05/2020 491 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 70 09/2020 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 0 0 500 1690 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 100 90 150 80 0 0 163 0 0 160 743 Total 600 200 500 110 0 0 363 0 0 660 2,433
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) 151 205 30 170 205 145 118 115 1,139 Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State and Territory Nominated 113 241 39 152 222 96 57 24 944 Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188) <20 296 <20 220 95 0 39 <20 674 Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) <20 <20 <20 67 295 0 <20 <20 383 Total 270 748 72 609 817 241 218 165 3,140
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) 553 568 290 619 612 499 833 351 4,325 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored 274 362 210 442 606 1,048 185 73 3,200 Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188) <20 563 <20 827 168 <20 394 103 2,080 Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132) <20 <20 <20 260 398 0 <20 31 720 Total 848 1,503 506 2,148 1,784 1,549 1,429 558 10,325
Source: Department of Home Affairs
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