SkillSelect Invitation Rounds – 21 January 2022

Invitations Issued this month

Visa Subclass	Number
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	200
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored	200

Invitation Process and Cut Offs

Visa Subclass	Minimum Points Score	Latest Date of Effect
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	90	09/2021
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored)	80	01/2022

Occupations included in this month’s invitation round

OCCUPATION	INVITED FOR SUBCLASS	LOWEST POINTS SCORE INVITED SUBCLASS 189	LOWEST POINTS SCORE INVITED SUBCLASS 491 (FSR)
Agricultural Consultant	491	N/A	80
Agricultural Scientist	491	N/A	80
Biotechnologist	491	N/A	80
Chemical Engineer	491	N/A	80
Emergency Medicine Specialist	189	90	N/A
Environmental Consultant	491	N/A	80
Environmental Scientists nec	491	N/A	85
Food Technologist	491	N/A	80
General Practitioner	189	90	N/A
Geophysicist	491	N/A	80
Life Scientist (General)	491	N/A	105
Life Scientists nec	491	N/A	95
Medical Diagnostic Radiographer	189	90	N/A
Medical Laboratory Scientist	189, 491	90	80
Medical Practitioners nec	189	90	N/A
Medical Radiation Therapist	491	N/A	95
Microbiologist	189, 491	90	85
Midwife	491	N/A	85
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)	189	90	N/A
Neurosurgeon	189	95	N/A
Nuclear Medicine Technologist	189	95	N/A
Nurse Practitioner	189	95	N/A
Orthotist or Prosthetist	491	N/A	80
Paediatrician	189	90	N/A
Petroleum Engineer	189	90	N/A
Physiotherapist	491	N/A	80
Psychologists nec	491	N/A	80
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)	491	N/A	80
Registered Nurse (Community Health)	189	90	N/A
Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)	189	90	N/A
Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)	189, 491	90	90
Registered Nurse (Medical)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurse (Perioperative)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurse (Surgical)	189, 491	90	80
Registered Nurses nec	491	N/A	80
Social Worker	491	N/A	80
Veterinarian	189	90	N/A

Invitations issued during 2021-22 program year

VISA SUBCLASS	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	TOTAL
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	250			200			200						650
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored	500			200			200						900
Total	750			400			400						1,550

Nominations by State and Territory governments for last month

Visa subclass	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas.	Vic.	WA
Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)	41	364	36	194	124	124	82	302
Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State and Territory Nominated	113	501	63	104	354	188	59	136
Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188)	<20	139	0	135	68	0	26	<20

Nominations by State and Territory governments – 2020-21 total activity

Visa subclass	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas.	Vic.	WA
Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)	385	2,782	326	370	1,144	831	1,688	1,385
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) State and Territory Nominated	806	1,978	529	336	1,951	1,421	221	374
Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188)	<20	1,182	<20	295	381	<20	140	107

Source: Department of Home Affairs