Australia Skill Select update for July 2019

Australia has conducted the first Skill Select invitation round on 11th July for the program year 2019-20. Immigration intake for Australian PR has been reduced which is evident in the lesser number of invitations being issued. 

1000 invitations were issued for the Subclass 189 Visa and 100 for the Subclass 489 Visa. The Subclass 489 Visa will soon be replaced by the Subclass 491 Visa of Australia. 

The minimum cut-off for non-pro-rata occupations has remained the same at 80 points. The wait time is around 2 months for these occupations. 

The minimum cut-off for the Subclass 489 Visa was 80 points. There is a wait time of 6 months for this visa. 

Pro-rata occupations are the ones where the demand is more than the number of visa places available. The minimum cut-off for these occupations is generally higher than the non-pro-rata ones. 

Here are the results of the 11th July Skill Select round: 

Occ. ID	Description	Minimum cut-off	Latest date of EOI
2631	Computer Network Professionals	80	13.05.2019 7:32 am
2334	Electronics Engineer	80	5.05.2019 7:01 pm
2339	Other Engg. Professionals	80	1.04.2019 4:39 pm
2335	Industrial, Mech. & Production Engg	80	10.05.2019 2:51 pm
2211	Accountants	85	14.12.2018 12:46 pm
2212	Auditors, CS and Corp. Treasurers	85	9.03.2019 11:46 pm
2611	ICT Business & Systems Analyst	80	12.04.2019 11:53 pm
2613	S/w and Application Programmers	80	13.05.2019 7:10 am

 

Almost half of the ITAs went to the 4 main occupation groups: 

• Software & Application Programmers: 264 
• Accountants: 83 
• Architects & Landscape Architects: 124 

• ICT Business & System Analysts: 73 

Three of the above occupations fall under the pro-rata scheme. These occupations are very likely to fill up fast and the competition for the same will be high, as per SBS News. 

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