Australia Skill Select update for September 2018

Australia Skill Select update for September 2018

The latest Skill Select Invitation Round was conducted by the Department of Home Affairs on September 11, 2018.

The required score for an invitation for the Subclass 189 Visa remained at 70 for non-pro rata occupations. The waiting time saw a slight increase to 12 weeks.

Majority of the pro rata occupations remained unchanged. However, the score required for the occupation of Electronics Engineer went down to 70 from 75 in the latest round. However, the wait time was significantly longer at 10 months.

The September round saw 2490 invitations being issued in the Subclass 189, as per SBS News. 10 invitations were issued in the Subclass 489, which is the same as the August round.

Here is a summary of the September Skill Select round:

Pro Rata Occupations	Current Required Score	Invitations issued till Sep 11	Target	Remaining places	% Filled
Accountants	80	636	3753	3117	16.95
Auditors, Company Secretaries, and Corporate Treasurers	80	227	1342	1115	16.92
Software and Application Programmers	75	1231	7271	6040	16.93
ICT Business and System Analysts	75	248	1466	1218	16.92
Industrial, Mechanical, and Production Engineers	70	301	1780	1479	16.91
Electronics Engineer	70	51	300	249	17.0
Other Engineering Professionals	75	119	700	581	17.0
Computer Network Professionals	70	367	2167	1800	16.94

The number of invitations issued till date is:

Invitations Issued	Current Score required	Invitations issued  till Sep 11
Subclass 189	70	5980
Subclass 489	80	30

The Australian Government is currently considering giving regional migration priority as metropolitan cities like Melbourne and Sydney are struggling with congestion. It plans to add more occupations to the Regional Occupation List (ROL) which currently supports the regional sponsored programs.

More invitations are expected to be issued by the Govt. to Skilled Regional Provisional Subclass 489 applicants in the future.

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