More skilled foreigners welcomed to work in Australia

 

Invitation rounds for the following Australian visa types are expected to be held quarterly. These include:

• Subclass 491 - Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa
• Subclass 189 - Skilled Independent visa (Family Sponsored visas)

The number of invitations in each round is subject to variation depending on the number of applications the Department processes.

It’s to be noted that nominations from Australia’s state or territory governments for Subclass 491 won’t be impacted by the invitation rounds conducted by the department.

The Government of Australia is monitoring migration and visa settings closely to make sure that they are

• consistent with measures for public health,
• not displacing employment opportunities for Australians, and
• flexible

This will ensure that Australia can respond effectively to the imminent and long-time effects of COVID-19. As such, invitation rounds in a targeted fashion have been held since May 2020.

Current round

Invitations sent on April 21, 2021

In the table below the number of invitations sent in the invitation round by SkillSelect on April 21, 2021, is given.

Visa subclass	No. of invitations
Subclass 491 - Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (Family Sponsored)	160
Subclass 189 - Skilled Independent visa	500

Invitation process & cut-offs

Clients who are ranked the highest in terms of point scores are issued invites to file an application for the relevant visa. For clients who share the same scores, the decision is made based on the time at which they reached their scores for that particular subclass. This is referred to as the “date of effect”. It determines the order in which they will get their invitations. EOIs with older dates of effect are sent invites before those that were reached on later dates.

Visa subclass	Min. points score	The latest month of effect
Subclass 189 - Skilled Independent visa	80	07/2019
Subclass 491 - Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (Family Sponsored)	65	03/2021

Owing to high demand and following the previous program years, the occupation groups given below will be treated with pro-rata arrangements. This move is to make sure that invitations are available across the program year.

Subclass	Job ID	Occupations	Latest date of effect month	Minimum points score
189/491	2211	Accountants	N/A	N/A
189/491	2334	Electronics Engineer	N/A	N/A
189/491	2212	Auditors, Corporate Treasurers, and Company Secretaries	N/A	N/A
189	2335	Industrial,  Production, and Mechanical Engineers	07/2019	80
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	05/2020	90
491	2335	Industrial, Production, and Mechanical Engineers	N/A	N/A
491	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	09/2020	70
189/491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	N/A	N/A
189/491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	N/A	N/A

If you are looking to Study, Work, Visit, Invest or Migrate to Australia, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No.1 Immigration & Visa Company.

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EOI – Expression of Interest