The Australia immigration Department has recently conducted the SkillSelect Invitation rounds on 10th January 2020 under the Skilled Independent (subclass) 189 Visa and for Skilled Work (Provisional) Subclass 491 Visa- Family Sponsored Visa. In this SkillSelect, a total of 1300 invitations were issued under which 1000 is for Skilled independent 189 visa while 300 invitations for Skilled Work Regional 491 visa- family sponsored.
The minimum points score is 90 for both Subclass 189 visa and Subclass 491 visa. However, the highest ranked candidates are invited to apply for the relevant Subclass visa. Aspirants who have equal point scores, the time at which they reached their point score for the Subclass visa determines their order of invitation. EOI with earlier dates are invited first before the later dates.
SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled Independent 189 visa and then the leftover places to Skilled Work Regional Subclass 491 Visa- Family Sponsored. If all places are taken up by Subclass 189 visa, then there will be no invitation issued for Subclass 491 visa in the following pro rata occupations:
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