Australia immigration Department has recently released its with newest SkillSelect invitation round on 11th February 2020 with issuing a total number of 1500 invitations under General skilled migration visa for Skilled Independent Subclass 189 visa and Skilled work Regional (provisional) Subclass 491 visa -Family sponsored.
On the total of 1500 invitations, 1000 invitations were allotted to Skilled Independent Subclass 189 visa and the remaining 500 were given to Skilled Work Regional (provisional) Subclass 491 visa- Family sponsored. The minimum point score for Subclass 189 visa is 90 point score while 85 is the minimum point score for Subclass 491 visa-family sponsored. However, the highest ranked applicants by point score were invited to apply for relevant visa. For applicants who have equal points score, the time at which they reached their point score for Subclass visa determines their order of invitation.
Applicants who submit Expression of Interest (EOI) with earlier dates are invited first before later dates. Because of high level of demand, the below pro rata occupations are invited with minimum point score as:
Subclass Visa
|
Occupation ID
|
Pro Rata Occupations
|
Minimum point Score
|
189
|
2211
|
Accountants
|
95
|
189
|
2212
|
Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers
|
95
|
189
|
2334
|
Electronics Engineer
|
90
|
491
|
2334
|
Electronics Engineer
|
85
|
189
|
2335
|
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers
|
90
|
189
|
2339
|
Other Engineering Professionals
|
90
|
189
|
2611
|
ICT Business and System Analysts
|
90
|
189
|
2613
|
Software and Applications Programmers
|
90
|
491
|
2613
|
Software and Applications Programmers
|
85
|
189
|
2631
|
Computer Network Professionals
|
90
|
491
|
2631
|
Computer Network Professionals
|
85
|
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| Australia Invitation Round Results February 2020 |
Australia SkillSelect first allocates available places to Subclass 189 visa and then the remaining places to Subclass 491 visa-family sponsored. If all places will be taken up by Visa 189, then no invitations will be issued for 491 visa of the above pro rata occupations.
The SkillSelect invitation rounds are likely to run in 11th day of each month, although dates of round may vary depending upon the number of applications being processed by Australia Department.
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