1. SkillSelect Update
The Home Affairs announced the invitation round result of 11 November 2018. The results were as follows:
- The total number of invitations offered in this round remained at 4,350. Of which 4340 were allocated to subclass 189 visa while the remaining ten were for subclass 489 EOI applicants.
- The minimum points to get an invitation remained at 70 points. The cut-off time was now up to 6 November. That means if you get 70 points or above, you probably to get invited in the coming round.
- The allocation mix between non-prorata and protata is 22:78
The top 10 occupations to receive an invitation (non pro-rata occupations) are as follows:
| Occupations | Occupation ID | No. of EOI invitations |
1 | Registered Nurses | 2544 | 351 |
2 | Civil Engineering Professionals | 2332 | 260 |
3 | Database and Systems Administrators and ICT Security Specialists | 2621 | 200 |
4 | Electrical Engineers | 2333 | 147 |
5 | Telecommunications Engineering Professionals | 2633 | 113 |
6 | Other Medical Practitioners | 2539 | 98 |
7 | Chemical and Materials Engineers | 2331 | 68 |
8 | Secondary School Teachers | 2414 | 63 |
9 | Architects and Landscape Architects | 2321 | 52 |
10 | General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers | 2531 | 50 |
For the pro-rata occupations the minimum points for Electric Engineering were increased by 5 points while the points for others remain at previous level. Please refer to the table below for details:
Pro-rata arrangement occupations | Occupation ID | Number of invitation in current round | Minimum points currently processed | Minimum points processed in previous round |
Software and Applications Programmers | 2613 | 1011 | 70 | 70 |
Accountants | 2211 | 522 | 80 | 80 |
Computer Network Professionals | 2631 | 301 | 70 | 70 |
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers | 2335 | 247 | 70 | 70 |
ICT Business and Systems Analysts* | 2611 | 204 | 75 | 75 |
Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers | 2212 | 186 | 80 | 80 |
Other Engineering Professionals | 2339 | 97 | 75 | 75 |
Electronics Engineers | 2334 | 42 | 75 | 70 |
Estimated processing time
According to the Home Affairs, the latest estimated visa application processing time for the following visas are as follows:
Subclass 189 (points-tested stream) around 7-8 months
Subclass 190 (state nomination) around 7-9 months
This is for indicative purpose only. Please bear in mind that processing times are impacted each month by changes in application volumes, seasonal peaks, complex cases, and incomplete applications.
3. State nomination update
State nomination statistics for subclass 190
The latest state nomination statistics are as follows:
| Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Cumulative 2018/19 |
QLD | 135 | 148 | 465 |
NSW | 353 | 228 | 758 |
VIC | 223 | 284 | 1,241 |
WA | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SA | 103 | 41 | 282 |
TAS | 30 | 33 | 217 |
ACT | 60 | 62 | 278 |
NT | 24 | 30 | 114 |
Total | 928 | 826 | 3,356 |
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