Australia Skillselect Invitation Round Results

December 9, 2016


The following Expression of Interest’s were selected from the pool and invited to apply on 23 November 2016:

Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) – 1016

Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) - 54

The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses.

Invitation process and cut offs

The highest ranked clients by points are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients who have equal point scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the visa date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with ea

Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) – 60 points Visa date of effect (23 November 2016 2:03pm)

Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) – 60 points – Visa date of effect (21 November 2016 7:40am)

Due to high levels of demand, and in keeping with previous years, the below occupation groups will be subject to pro rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the programme year:

  • Accountants

  • Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers

  • Electronics Engineers

  • Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers

  • Other Engineering Professionals

  • Registered Nurses

  • ICT Business and System Analysts

  • Software and Applications Programmers

  • Computer Network Professionals

 The next selection is due to take place on the 7th December 2016.