The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round:
Visa subclass Number of Invitations
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) 1,000
Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored 300
The table below shows the points for clients who were invited to apply:
Subclass 189 Points Subclass 491
Less than 5 115 points —
6 110 Points —
17 105 Points 8
45 100 Points 42
285 95 Points 82
646 90 Points 168
Invitation process and cut offs
The highest ranked clients by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients who have equal points scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates.
Visa subclass Minimum Points Score Latest date of effect
Subclass 189 90 2/10/2019 11:05pm
Subclass 491 90 16/12/2019 1:01am
Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 10 January 2020 invitation round.
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 program year.
SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189) and then the remaining to Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored . If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 491 visas in these occupations.
Subclass Occupation Min. points Date of effect
189 Accountants 95 23/04/2019 1:56pm
189 Auditors, Company Secretaries & Corporate Treasurers 95 18/10/2019 10:51am
189 Electronics Engineer 90 25/09/2019 6:35am
491 Electronics Engineer 95 3/01/2020 3:10pm
189 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers 90 1/06/2019 4:20pm
189 Other Engineering Professionals 90 28/08/2019 12:31pm
189 ICT Business and System Analysts 90 1/09/2019 9:12am
189 Software and Applications Programmers 90 2/10/2019 8:32am
491 Software and Applications Programmers 90 11/12/2019 7:33pm
189 Computer Network Professionals 90 30/09/2019 4:46pm
491 Computer Network Professionals 90 20/11/2019 2:40pm