As you can see in below table the invitations have significantly dropped from December 2017. But they should again pick up again we are now in a new financial year as Home Affairs work with the cycle of July-June cycle. There a cap on numbers how many migrants can be granted Permanent Residency in one fiscal year.
The basis on that theory you will find there will be more invitations in the new rounds as we have already moved to new fiscal year and we will hear a lot more good news and it could also be a possibility that there will be a drop in points. I had an ICT occupation client in my office yesterday who applied for EOI 5 months back on 70 points and received an Invitation to apply under subclass 189.
The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 6 June 2018.
Invitations issued on 6 June 2018
| Visa Subclass |
Number |
| Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) |
300 |
| Skilled – Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) |
5 |
During 2017-18 program year the following numbers of invitations have been issued:
Invitations issued during 2017-18 program year
| Visa subclass |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
Total |
| Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) |
2000 |
2000 |
3500 |
2500 |
1400 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
300 |
15300 |
| Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) |
210 |
256 |
93 |
57 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
691 |
| Total |
2210 |
2256 |
3593 |
2557 |
1410 |
610 |
610 |
610 |
610 |
610 |
610 |
305 |
15991 |
The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses. State and Territory Governments nominate throughout the month for specific points tested skilled migration and business innovation and investment visas.
6 June 2018 results
The following graph shows the points for clients who were invited to apply in the 6 June 2018 round.
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.
SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189) and then the remaining to Skilled – Regional (Provisional) visas (subclass 489). If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 489 visas in these occupations.
| Visa Subclass |
Points score |
Date of effect |
| Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) |
75 |
31/05/2018 6:49 PM |
| Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) |
80 |
8/05/2018 8:50 PM |
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.
Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 6 June 2018 invitation round.
| Occupation ID |
Description |
Points score |
Date of effect |
| 2211 |
Accountants |
80 |
31/01/2018 10:18 PM |
| 2212 |
Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers |
80 |
13/02/2018 4:10 PM |
| 2334 |
Electronics Engineer |
75 |
30/05/2018 3:56 PM |
| 2335 |
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers |
75 |
30/05/2018 12:12 PM |
| 2339 |
Other Engineering Professionals |
75 |
11/04/2018 11:51 PM |
| 2611 |
ICT Business and System Analysts |
75 |
20/02/2018 6:18 PM |
| 2613 |
Software and Applications Programmers |
75 |
28/03/2018 7:04 PM |
| 2631 |
Computer Network Professionals |
75 |
24/04/2018 7:18 PM |
Immigration SA is introducing some changes to its general skilled migration nomination policies.
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