2021 Latest Invitation Rounds and Allocations Updates for Australian Skilled Migration Program

Invitation rounds for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas, are anticipated to be run quarterly. Dates for the rounds are subject to change.

Invitation numbers in each round may vary depending on the number of applications being processed by the Department.

Note: State or territory government nominations for Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) will not be impacted by the departmental invitation rounds.

The Government is closely monitoring migration and visa settings to ensure they are consistent with public health measures, are flexible and do not displace job opportunities for Australians, so that Australia can effectively respond to the immediate and subsequent impacts of COVID-19. As such, targeted invitation rounds have occurred since May 2020.

The Department will run quarterly invitation rounds for the remainder of the 2021-22 program year.

SkillSelect Invitation Round for 2021-2022

On 26 July, a total of 750 invitations were issued; 500 of those for a Subclass 189 Skilled Independent visa and 250 for the Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Family Sponsored) visa.

Following the trend of the last few rounds, the minimum points score for the 491 visa continued at 65 points, and the 189 minimum score remained at 80 points. The most recently lodged EOI for a 491 was from March 2021, while the most recent EOI for a 189 visa was way back in July 2019.

Pro-Rata Occupations

Two of the pro-rata Engineering occupations received invites this round:

Occupation Ceilings

As Occupation Ceilings have not been published, review of the available EOI data has provided no clarity on which occupations actually received invitations. 

The Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (please note Pharmacists were added to the list after the 26 July round) was recently updated.

Occupations on the PMSOL as of 27 July 2021

• Chief Executive or Managing Director (111111)
• Construction Project Manager (133111)
• Accountant (General) (221111)
• Accountant (Management) (221112)
• Accountant (Taxation) (221113)
• External Auditor (221213)
• Internal Auditor (221214)
• Surveyor (232212)
• Cartographer (232213)
• Other Spatial Scientist (232214)
• Civil Engineer (233211)
• Structural Engineer (233214)
• Geotechnical Engineer (233212)
• Transport Engineer (233215)
• Electrical Engineer (233311)
• Mechanical Engineer (233512)
• Mining Engineer (233611)
• Petroleum Engineer (233612)
• Medical Laboratory Scientist (234611)
• Veterinarian (234711)
• Hospital Pharmacist (251511)
• Retail Pharmacist (251513)
• Industrial Pharmacist (251512)
• Orthotist / Prosthetist (251912)
• General Practitioner (253111)
• Resident Medical Officer (253112)
• Psychiatrist (253411)
• Medical Practitioner nec (253999)
• Midwife (254111)
• Registered Nurse (Aged Care) (254412)
• Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) (254415)
• Registered Nurse (Medical) (254418)
• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (254422)
• Registered Nurse (Perioperative) (254423)
• Registered Nurses nec (254499)
• Multimedia Specialist (261211)
• Analyst Programmer (261311)
• Developer Programmer (261312)
• Software Engineer (261313)
• Software and Applications Programmers (261399)
• ICT Security Specialist (262112)
• Social Worker (272511)
• Maintenance Planner (312911)
• Chef (351311)

General Skilled visa applicants in the above applications also appear to be receiving preference under the Independent and State/Territory Nominated visa programs.

Employer-sponsored applicants in the PMSOL occupations will be given priority processing for both nomination and visa applications in the following visa types:

• Subclass 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa
• Subclass 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa
• Subclass 186 - Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) visa
• Subclass 187 - Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS)

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Source:

Commonwealth of Australia;

Department of Home affairs