3-Monthly 08 December 2022 Skill Select Round and State Nomination Results

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SkillSelect EOI Invitation Round Results plus State-Nominated Invitation results are for:

1. Skill Select EOI Invitation Round is for people who lodged an Expression of Interest (EOI)
2. The two Genral Skilled Migration (GSM) visa subclasses are 189 (Skilled Independent) (Australian Permanent visa) and subclass 491 (Skilled Family Sponsored) (Australian Provisional visa).
3. The two State-nominated visa subclasses are 190 (Skilled State-nominated) (Australian Permanent visa) and subclass 491 (Skilled State Nominated Regional) (Australian Provisional visa).
4. State invitations for Business Owners and Investors: subclass 188 Business Innovation and Investment.
5. State invitations for Business Owners and Investors: subclass 132 Business Talent (permanent visas).

EasyMigrate is a leading Australian migration agency, based in Perth, Australia. Mr Cyrus Mistry (Founding Partner of EasyMigrate) has reviewed SkillSelect EOI Invitation Round Results – see his comments below.

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Quarterly Skill Select Tables : Invitations issued on 08 December 2022

Tables:

Visa subclass	Number of invitations issued
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	35,000
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)  Family-Sponsored	120

For Non-Pro rata occupations the Department of Immigration has announced points cut-off as per the table below:

Visa subclass	Minimum points score	All EOIs submitted before
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	65	Nov/2022
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored)	65	Dec/2022

For Pro-rata occupations the Department of Immigration usually announces points cut-off as per the table below but for this invitation-round (08 December 2022) NO PRO-RATA OCCUPATIONS DATA was provided.

Occupations included in 08 December 2022 Invitation Round

The table below shows the occupations that were INVITED in the SkillSelect invitation round on 08 December 2022.

	189		491
Occupation	Offshore**	Onshore**	Offshore**	Onshore**
Accountant (General)	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Actuary	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Aeronautical Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Agricultural Consultant	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Agricultural Engineer	90	90	N/A*	N/A*
Agricultural Scientist	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Airconditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber	65	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Analyst Programmer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Architect	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Artistic Director	N/A*	75	N/A*	N/A*
Arts Administrator or Manager	65	70	N/A*	N/A*
Audiologist	65	65	85	75
Automotive Electrician	N/A*	65	N/A*	N/A*
Barrister	65	70	N/A*	N/A*
Biochemist	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Biomedical Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Biotechnologist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Boat Builder and Repairer	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Botanist	N/A*	100	N/A*	N/A*
Bricklayer	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Cabinetmaker	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Cardiologist	85	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Cardiothoracic Surgeon	N/A*	80	N/A*	N/A*
Carpenter	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Carpenter and Joiner	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Cartographer	90	100	N/A*	N/A*
Chef	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Chemical Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Chemist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Child Care Centre Manager	65	65	N/A*	75
Chiropractor	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Civil Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Civil Engineering Draftsperson	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Civil Engineering Technician	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Clinical Psychologist	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Computer Network and Systems Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Conservator	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Construction Project Manager	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Dancer or Choreographer	65	80	N/A*	N/A*
Dermatologist	70	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Developer Programmer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist	80	65	N/A*	N/A*
Diesel Motor Mechanic	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher	65	65	65	85
Economist	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Educational Psychologist	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Electrical Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Electrical Engineering Draftsperson	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Electrical Engineering Technician	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Electrician (General)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Electrician (Special Class)	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Electronic Equipment Trades Worker	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (General)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class)	65	90	N/A*	N/A*
Electronics Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Emergency Medicine Specialist	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Endocrinologist	N/A*	65	N/A*	N/A*
Engineering Manager	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Engineering Professionals nec	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Engineering Technologist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Environmental Consultant	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Environmental Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Environmental Manager	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Environmental Research Scientist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Environmental Scientists nec	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
External Auditor	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Fitter (General)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Fitter and Turner		70	N/A*	N/A*
Fitter-Welder	70	70	N/A*	N/A*
Food Technologist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Forester	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Gasfitter	65	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
General Practitioner	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Geotechnical Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Glazier	N/A*	75	N/A*	N/A*
ICT Business Analyst	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
ICT Security Specialist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Industrial Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Intensive Care Specialist	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Internal Auditor	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Joiner	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Land Economist	75	70	N/A*	N/A*
Landscape Architect	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Life Scientist (General)	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Life Scientists nec	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Lift Mechanic	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Locksmith	80	80	N/A*	N/A*
Management Accountant	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Management Consultant	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Marine Biologist	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Materials Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Mechanical Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Medical Diagnostic Radiographer	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Medical Laboratory Scientist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Medical Practitioners nec	65	65	110	N/A*
Medical Radiation Therapist	70	70	N/A*	N/A*
Metal Fabricator	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Metal Machinist (First Class)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Metallurgist	N/A*	90	N/A*	N/A*
Meteorologist	N/A*	90	N/A*	N/A*
Microbiologist	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Midwife	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Motor Mechanic (General)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Multimedia Specialist	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Music Director	70	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Musician (Instrumental)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Naval Architect	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Neurosurgeon	N/A*	65	N/A*	N/A*
Nuclear Medicine Technologist	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Nurse Practitioner	70	N/A*	85	N/A*
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Occupational Therapist	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Optometrist	65	70	N/A*	N/A*
Organisational Psychologist	80	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Orthotist or Prosthetist	N/A*	75	N/A*	N/A*
Osteopath	75	75	N/A*	N/A*
Other Spatial Scientist	90	90	N/A*	N/A*
Otorhinolaryngologist	N/A*	85	N/A*	N/A*
Paediatrician	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Painting Trades Worker	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Panelbeater	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Pathologist	65	65	95	N/A*
Petroleum Engineer	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Physicist	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Physiotherapist	65	65	80	N/A*
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon	70	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Plumber (General)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Podiatrist	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Primary Health Organisation Manager	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Production or Plant Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Psychiatrist	80	65	N/A*	N/A*
Psychologists nec	65	65	N/A*	90
Quantity Surveyor	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Radiation Oncologist	85	80	N/A*	N/A*
Radiocommunications Technician	N/A*	65	N/A*	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)	65	65	N/A*	65
Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Community Health)	65	65	70	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)	65	65	80	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)	65	70	N/A*	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Medical)	65	65	65	85
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)	65	65	65	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)	65	70	N/A*	N/A*
Registered Nurse (Perioperative)	65	65	75	90
Registered Nurse (Surgical)	65	65	85	65
Registered Nurses nec	65	65	90	65
Roof Plumber	N/A*	80	N/A*	N/A*
Secondary School Teacher	65	65	70	80
Sheetmetal Trades Worker	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Shipwright	70	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Social Worker	65	65	N/A*	80
Software and Applications Programmers nec	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Software Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Solicitor	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Solid Plasterer	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Sonographer	65	N/A*	75	N/A*
Special Needs Teacher	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Specialist Physician (General Medicine)	65	70	N/A*	N/A*
Specialist Physicians nec	70	65	N/A*	N/A*
Speech Pathologist	65	65	80	N/A*
Statistician	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Structural Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Surgeon (General)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Surveyor	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
Systems Analyst	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Taxation Accountant	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Technical Cable Jointer	N/A*	70	N/A*	N/A*
Telecommunications Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Telecommunications Field Engineer	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Telecommunications Network Engineer	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Telecommunications Network Planner	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Tennis Coach	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Transport Engineer	90	85	N/A*	N/A*
University Lecturer	65	65	65	95
Valuer	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Vascular Surgeon	N/A*	80	N/A*	N/A*
Veterinarian	85	85	N/A*	N/A*
Wall and Floor Tiler	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Welder (First Class)	65	65	N/A*	N/A*
Welfare Centre Manager	80	N/A*	N/A*	N/A*
Zoologist	N/A*	100	N/A*	N/A*

* Results could indicate that no candidates were available to be invited, or did not meet parameters to receive an invite.

** Onshore/Offshore location as indicated in SkillSelect system at the time invites were issued.

Invitations issued during recent months:

Month	Number of Invitations – Subclass 189 Independent	Number of Invitations – Subclass 491 Family-sponsored
March 2019	1490	Old SC489 – 10
April 2019	100	Old SC489 – 10
May 2019	100	Old SC489 – 10
June 2019	100	Old SC489 – 10
July 2019	1000	Old SC489 – 100
Aug 2019	100	Old SC489 – 100
Sept 2019	100	Old SC489 – 100
Oct 2019	1500	0
Nov 2019	250	0
Dec 2019	250	New SC491 - 200
Jan 2020	1000	300
Feb 2020	1000	500
March 2020	1750	300
April 2020	50	50
May 2020	550	100
June 2020	170	30
July 2020	500	100
August 2020	110	90
Oct 2020	30	80
January 2021 (quarterly)	200	163
April 2021 (quarterly)	500	160
July 2021 (quarterly)	500	250
October 2021 (quarterly)	200	200
January 2022 (quarterly)	200	200
April 2022 (quarterly)	1000	500
August 2022 (quarterly)	12,200	466
October 2022 (quarterly)	11,982	847
December 2022 (quarterly)	35,000	120
TOTAL (2022-2023 Program Year – to date)	58,914	1,404

Invitations issued for State Nominated SC190 and Regional State-nominated SC491 (06 October 2022 and 08 December 2022 results) have not been published.

EasyMigrate is happy to write that this is the THIRD Invitation-round that has everyone excited- these last three quarterly invitation-rounds show a tremendous increase in the number of invitations being issued!

From December 2020 the Department of Immigration (DoHA) is issuing “invitations” on a quarterly basis.

There were 11,982 invitations published for the last October 2022 invitation round for SC189 applicants, with a cut-off date of October 2022 and a minimum points-score of 65 points. The previous invitation round (August 2022) had 12,200 invitations for Skilled Independent (SC189) at 65 points. But this time (December 2022) the SC189 invitations have almost tripled to 35,000 invitations!

In August 2022, the previous cut-off for Skilled Regional Family Sponsored (SC491) was 65 points.  Last time (October 2022 round) –SC491 Family Sponsored: 847 applicants were invited, starting at 65 points with cut-off date October-2022.But this time there is a marked REDUCTION in Family Sponsored SC491 invitations : down from 847 to 120 invitations!

The “boom” months were between September 2018 and November 2018 at 4,350 invitations per month i.e. 13,050 invitations per quarter.

In the October 2018 invitation round, 70-point holders were also invited for SC189, but not for a long time after that – until the August 2022 round, the previous October 2022 round and then the current invitation round where the minimum score fell to 65 points in both SC189 Independent and in SC491 Family Sponsored invitations.

Historical Analysis

The number of monthly invitations used to hover around the “two thousand-plus” around 2017 good months.  They went lower between November 2017 to June 2018 at about 305 “SkillSelect” invitations per fortnight for the EOI applicants!  

From July 2018 the invitations were on par with the good months in previous year (2017).

The two rounds of October 2018 and November 2018 EXCEEDED our expectations at 4,340 invitations.  

But the December 2018 round and January 2019  halved to 2,500 invitations. February 2019,  March 2019  were FURTHER REDUCED to 1,500 invitations, and April 2019 plus May 2019 plus June 2019 invitations were a disappointing 100 invitations only. 

July 2019 invitations had bounced back to 1,000 invitations. But August 2019 and September 2019 had fallen back to just 100 invitations! October 2019 invitations looked much better at 1,500 invitations. But November 2019 round was very poor at 250 invitations. The December 2019 was not much better – 250 invitations for SC189 and 200 invitations for SC491-Family-Sponsored.

The January 2020 and February 2020 invitations were better with 1,000 SC190 invitations and 300 to 500 SC491-Family-Sponsored invitations. The March 2020 round was good at 1,750 invitations for SC189 and 300 invitations for SC491. April 2020,  May 2020 and June 2020 rounds were also very low.

The total number of invitations for the financial year (July 2019 to June 2020) was 7,780 for SC189 Independent and 1,480 for SC491 Family-Sponsored.

The total number of invitations for the financial year (July 2020 to June 2021) was 1,850 for SC189 Independent and 473 for SC491 Family-Sponsored.

Previous Program year (July-2020 to June-2021): July 2020 had 600 invitations.  August 2020 had 200 invitations. Sept 2020 was better than the previous –  at 350 invitations for SC189 and 150 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored (total 500 invitations). Then the Dept of Home Affairs changed their invitation rounds to “quarterly” instead of monthly. The quarterly invitation (January 2021) included 200 invitations for SC189 and 163 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored visas giving a total of 363 invitations. The quarterly round (April 2021) had 500 invitations for SC189 and 160 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored (total 660 invitations).

Last Financial year 2021-22: Previous quarterly round (July 2021) had 500 invitations for SC189 and 250 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored (total 750 invitations). The October 2021 round had only 200 invitations each for both SC189 and SC491 visas. Then the quarterly round (January 2022) had 200 invitations for SC189 and 200 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored (total 400 invitations). The April 2022 round had 1000 invitations for SC189 and 500 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored (total 1500 invitations).

The total number of invitations for the financial year (July 2021 to June 2022) was 1,900 for SC189 Independent and 1,150 for SC491 Family-Sponsored.

The August 2022 round had 12,200 invitations for SC189 and 466 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored (total 12,666 invitations).

Previous Quarterly round (October 2022) saw the Dept of Immigration invitations return to the good old days! Number of invitations for SC189 were similar to the BOOM months of October and November 2018 and also the most recent BOOM quarter of August 2022 invitations! Then the October 2022 invitation round had a similar and staggering 11,982 invitations for SC189 and 847 invitations for SC491 Family Sponsored.

Now in the CURRENT ROUND (December 2022), the SC189 invitations have almost TRIPLED from the previous round levels – i.e. from 11,982 to 35,000 invitations. But the SC491 Family Sponsored invitations reduced from 847 to 120 invitations.

Cyrus Mistry Comments

Invitation rounds for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas are now run each quarter (three monthly). Next round is expected in March 2023. 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. This program is implemented 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 – targeted towards specific occupations that are in demand. This has been further liberalised in the CURRENT round (December 2022) resulting in TRIPLE the number of SC189 invitations. You will note from the above table that the “occupations” selected has also been substantially expanded.

Recent developments around the word regarding the Coronavirus has had an effect on Dept of Immigration decision-makers. The “migration program” especially in the GSM and State-Nominated subclasses are “long term” processes taking 12-24 months to be finalised.  We saw POSITIVE media-statements from the new Labour Ministers regarding ramping-up Australia’s migration programme as there are severe skill-shortages emerging. The West Australian Premier Mr Mark McGowan visited Italy / UK / Ireland in June 2022. The Deputy premier visited India and other Asian countries also in June 2022 to try and “recruit” skilled workers. The number of invitations issued in older 2021 and early 2022 rounds remained low compared to boom-years – but these last three INVITATION ROUNDS have brought the invitation-numbers back to where they used to be in the boom months of October 2018 and November 2018. This is a very pleasing development.

We are also pleased to report that there is a marked improvement in visa-grant numbers, as a result of Ministerial Directives to the Department of Immigration (DoHA – The Department of Home Affairs).

Because of the COVID19 pandemic, the recent rounds of invitations had been drastically cut. But with the opening of international borders as from November 2021 onwards, we have seen that migration-levels have returned to “normal” levels in a few month’s time.

The effect of “re-invitation” continues to plague the SkillSelect invitations program. In my previous articles, I had mentioned about the impact of “re-invitation”. Many applicants have changed to other countries or changed their plans but have not removed their Expressions of Interest (EOI). So they get invited, but they do not apply within the next 60 days. These applicants usually get “re-invited” as per Dept of Immigration rules one more time! I estimate this figure to be as high as 30-40% in many occupations. This severely affects the program. For example, out of the 1,000-odd invitations in a recent invitation-round only about 600-800 may have taken it up, 200-400 “invites” were wasted! This is something that the Department of Home Affairs has not been able to tackle yet.

Please keep in mind that for the SC491 FAMILY-SPONSORED visa, the applicant needs to have scored 50 points “independently” plus the 15 points from their family-sponsor (if invitations are starting at 65 points). From 16 November 2019 onwards the new Subclass 491 Regional Family-Sponsored visa has come into effect, replacing the SC489 family-Sponsored.

Our EasyMigrate website has statistics for previous SkillSelect Invitation Round Results. My ongoing analysis commencing October 2017 invitation round and right up to the most recent invitation rounds are all available on our website.

Invitation Rounds Results

following information is compiled from available statistics on Department of Home Affairs website https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/invitation-rounds

Current round

08 December 2022