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Skill Select Results January 3rd, 2018
The Department of Immigration has released the analysis of the 3rd January 2018 round results (Expressions of Interest) for the visa subclass 189 (Skilled Independent) and 489 (Skilled Family Sponsored). EasyMigrate’s Principal Migration Consultant Mr Cyrus Mistry has reviewed these results:
“Broad Overview: I am disappointed with the number of “invitations” provided by the Dept of Immigration this time – only 305 which is the same as the last round of invitations! Worst still, not a single “Accountant” was invited! The total number of invitations for the last six months has been 12,941 so I expect that in the remaining financial year (Jan-June 2018) there is likely to be some increase in the number of invitations provided by the Department of Immigration.
Under the subclass 189 (Skilled Independent) visa, ONLY 300 invitations were issued in total with only 5 invitations under the subclass 489 (Skilled Family Sponsored) visa. This is a decrease of 2250 invitations compared to the October 2017 invitations and 1105 invitations less than the November 2017 round. Please note that these figures do not include invitations under the state-nominated subclasses SC190 and SC489.
For this round, most invitations (208) were to applicants who have 75 points. Another 62 invitations went to persons with 70 points. There were NO INVITES to applicants with 60 or 65 points. 29 invites were to applicants on 80 points with 6 invitations going to applicants having 85 points or more.
I wish to highlight again that about 15% of the “invitations” usually do not get taken up (because of the applicant’s changed circumstances). These “invitations” expire after 60 days and lead to a “re-invite” in the next round of invitations (maximum two invites). When the number of invitations is reduced by DIBP to a paltry 300 (instead of the usual 2000-3000 per month) then these “re-invitation” tend to skew the results and give inaccurate statistics. I wonder when DIBP will wake up to this reality and make necessary adjustments in their reporting.
For the occupations subject to pro-rata arrangements, Accountants did not get any invitations. I am hoping that DIBP recommences invitations for “Accountants” soon. Accountants have been excluded from some Oct-Nov 2017 rounds also!
Electronics Engineers got invited at 70 points with the date of effect 20-09-2017, so they seem to have about four months waiting in the queue.
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers got invited at 75 points with date of effect 02-01-2018. This date is quite significant.
Other Engineering Professionals got invited at 70 points with date of effect 31-10-2016 which seems to be an aberration or a typing mistake on the DIBP website.
ICT Professionals (Business and Systems Analysts, Software Programmers and Network Professionals) got invited at 70 points with visa date of effect ranging between 30-08-2017 and 21-09-2017 – about 4-5 months waiting in the queue.
3 January 2018 Invitation round
The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 3 January 2018.
Invitations issued on 3 January 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 | 300 | 12300 | |||||
| Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) | 210 | 256 | 93 | 57 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 641 | |||||
| Total | 2210 | 2256 | 3593 | 2557 | 1410 | 610 | 305 | 12941 |
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.
3 January 2018 results
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) | 70 | 21/09/2017 6:52 pm |
| Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) | 80 | 10/11/2017 9:08 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 3 January 2018 invitation round.
| Occupation ID | Description | Points score | Date of effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2211 | Accountants | N/A | N/A |
| 2212 | Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers | 75 | 13/09/2017 10:51 am |
| 2334 | Electronics Engineer | 70 | 20/09/2017 11:47 pm |
| 2335 | Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers | 75 | 02/01/2018 11:00 pm |
| 2339 | Other Engineering Professionals | 70 | 31/10/2016 5:37 pm |
| 2611 | ICT Business and System Analysts | 70 | 30/08/2017 12:03 am |
| 2613 | Software and Applications Programers | 70 | 21/09/2017 6:50 pm |
| 2631 | Computer Network Professionals | 70 | 21/09/2017 6:52 pm |
This information has been sourced from Department of Immigration
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