Australia SkillSelect Invitation Round Results
The following Expression of Interests were selected from the pool and invited to apply on 17 August 2016:
Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) -1400
Skilled - Regional Provisional (subclass 489) - 100
The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses.
The highest ranked clients by points are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients who have equal point scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the visa date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates.
Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) - 60 points - Visa date of effect (15 August 2016)
Skilled - Regional Provisional (subclass 489) - 60 points - Visa date of effect (19 January 2016)
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 the availability of invitations across the programme year:
- Accountants
- Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers
- ICT Business and Systems Analysts
- Software and Applications Programmers
- Other Engineering Professionals
-Computer Network Professionals
The next selection is due to take place on the 31st August 2016.