Australia Immigration SkillSelect Invitation Round – 13 Mar 2020

Australia Immigration SkillSelect Invitation Round Update

Invitation rounds for Australia Immigration under Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas are run once a month.

13 March 2020 Result

The Department of Home Affairs issued 2050 invitations on 13 March 2020. 1750 invitations were issued under Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and 300 invitations were issued under Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored.

Visa subclass	Invitations Sent	Cut Off Score
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	1750	90
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored)	300	85

The invited candidates will have 60 days to submit their application for Australia Immigration.

Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 13 March 2020 invitation round

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:

Sub class	Occupation ID	Description	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect
189	2211	Accountants	95	19/06/2019 11:45pm
189	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	95	31/01/2020 07:12pm
189	2334	Electronics Engineer	90	29/01/2020 04:49pm
491	2334	Electronics Engineer	85	15/01/2020 1:58pm
189	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	90	18/11/2019 1:36pm
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	90	08/12/2019 3:13am
189	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	90	07/01/2020 3:08pm
189	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	90	29/01/2020 6:37pm
491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	85	04/02/2020 1:28pm
189	2631	Computer Network Professionals	90	29/01/2020 1:19pm
491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	90	12/03/2020 10:39am

Invitations issued during 2019-20 program year

Visa subclass	SC 189	Family SC 491	Family SC 489	Total
Jul	1000		100	1100
Aug	100		100	200
Sep	100		100	200
Oct	1500			1500
Nov	250			250
Dec	250	200		450
Jan	1000	300		1300
Feb	1000	500
Mar	1750	300		2050
Apr
May
Jun
Total	6950	1300	300	8550

Note: The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa sub-classes 190 & 491 (State and Regional Nomination) as State and Territory Governments nominate applicants throughout the year as per their own criteria.

Source: Department of Home Affairs

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