4th April 2018 invitation round – Skill Select – Australia Immigration…

Invitations issued on 4 April 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	600	600	600	300	​	​	14100
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489)	210	256	93	57	10	10	10	10	10	5	​	​	671
Total	2210	2256	3593	2557	1410	610	610	610	610	305	​	​	14771

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.

4 April 2018 results

The following graph shows the points for clients who were invited to apply in the 4 April 2018 round.

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	5/12/2017  12:00 PM
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489)	75	7/10/2017  10:59 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 4 April 2018 invitation round

Occupation ID	Description	Points score	Date of effect
2211	Accountants	N/A	N/A
2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	80	3/02/2018  4:10 PM
2334	Electronics Engineer	70	3/12/2017  7:31 PM
2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	70	23/11/2017  3:45 PM
2339	Other Engineering Professionals	75	21/03/2018  1:15 PM
2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	75	13/02/2018  1:17 AM
2613	Software and Applications Programmers	75	13/03/2018  7:57 PM
2631	Computer Network Professionals	75	28/03/2018  2:22 PM