
Latest Australia SkillSelect Invitation Round held on 10th January 2020
The Department of Home Affairs, Australia has announced the results of its latest SkillSelect Invitation Round 2020 held on 10th January 2020. Generally, the DHA releases its SkillSelect invitation round on 11th day of every month to invite skilled applicants to apply for Australia PR visa via GSM program.
Similarly, in this latest invitation round held on 10th January, total 1300 invitations have been issued by the DHA to eligible candidates under two main visa categories of GSM (General Skilled Migration), i.e. Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored.
Both the above mentioned visas follow a point based system.
Latest SkillSelect Invitation Round Details
Date |
Visa subclass |
Number of Invitations |
Minimum Score Requirement |
Latest date of effect |
10-Jan-2020 |
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) |
1,000 |
90 |
2/10/2019 11:05pm |
|
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored |
300 |
90 |
16/12/2019 1:01am |
In this draw, Australia invited 1000 candidates from Skilled Independent visa subclass 189 and 300 candidates from Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Family Sponsored visa subclass 491. The minimum cut off score requirement for both visa subclasses was 90 points.
Pro Rata Occupations in the 10th January 2020 Invitation Round
Subclass |
Occupation ID |
Description |
Minimum points score |
Latest date of effect |
189 |
2211 |
Accountants |
95 |
23/04/2019 1:56pm |
189 |
2212 |
Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers |
95 |
18/10/2019 10:51am |
189 |
2334 |
Electronics Engineer |
90 |
25/09/2019 6:35am |
491 |
2334 |
Electronics Engineer |
95 |
3/01/2020 3:10pm |
189 |
2335 |
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers |
90 |
1/06/2019 4:20pm |
189 |
2339 |
Other Engineering Professionals |
90 |
28/08/2019 12:31pm |
189 |
2611 |
ICT Business and System Analysts |
90 |
1/09/2019 9:12am |
189 |
2613 |
Software and Applications Programmers |
90 |
2/10/2019 8:32am |
491 |
2613 |
Software and Applications Programmers |
90 |
11/12/2019 7:33pm |
189 |
2631 |
Computer Network Professionals |
90 |
30/09/2019 4:46pm |
491 |
2631 |
Computer Network Professionals |
90 |
20/11/2019 2:40pm |
Due to high demand, the above occupation groups are subject to pro rata arrangements so that invitations can be issued through the year.
SkillSelect has first allocated the available places to Visa subclass 189 and then the remaining places have been allocated to Visa Subclass 491.
This was the first SkillSelect round of 2020, the last draw of 2019 was held on 11th December 2019.
Details of previous draws is mentioned below:
Date |
Visa subclass |
Number |
Minimum points score |
11-Dec-2019 |
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) |
250 |
95 |
|
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored |
200 |
95 |
11-Nov-2019 |
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) |
250 |
85 |
|
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) – Family Sponsored |
0 |
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About GSM Visa Program to apply for Australia PR
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