Western Australia State Nominated Migration Program issued 5,006 invitations
Western Australia (WA) – a key state of Australia has issued latest invitation round of its State Nominated Migration Program (SNMP) on 16 December 2022. In this round WA has issued massive, i.e. 5,006 ITAs (Invitations to Apply) for two main visa categories, i.e. Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190 and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa Subclass 491. Both Visa categories fall under General Skilled Migration Program (GSM) of Australia.
SNMP Invitation Round 16 December
Out of record 5,006 invitations issued by the SNMP this time around, WA has sent 2,350 ITAs to apply for Subclass 190 visa. Rest 2,641 invitations went to Subclass 491 visa candidates.
- ITAs issued to Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190- 2,365
- ITAs issued to Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa Subclass 491- 2,641
WA SNMP Invitation round- 16 December 2022
|
Intending visa subclass |
SNMP General stream –WASMOL schedule 1 |
SNMP General stream –WASMOL schedule 2 |
SNMP Graduate stream – higher education graduates |
SNMP Graduate stream – vocational education and training graduates |
Total |
|
Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) |
194 |
1053 |
814 |
304 |
2365 |
|
Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) |
194 |
1915 |
269 |
263 |
2641 |
|
Total |
388 |
2968 |
1083 |
567 |
5006 |
Western Australia select and invite fix number of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for state nomination each month from SkillSelect.
Different states of Australia have relaxed their eligibility requirement, following the unprecedented drop in the minimum score by the federal government, i.e. Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Australia. As a result, a huge number of people are getting the ITAs (Invitations to Apply) for visa through federal and state nomination programs.
