10 May 2016

SkillSelect 27 April 2016 Round Results

The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 27 April 2016.

Invitations issued on 27 April 2016

During 2015-16 the following numbers of invitations have been issued:

Invitations issued during 2015-16

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. Separate results for these visa subclasses are provided monthly.

27 April 2016 results

The following graph shows the points for clients who were invited to apply in the 27 April 2016 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 visa date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates.

Due to the continuing high numbers of EOIs received for the below occupations, invitations for these occupations will be issued on a pro rata basis in each monthly invitation round over the 2015-16 programme year. These arrangements are subject to change throughout the programme year. SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) visas and then remaining to Skilled – Regional (subclass 489) (Provisional – Family Spon​sored) visas. If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 489 visas in these occupations:

• ICT Business and Systems Analysts
• Accountants​
• Software and Applications Programmers.

The points score and the visa date of effect cut-off for the above occupations in the 27 April 2016 invitation round is as follows. Below points score and visa date of effect is for Skilled Independent (subclass 189).

Points scores and the visa dates of effect cut off for the above occupations in the 27 April 2016 invitation round.

Note: the following occupation groups have reached their ceilings and no more invitations will be issue during the 2015-16 programme year:

• 2212 – Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasures
• 2339 – Other Engineering Professionals

An occupation ceiling will be applied to invitations to apply to migrate under the points based skilled visas of the general skilled migration programme. There will be a limit on how many invitations are issued in these subclasses for a particular occupation to ensure that the migration programme is not dominated by a small number of occupations.

Occupational ceilings do not apply to, State or Territory Nominated, Employer Sponsored or Business Innovation and Investment visa subclasses.

Due to high levels of demand, the below three occupation groups will be subject to pro rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the programme year:

• ICT Business and System Analysts
• Software and Applications Programmers
• Accountants.

The table below shows the occupation ceilings for the 2015-2016 programme year for each occupation on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) by four-digit ANZSCO code unit group, and the number of invitations issued for each occupation in the current programme year to date:

Occupation ceilings for the 2015-16 programme year