Invitation Round on 18 Dec 2023

Invitation rounds for Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas will be run periodically during the program year.

Invitation numbers in each round may vary depending on the number of applications being processed by the Department.

State or territory government nominations for skilled visas will not be impacted by the departmental invitation rounds.

For information on previous SkillSelect Invitation Rounds see previous the Previous Rounds page.

An ‘occupation ceiling’ may be applied to invitations issued under the independent, and skilled regional (provisional) visas. This means there will be a reasonable upper limit on how many Expressions of Interest can be invited for skilled migration from an occupation group. This ensures that the skilled migration program remains balanced and continues to invite intending migrants across a variety of skilled occupations.

Occupation ceiling values are based on a percentage of stock employment figures for each occupation. Employment figures are provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and represent the number of people employed in Australia in each occupation.

Occupation ceilings do not apply to State or Territory Nominated or Business Innovation and Investment visa subclasses.

The highest ranked individuals by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa before those with a lower points score. For those who have equal points scores, a tie break is used by determining the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the date of effect) , expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates of effect.

Invitations issued on 18 December 2023

The table below shows the number of invitations issued, and the tie break month, in the SkillSelect invitation round on 18 December 2023.

Occupations included in 18 December 2023 Invitation Round

The table below shows the occupations and their respective minimum score, that were issued invitations in the SkillSelect invitation round on 18 December 2023.

* Results could indicate that no candidates were available to be invited, or did not meet parameters to receive an invite.

Invitations issued during 2023-24 program year

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.

State and Territory nominations 2023-24 program year

Nominations by State and Territory Governments – 2023-24 total activity

The number of intending migrants who received nominations from State and Territory Governments from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023 is shown in the following table: