Cut-off increasing for high demand occupations in Australia

Recent SkillSelect results show that more invitations are being issued to those scoring 85 points. 

Engineering, Accounting and IT are some of the high demand occupations in Australia. You would require a minimum of 85 to 95 points to get an invitation. 

It is becoming increasingly difficult for new migrants especially foreign students to obtain an ITA (Invitation to Apply). 

The last SkillSelect invitation round was held on 11th June. Here are the results of the same. 

ID	Occupation	Min. points score	Latest date of effect
2211	Accountants	95	10.6.2019 10:14 o
2212	Auditors, Company Secy. & Corp. Treasurers	90	28.5.2019 5:08 pm
2334	Electronics Engineer	90	10.6.2019 2:06 pm
2335	Industrial, Prod. & Mechanical Engg.	85	20.5.2019 10:18 pm
2339	Other Engineering Professionals	85	23.5.2019 4:08 pm
2611	ICT Business & System Analysts	85	10.5.2019 3:16 pm
2613	Software & Appl. Programmers	85	7.06.2019 11:32 am
2631	Comp. Network Professionals	85	31.5.2019 12:32 am

 

The Dept. of Home Affairs is currently facing visa applications backlog. This is forcing them to keep the invitation number to just 100, as quoted by SBS News. 

In May too, only 100 invitations were issued in the SkillSelect round. 

Australia currently is facing a backlog of 12,300 for the Skilled Independent Visa. For the Partner Visa, the backlog is around 80,000. 

The SkillSelect Invitation round invites candidates who have obtained the highest scores. If two candidates who have the same score, then the one who has lodged the EOI earlier is selected. 

To submit an Expression of Interest, you need to score at least 65 points. However, not many people scoring 65 points have been invited in the recent SkillSelect rounds. 

The number of invitations being issued in each round may differ depending on the number of applications that are being processed by the Dept. of Home Affairs. 

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Australia Skill Select update for June 2019