New Australia Skill Select Updates for immigrant applicants

The Department of Home Affairs Australia conducted the Skill Select invitation round on 11^th August 2018. 2490 invitations were issued under the Subclass 189 Visa which saw a rise from 1000 invitations being issued in July 2018. Applications selected were in the 70-75 points range.

10 invitations were issued under the Subclass 489 Visa with applicants scoring 80 points receiving the invite. There is no change in points compared to the round in July, as per the Dept. of Home Affairs News.

Pro-rata occupations had a longer processing time and most saw a drop in points with others remaining as is.

Occupation ID	Occupation Groups	Points Score in July	Date of Effect	Points score in Aug	Date of effect
2631	Computer and Network Professionals	75	11/05/2018	70	27/09/2018
2613	Software and Application Programmers	75	11/04/2018	No change	20/06/2018
2611	ICT Business and Systems Analyst	80	05/07/2018	75	07/04/2018
2339	Other Engineering Professionals	80	27/06/2018	75	16/05/2018
2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	75	19/06/2018	70	04/12/2017
2334	Electronics Engineer	75	16/06/2018	No change	19/07/2018
2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries, and Corporate Treasurers	80	16/02/2018	No change	14/03/2018
2211	Accountants	85	06/07/2018	80	15/03/2018

Points required for the Australian Permanent Residency Visa was increased from 60 to 65 points on 1^st July 2018.

Since the points required under the Subclass 189 pathway is high, aspiring immigrants stand a better chance to apply under the State Sponsorship option (Subclass 190 Visa). Also, applicants under the Subclass 189 should have their occupation listed on the MLTSSL. However, for the Subclass 190 Visa occupations listed under the MLTSSL, STSOL and ROL are considered. Hence applicants have a greater chance of migration if applying under the State or Territory sponsorship.

The points score required for most states in regions in Australia is still 65. This is including, either:

1. 5 points for State or Territory sponsorship
2. 10 points for Sponsorship from a regional area in Australia

You may increase your points through the following:

1. Improving your English Language proficiency scores
2. Obtaining higher education from Australia
3. Obtaining work experience in Australia
4. NAATI

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