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7 February 2018 Invitation Round for Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) and Skilled Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489)
February 28, 2018
Australian Skilled Migration

Department of Home Affairs has published the newly updated list of Invitation round till Feb 2018 as below:
Source: Department of Home Affairs – 7 February 2018 Invitation Update
Visa Subclass | Number of invitations |
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) | 300 |
Skilled Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) | 5 |
The following table presents the number of invitations issued during the 2017-2018 program year:
Visa subclass | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | Total |
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) | 2000 | 2000 | 3500 | 2500 | 1400 | 600 | 600 | 300 | 12900 | ||||
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) | 210 | 256 | 93 | 57 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 651 | ||||
Total | 2210 | 2256 | 3593 | 2557 | 1410 | 610 | 610 | 305 | 13551 |
Visa Subclass | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skilled Independent (Subclass 189) | 2000 | 2000 | 3500 | 2500 | 1400 | 600 | 600 | 300 | 12900 | ||||
Skilled Regional Provisional (Subclass 489) | 210 | 256 | 93 | 57 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 651 | ||||
Total | 2210 | 2256 | 3593 | 2557 | 1410 | 610 | 610 | 305 | 13551 |
Due to high levels of demand and workload in the department, the number of invitees in February has drastically decreased than in the previous months. The total number of invitations for this financial year (July-February) has been 13,551 so there is likely to be an increase in the number of invitations in the remaining financial year (February-June) by the Department of Home Affairs.
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