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Invitation Round for Skilled – Independent and Skilled Regional (Provisional)

Invitation Round
Australian Skilled Migration

Invitation Round for Skilled – Independent and Skilled Regional (Provisional)

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
S NICT Occupations ANZSCO CodeAssessing Authority
1ICT Project Manager135112ACS
2ICT Managers (NEC)


135199ACS
3ICT Trainer


223211ACS
4Web Developer


261212ACS
5Software Tester


261314ACS
6Database Administrator
262111

ACS
7Systems Administrator


262113ACS
8Network Administrator


263112ACS
9Network Analyst


263113ACS
10ICT Quality Assurance Engineer

263211ACS
11ICT Support Engineer


263212ACS
12ICT Systems Test Engineer


263213ACS
13ICT Support and Test Engineers
(NEC)

263299
ACS
14Web Administrator


313113ACS

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.