NSW issued two rounds in January, which means in calendar days, three rounds of Subclass 190 were issued within 36 days — averaging less than one round every two weeks. And if invitations are not duplicated, NSW 190 acceptance rates should be quite high.

Compared to accounting, auditors can receive an invitation with a base score of 85 without claiming relevant work experience — making it a solid Plan B for accounting or business graduates.

However, a number of applicants with the same score did not receive an invitation.

NSW has been fairly generous with IT and Engineering & Construction invitations over the past few rounds, with most popular occupations invited at 90–95 points — we hope to see this drop a little further; less common occupations may score 5–10 points lower. There are a very small number of low-score invitations — for example, one Engineering Professionals invitation at 75 points.

This financial year, NSW has shown particular favour to Financial Investment Advisers, Marketing Specialists, Venture Capital professionals, HR Managers, Graphic Designers, and Copywriters, all consistently invited at lower score bands.

In this round, Marketing Specialists, Financial Investment Advisers, and HR professionals were among the very few occupations to receive invitations at just 75 points.

NSW 190 invitations carry inherent uncertainty — applicants with the same score, similar circumstances, or even earlier submission dates have not received invitations, and this has happened to more than one person. There is no clear explanation or workaround; you can only wait for the next round.

That same uncertainty also means that every round of NSW 190 produces a few lucky invitations — extremely low-score outliers with no apparent special conditions.

The state government’s official explanation of its invitation criteria does not state that selections are made in strict order of score, submission date, or work experience — it is a generally holistic assessment, and the state government has the final say on who receives an invitation, so…

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