The 13 November round of Subclass 189 invitations has just been issued. Based only on invitations received by our clients and data we have collected externally, we can already see that this round issued noticeably more invitations than the August round, and across a wider range of occupations.

Below is the data we had collected as of 11 am.

Some figures are sourced externally and may contain errors. Lower point scores may also emerge — the official report is the final authority.

– This round:Early Childhood Teacherssaw large numbers cleared at 85 points, though not fully cleared.The backlog has been worked through to roughly the end of August.Some of our clients who lodged later did not receive an invitation. Going back to earlier data, by the end of August there were 200+ Early Childhood Teachers on 85+ points, and by the end of October there were 750+ on 85+ points —

– Secondary Teachers / Social Workersclearly saw many more invitations this round than last,and we have observed Secondary Teachers and Social Workers invited at scores as low as 75 points.

– Nursingsaw a large volume of invitations, including but not limited to NEC. We had a 75-point client invited, with a DOE of March 2025.

– Engineering occupationswere invited selectively: a handful of high-scoring applicants were chosen across several engineering streams — chemical, mining and materials all appeared — but Civil Engineers have not been seen so far. Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians were each invited at 85 points, and Construction Project Managers also at 85.

– Trade / Blue-collar Technical occupationswere still invited at 65–70 points. Once the official report is released, we expect the cut-off to again be an across-the-board 65 points.

– Another major group of invitees ishealth-related occupations such as OT/PT/GP.These occupations have very little backlog. High point scores in this group are not driven by score competition — rather, these applicants tend to have strong English, most are graduates of Australian study programs, so their scores are already high on graduation, and the vast majority are already working in their nominated field.

– Other less common occupations also received invitations:Food Technologist and Solicitor. In IT, so far only Multimedia Specialist has been seen — all around 90 points.

– Accounting and mainstream ITand other popular occupations have not been seen receiving invitations.

We will post further data updates in the comments.

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