On 12 September, Victoria confirmed and released its state-nomination policy for the current financial year, opening ROI submissions the same day.

Compared with last financial year

– The Subclass 190 policy and list are unchanged

– Minor adjustments to the Subclass 491 policy; the list is unchanged

– Still open to both Victorian residents and applicants overseas

– The priority-invitation industries have been adjusted

– Subclass 190 applications already lodged last financial year do not need to be re-lodged unless circumstances have changed; however, all Subclass 491 applications must be re-lodged

– Invitation-round dates have not yet been confirmed, but the programme is expected to close early next year

– Whether the fast-track stream will be retained is still to be confirmed

Subclass 190 requirements —

– No changes to the requirements

– Still open to both overseas applicants and Victorian residents

– All occupations on the Department of Home Affairs list are eligible to apply

– Applicants who lodged an ROI last financial year do not need to re-lodge

– If your salary or partner points have changed, you must withdraw the original ROI and re-lodge

Victoria’s Subclass 190 requirements

– EOI of 65 points

– Use of an occupation on the Department of Home Affairs list, with a corresponding skills assessment

– English: a score of 6 in each of the four bands

– Applications can be lodged from within Victoria or overseas

Subclass 491 requirements —

On Subclass 491:

– Reverting to onshore lodgement being available only to those working and living in regional Victoria; offshore lodgement is also available, with no requirement to reside in regional Victoria

– Previous ROIs must be re-lodged, including those from overseas applicants

This financial year’s invitation arrangements and selection rules

– In principle, candidates are not selected by EOI score, but rather on the conditions set out in the ROI; see below for details

– Salary is not a mandatory requirement

– Among onshore applicants, preference is given to those on higher salaries, with relevant work in Victoria and lengthy work experience;

Among offshore applicants, the focus is on lengthy work experience, strong English and a skilled partner

– This financial year’s priority industries are shown below:

Health

Social services

Computing / ICT

Early childhood and secondary school teachers

Advanced manufacturing

Infrastructure

Renewable energy

Services and tourism (Subclass 491 only)

It is still uncertain whether the fast-track stream will continue; the relevant information can still be found on the official website page. We have already asked the state government and will let everyone know once we hear back.

Some features of last financial year’s Victorian invitations

All scores below refer to EOI scores (that is, including the 5 points for state nomination)

– Early childhood, nursing, healthcare and teaching: 65 points secured an invitation

– Quotas, invitations and policy were all heavily skewed towards Subclass 190 — that is, Subclass 190 made up the majority of invitations

– The proportion of offshore invitations was roughly 30-40%

[Invitation score ranges for common occupations]

* Accounting and auditing: roughly 90-100 points

* Engineering: roughly 80-90 points

* IT: roughly 80-95 points, but in the final few rounds of the financial year there were very few invitations for computing occupations

– Invitations were also issued for common occupations such as financial investment advisor/manager, Interpreter, marketing specailist, Quantity Surveyor, management consultant, private tutor, with invitation scores between 70 and 85 points — mostly offshore applicants with lengthy work experience

Some analysis

Victoria had tens of thousands of places last financial year; this year, in line with everyone else, that has fallen sharply to 2,700 for Subclass 190 and 600 for Subclass 491. Despite the dramatic change in quotas, the policy and list have been largely retained. It looks as though the state government is also weary of it all — letting everyone lodge, then issuing invitations based on need and capability. The invitation outcomes and scores will certainly differ very significantly from last financial year (that is, from what we summarised above).

It will also be very important to watch whether, this year, Victoria still strongly favours the “lucky three” — if that preference continues, the room for invitations in other occupations will be squeezed even further

What is more encouraging is that the priority industries Victoria has listed this financial year include the computing sector. Comparing this with last financial year’s priority industries, you can see the state government has indeed made adjustments — it was previously STEM, and this financial year ICT has replaced it. Let’s see whether the actual invitation rounds bring any pleasant surprises.

The state government has also indicated that this year’s entire state-nomination programme will close early next year, again because of the small quotas, so this year’s opportunity is fleeting. Since all occupations are eligible anyway, lodge one and give it a go — windfall invitations are most likely in the earliest rounds. Anyone interested can add our consultant below to arrange an assessment and lodgement:

Finally, here is a summary of the current status of each state

We are now mainly waiting for South Australia and New South Wales to release their occupation lists:

There will be quite a few invitations issued in late September — let’s wait and see!

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