On 14 July 2023, Canberra issued the first round of matrix invitations for the 2023-24 financial year, and today, 17 July, it has already released the official invitation data for that round!

Invitation Summary

In the first round, before the official state nomination quotas were even known, Canberra issued a large volume of matrix pre-invitations

A total of 822 matrix invitations were issued, with overseas applicants accounting for 68%

Small Business Subclass 190 stream: 18, minimum 70 points

Small Business Subclass 491 stream: 6, minimum 60 points

Employer-Sponsored Visa Holder stream: 11 issued

Onshore general Subclass 190 stream: 138 issued

Onshore general Subclass 491 stream: 88 issued

Offshore Subclass 190: 299 issued

Offshore Subclass 491: 262 issued

Points Required for an Invitation

Most offshore Subclass 491 occupations

invited at 55-60 points

Most offshore Subclass 190 occupations

invited at 65-75 points

Most onshore Subclass 491 occupations

invited at 55 points

Most onshore Subclass 190 occupations

invited at 65 points

***The three popular fields of accounting, engineering and IT, and their common occupations, generally sit a little higher

What’s more, this round invited an especially wide range of occupations — essentially every occupation on the base list received invitations

Here are the points for the common offshore occupations, broken out separately for everyone:

*The first figure is for Subclass 491, the second for Subclass 190

-Finance Managers 55 65

-Construction Managers 60 70

-Cafe and Restaurant Managers60 75

-Conference and Event Organisers 55 65

-Auditors 65 80

-Financial Investment Advisers and Managers 70 75

-Human Resource Professionals 65 65

-Management and Organisation Analysts 65 70

-Other Information and Organisation Professionals 75 75

-Advertising and Marketing Professionals 70 80

-ICT Sales Professionals 55 65

-Graphic and Web Designers, and Illustrators 55 65

-Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 60 65

-Other Engineering Professionals 80 85

-Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians 60 75

-ICT Business and Systems Analysts 75 85

-Software and Applications Programmers 75 80

-ICT Support and Test Engineers 65 70

-Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 65 70

-ICT Support Technicians 55 65

-Contract, Program and Project Administrators 85 75

These are all Matrix scores; in theory a Canberra EOI needs only 65 points to receive an invitation (491 with 50 of your own, 190 with 60)

Prerequisites for ACT State Nomination — Offshore

Canberra Offshore Subclass 491 Requirements

-EOI of at least 65 points

-A skills assessment

-One year of work experience in the nominated occupation

-English at four sixes

-Not having lived in, and not having held an Australian visa for, at least the past 12 months (holding a visitor visa is acceptable)

Canberra Offshore Subclass 190 Requirements

-EOI of at least 65 points

-A skills assessment

-Three years of work experience in the nominated occupation

-English at four sevens

-Not having lived in, and not having held an Australian visa for, at least the past 12 months (holding a visitor visa is acceptable)

How Canberra Selects Applicants

–An EOI only needs to reach 65 points(491 with 50 of your own, 190 with 60 of your own)

-Canberra uses its own Matrix points system to select applicants, the Matrix no longer has a minimum-points threshold to receive an invitation, and for most occupations — onshore or offshore, 491 or 190 — there is no need to “chase points”

-Offshore and onshore applicants are in separate pools and do not compete against one another

Does it look like Canberra intends to put more of its attention this financial year on the larger pool of overseas applicants?

For the matrix invitation results of more occupations, or to have your own matrix score assessed, get in touch with the consultant below~

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