Regional State Nomination

News Regional State Nomination August 20, 2026 Q

2026–27 State Nomination Officially Underway: Tasmania Issues First Invitations and the Northern Territory’s 1,850-Place Programme Opens on 21 August

The 2026–27 state nomination programmes have officially entered the substantive launch stage. On 20 August, Tasmania issued the first ROI invitations of the financial year, becoming the first state to issue state nomination pre-invitations in 2026–27. On the same day, the Northern Territory also formally announced that it had received its state nomination allocation for the new financial year and

News Regional State Nomination June 14, 2023 Arthur

State nomination is still pushing! QLD reopens its final priority channel! TAS accelerates invitations and processing!

The exciting 2022–23 financial year has entered its final two weeks. In years past, state nomination would already have wrapped up by now. But this year’s quotas are generous, so some state governments are still going all out to use up their allocations.

News Regional State Nomination June 8, 2023 Arthur

VIC over-issuing invitations? NSW 491 nearly exhausted too! By the end of May, state nomination had issued 57,000+ places! Which states could still run another round?

Today the Department of Home Affairs published, on its official website, the actual usage of each state's nomination quota for the 22-23 financial year up to the end of May 2023. At this stage, state nomination has entered its wind-down phase, so we are taking this opportunity to recap how each state has fared this financial year.

News Regional State Nomination May 25, 2023 Arthur

Subclass 189 issues an invitation rain after six months — but “no surprises”? SA exhausts its 190 places and closes applications on 8 June. Has Victoria issued its final round?

After a six-month gap, Subclass 189 has suddenly issued another invitation round today. This round again numbered in the thousands, but the occupations invited held few surprises:

News Regional State Nomination April 26, 2023 Arthur

“How Many Points Does My Occupation Need for an Invitation?” April’s Hot State-Nomination Rounds Summarised — Plus Where May’s Opportunities Lie!

When looking into state nomination, many people ask: how many points does my occupation need? And once that’s answered, the next question is always: well, how many points does State XX need?

GTI News Regional State Nomination April 21, 2023 Arthur

State nominations erupt across the board this week — NSW / Victoria / Queensland / Canberra / Tasmania! Good news pouring in on GTI and skills assessments! 491 grants advance to September!

Another week packed with good news to report! State-nomination pre-invitations, formal nominations approved, and grants across every skilled-migration category have all come thick and fast — state-nomination invitations especially! This week the Department of Home Affairs has also been concentrating on processing GTI, and several clients who lodged in 2022 have received their own good news!

News Regional State Nomination April 19, 2023 Arthur

April Tasmania Seminar I State Officials Say They’ll Try to Issue More Invitations — A Hint at Loosening? The Orange Channel Will Be Progressively Relaxed! Ample Quota Remains for the Rest — Processing Will Speed Up!

On the morning of 19 April, the Tasmanian Government held its scheduled online seminar as planned, covering state-nomination processing speed, remaining quota, invitation rates, invitation-release timing, ROI application tips and more. A recap of the key points follows:

News Regional State Nomination April 14, 2023 Arthur

March Visa & State-Nomination Processing Round-Up | Skilled Categories Accelerate Across the Board, Multiple States Ramp Up Formal Nominations! NSW 491, Canberra, WA and More Still Have Plenty of Places!

With Easter behind us, the final quarter of the 2022–23 financial year is officially underway. In previous years the last three months of state nomination would wind down as quotas ran low. This year is different: thanks to the generous Subclass 189 rounds in the first half and record numbers of state places, many state-nomination pathways are still busy even in the final three months!

News Regional State Nomination April 13, 2023 Arthur

State Nomination Opens Up for IT Occupations! Multiple Invitations at 55–65 Points Before Bonuses — Onshore and Offshore — Plus Ultra-Low Scores for Marketing, Organisation, Finance and More

There was a lot of state-nomination news yesterday, and NSW 491 got a bit buried in it all. After pulling it together, we found that NSW 491 has opened the floodgates yet again!

News Regional State Nomination April 12, 2023 Arthur

VIC Adds 1,400 More 190 State-Nomination Places! ICT Invited by NSW at 65-80 Points! Canberra Sending Invitations Freely Across Both Onshore and Offshore Streams!

State nomination quotas shift again SA adds 800 VIC adds 1,400 more to 190