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Yesterday, after the Department of Home Affairs published the FY2025-26 invitation quotas by occupation for the Subclass 189 visa, see Home Affairs official: Subclass 189 FY2025-26 invitation quotas by occupation! Many people have asked us how much quota is left for their own occupation this financial year. Is there any quota left? We have calculated the figures using official data:
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Since the Department of Home Affairs released the calculation method for 189 invitations by occupation, the question everyone most wants answered — and asks most often — has been: how many places does occupation XX actually have? But with so much data missing, even a perfect algorithm couldn’t produce concrete numbers. Now, the occupation quotas — pulled directly from Department
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Long-time readers will know that we pull updated Department data every month onthe 189/190/491 programs190 and 491 grants now spanning every month of the year. From time to timewe also share 191 figures，Parent Migrationis covered mainly through the contingent-places projection tablesParent Migration mid-year grant data released | How many places are left? Contributory wait stretches to 15 years!. So what
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Background and Progress of Australia’s 2026 Skilled Migration Points Reform A busy week — plenty of people have been asking about the points-test reform, so here are a few of my own modest observations. On the 29th of last month the Department released more than 200 submissions. Public consultation actually opened back in April 2024, so we’re almost two years
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Historical Official Data Trends on Unlawful Stay in Australia I recently came across data pulled from the Department of Home Affairs showing that as of 30 June 2011, the number of unlawful non-citizens inside Australia reached 58,400 — nearly 60,000 people. That prompted me to dig into the data from the past few years to see where Australia’s unlawful-stay numbers
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The 189, 491 and 190 data are back — we have obtained figures up to the end of January 2026 via FOI. As usual, we will start with the summarised figures: – 190 and 491 grants are climbing steadily – Final acceptance rate for the November 2025 Subclass 189 round was 56% – All three visa streams still have room
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Key migration news of the week 1. Parent visa places still available this financial year — Subclass 143 now a 15-year wait 2. State allocations still lagging behind schedule — some states have more than 80% remaining 3. Partner visa backlog severe; child visa waiting periods extended 4. Victoria issues a round? Tasmania invites every week 5. Summary of this
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The Department has updated 190 and 491 state-nomination quota usage as at end of January (header image) This year’s quotas were announced late, and with the Christmas and New Year holidays on top of that, every state feels slow to restart — a lot of places are still sitting on plenty of quota A state-by-state look: Canberra (ACT) Both 190
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Sharing a recent lightning-fast Subclass 190 grant, with some takeaways for fellow Early Childhood Teachers I shared an update when the client received their invitation — see the earlier note for background (Image 2). In short: Early Childhood Teacher, 80 points before state nomination. Midway through last year, watching 189 cut-offs keep climbing, he decided to move to Western Australia
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Happy New Year to everyone Lunar New Year’s Day The Newstarsec Group sends you our warm New Year greetings! Yesterday we mentioned that the processing wait time for contributory Parent visas has been extended from 14 years to 15 years!Read the details here:Parent Visa Mid-Financial-Year Grant Data Released|How many places are left? Contributory wait time extended to 15 years! As
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