Victoria Issues ROI Invitations

Today, 9 October, Victoria released its first round of invitations for the 2025–26 program year. The volume was moderate — not standout in any single occupation — with invitations spread across accounting, IT/computing, early childhood education, civil engineering, and more.

Because this round came after a six-month pause, and was issued under an interim allocation of only 380 places, Victoria took a cautious approach this round, with the clear objective of selecting candidates across all occupations who already hold a skilled role within the state, placing them at the highest priority — an understandable stance. Where the occupation itself is highly competitive, the required salary threshold naturally rose. At this intake size, it was obviously not possible to sweep up every candidate sharing the same occupation, profile, and conditions.

Below are the figures compiled from our internal records and external sources

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Canberra

Canberra has released its latest occupation list — reduced from the previous 152 unit groups (sharing the first four digits of ANZSCO) down to 105. This also makes it the first state to carry out a major overhaul of its state-nomination occupation list to date.

Canberra has already issued its first round of invitations, which was still run against the previous list; the next round will apply the new list. The timing of that round has not yet been set — the state government has indicated it is waiting to receive its full allocation.

Canberra’s new occupation list

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Close to 50 occupations have been removed in total — see the chart below

Some very niche occupations have been left out of this summary

If you need to lodge or discuss a Victoria or Canberra state-nomination application, or your occupation has been removed from the Canberra list and you need a new pathway, please contact our consultants below