January 2021 SkillSelect Round Results

Invitations issued on 21 January 2021

Visa subclasses	Number
Subclass 189 Skilled Independent Visa	200
Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa - Family Sponsored	163

Invitations process & cut-offs

The highest ranked applicants by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa. Applicants who have equal points scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates.

Visa subclass	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
Subclass 189 Skilled Independent Visa	65	04/2020
Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa - Family Sponsored	65	11/2020

Pro rata occupations

Due to high levels of demand, and in keeping with previous program years, the below occupation groups will be subject to pro rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the program year.

SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189), and thereafter the remaining to Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored . If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 491 visas in these occupations.

Subclass	Occupation	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
189 / 491	Accountants (2211)	N/A	N/A
189 / 491	Auditors, Company Secretaries & Corporate Treasurer (2212)	N/A	N/A
189 / 491	Electronics Engineer (2334)	N/A	N/A
189 / 491	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers (2335)	N/A	N/A
189	Other Engineering Professionals (2339)	95	10/2020
491	Other Engineering Professionals (2339)	70	09/2020
189/491	ICT Business and System Analysts (2611)	N/A	N/A
189/491	Software and Applications Programmers (2613)	N/A	N/A
189/491	Computer Network Professionals (2631)	N/A	N/A