SkillSelect reaches over 15,000 invitations – 3 April 2013

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has issued over 15,000 SkillSelect invitations to eligible skilled migrants since July 2012.

A SkillSelect invitation enables people to apply for a visa for residency in Australia under the Skilled Migration Program.

In the recent March round of invitations, the following number of invitations were issued:

18 March 2013

Visa Subclass Number
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 951
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) 57

The cut-off Points scores and times were as follows

18 March 2013

Visa Subclass Points Score Visa date of effect
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 60 17/03/2013
11.35 pm
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) 60 13/03/2013
07.37 pm

Data retrieved from http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/index/reports/report-2013-03-18/

There will be two invitation rounds in April 2013.