April 2014 SkillSelect Results

resultsThe Department of Immigration and Border Protection has announced the results of the April 14, 2014 SkillSelect round. The results of the invitation round are as follows:-

Number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 14 April 2014
Visa Subclass Number
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 1200
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) 15
Invitation process and cut-off date by point score
Visa Subclass Points Score Visa date of effect
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 60 14/03/2014 10.49 am
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489) 60 12/01/2014 12.00 am

For limited occupations, the cut-off was as follows:-

It is interesting to note that Occupation ID 2611, ICT Business and Systems Analysts, has moved to a higher score threshold of 70 Points.

Occupation ID Description Points Score Visa date of effect
2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers 60 05/02/2014 1.36 pm
2334 Electronics Engineers 60 09/01/2014 8.50 pm
2339 Other Engineering Professionals 60 13/11/2013 9.19 pm
2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts 70 04/04/2014 8.18 pm
2613 Software and Applications Programmers 60 27/01/2014 4.15 pm
2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 60 27/12/2013 6.28 pm

NSW continues to be the state issuing the most number of state-sponsored invitations:

The number of intending migrants who received nominations from State and Territory Governments from 1 July 2013 to the end of March 2014 is shown in the following table:

Nominations by State and Territory Governments – 2013/14 total activity
Visa Subclass ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total
Skilled – Nominated (subclass 190) visa 729 3903 116 341 1293 53 1514 1894 9843
Skilled – Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) visa 0 714 151 110 303 23 4 206 1511
Business Innovation and Investment (subclass 188) visa 1 221 0 89 67 4 1092 82 1556
Business Talent (Permanent) (subclass 132) visa 5 5 0 10 29 4 45 85 183
Total 735 4843 267 550 1692 84 2655 2267 13 09

Data retrieved from: http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/index/reports/report-14-04-2014/