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Summary of 17 January 2018 changes to the lists of eligible skilled occupations

Emma Gallagher — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 07:50:20 +0000

Summary of 17 January 2018 changes to the lists of eligible skilled occupations

This page summarises changes to the lists of eligible skilled occupations for Australia’s skilled visa programs that will come in to effect on 17 January 2018. This includes occupations that will be:

added to the lists of eligible skilled occupations;
moved between the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) and the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) for particular visa programs; or
removed from the lists of eligible skilled occupations.

The Lists of eligible skilled occupations will be updated on 17 January 2018 to reflect these changes.

There are changes (including additions) to certain occupational caveats (indicated via ‘*** asterisks’) which exclude the use of the occupation in certain circumstances. A summary of Caveats on occupations is available.

These changes will only impact applications lodged on or after 17 January 2018. Applications lodged before this date will not be impacted.

Occupations added to the lists

The three occupations below, which were previously unavailable on either list, will be added to the STSOL. Details of any caveats applicable to these three occupations are also provided below.

Note: To align the Training (subclass 407) visa with other visa programs, a number of occupations which were previously not eligible for this visa will be available when the instrument comes into effect.

Occupation	ANZSCO code	Caveat from 17/1/2018
Property Manager***	612112	Excludes any of the following positions: that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$65,000 with businesses that have fewer than five employees with businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M which are not located in regional Australia
Psychotherapist	272314	Nil
Real Estate Representative***	612115	Excludes any of the following positions: that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$65,000 with businesses that have fewer than five employees with businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M which are not located in regional Australia

Occupation

ANZSCO code

Caveat from 17/1/2018

Property Manager***

612112

Excludes any of the following positions:

that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$65,000
with businesses that have fewer than five employees
with businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M
which are not located in regional Australia

Psychotherapist

272314

Nil

Real Estate Representative***

612115

Excludes any of the following positions:

that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$65,000
with businesses that have fewer than five employees
with businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M
which are not located in regional Australia

Occupations moved between the lists

The two occupations below will be moved from the STSOL to the MTLSSL. Details of any caveats applicable to these occupations are also provided below.

Occupation	ANZSCO code	Caveat from 17/1/2018
Horse Breeder***	121316	Excludes positions that: predominantly involve low skilled tasks (e.g. fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals); or are not located in regional Australia Note: this caveat has not changed.
Management Consultant***	224711	Excludes positions in businesses that: have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M in businesses that have fewer than five employees; or have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$90,000. Note: Amended caveat – base salary requirement raised to $90,000.

Occupation

ANZSCO code

Caveat from 17/1/2018

Horse Breeder***

121316

Excludes positions that:

predominantly involve low skilled tasks (e.g. fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals); or
are not located in regional Australia

Note: this caveat has not changed.

Management Consultant***

224711

Excludes positions in businesses that:

have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M
in businesses that have fewer than five employees; or
have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$90,000.

Note: Amended caveat – base salary requirement raised to $90,000.

No occupations will be moved from the MLTSSL to the STSOL.

Occupations removed from the lists

The two occupations listed below will be completely removed from the lists of eligible skilled occupations for all skilled visa programs on 17 January 2018.

Occupation	ANZSCO code
Building Associate	312112
Hair or Beauty Salon Manager	142114

Occupations with caveat-only changes

The six occupations listed below will remain on their existing lists. A new and/or amended caveat will, however, be in effect as of 17 January 2018 as outlined below.

Occupation	ANZSCO code	Caveat from 17/1/2018	Explanation of change
Accommodation and Hospitality Managersnec***	141999	Excludes positions that are not located in regional Australia	New caveat
Management Accountant***	221112	Excludes any of the following positions: clerical, book keeper and accounting clerk positions positions in businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M positions in businesses that have fewer than five employees.	New caveat
Massage Therapist***	411611	Excludes any of the following positions: are non full-time are not based in a therapeutic setting involve the provision of non-medical relaxation massage; or are in a retail setting.	Caveat amended – clarification of wording only
Recruitment Consultant***	223112	Excludes any of the following positions: that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$90,000 with businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M with businesses that have fewer than five employees.	Amended caveat – base salary requirement raised to $90,000
Supply and Distribution Manager***	133611	Excludes any of the following positions: based in a front-line retail setting; that predominately involve direct client transactional interaction on a regular basis; with businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M unless they involve an intra-corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies; that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD$65,000 unless they involve an intra-corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.	Amended caveat – annual turn over requirement does not apply where international trade obligations apply
Taxation Accountant***	221113	Excludes any of the following positions: clerical, book keeper and accounting clerk positions positions in businesses that have an annual turnover of less than AUD$1M positions in businesses that have fewer than five employees.	Amended caveat – size of business requirements added

This information has been sourced from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

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Skill Select Results January 3rd 2018

Emma Gallagher — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 07:30:20 +0000

Skill Select Results January 3rd, 2018

The Department of Immigration has released the analysis of the 3rd January 2018 round results (Expressions of Interest) for the visa subclass 189 (Skilled Independent) and 489 (Skilled Family Sponsored). EasyMigrate’s Principal Migration Consultant Mr Cyrus Mistry has reviewed these results:

“Broad Overview: I am disappointed with the number of “invitations” provided by the Dept of Immigration this time – only 305 which is the same as the last round of invitations! Worst still, not a single “Accountant” was invited! The total number of invitations for the last six months has been 12,941 so I expect that in the remaining financial year (Jan-June 2018) there is likely to be some increase in the number of invitations provided by the Department of Immigration.

Under the subclass 189 (Skilled Independent) visa, ONLY 300 invitations were issued in total with only 5 invitations under the subclass 489 (Skilled Family Sponsored) visa. This is a decrease of 2250 invitations compared to the October 2017 invitations and 1105 invitations less than the November 2017 round. Please note that these figures do not include invitations under the state-nominated subclasses SC190 and SC489.

For this round, most invitations (208) were to applicants who have 75 points. Another 62 invitations went to persons with 70 points. There were NO INVITES to applicants with 60 or 65 points. 29 invites were to applicants on 80 points with 6 invitations going to applicants having 85 points or more.

I wish to highlight again that about 15% of the “invitations” usually do not get taken up (because of the applicant’s changed circumstances). These “invitations” expire after 60 days and lead to a “re-invite” in the next round of invitations (maximum two invites). When the number of invitations is reduced by DIBP to a paltry 300 (instead of the usual 2000-3000 per month) then these “re-invitation” tend to skew the results and give inaccurate statistics. I wonder when DIBP will wake up to this reality and make necessary adjustments in their reporting.

For the occupations subject to pro-rata arrangements, Accountants did not get any invitations. I am hoping that DIBP recommences invitations for “Accountants” soon. Accountants have been excluded from some Oct-Nov 2017 rounds also!

Electronics Engineers got invited at 70 points with the date of effect 20-09-2017, so they seem to have about four months waiting in the queue.

Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers got invited at 75 points with date of effect 02-01-2018. This date is quite significant.

Other Engineering Professionals got invited at 70 points with date of effect 31-10-2016 which seems to be an aberration or a typing mistake on the DIBP website.

ICT Professionals (Business and Systems Analysts, Software Programmers and Network Professionals) got invited at 70 points with visa date of effect ranging between 30-08-2017 and 21-09-2017 – about 4-5 months waiting in the queue.

3 January 2018 Invitation round

The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 3 January 2018.

Invitations issued on 3 January 2018

Visa Subclass	Number
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189)	300
Skilled Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489)	5

During 2017-18 program year the following numbers of invitations have been issued:

Invitations issued during 2017-18 program year

Visa subclass	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Total
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189)	2000	2000	3500	2500	1400	600	300	12300
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489)	210	256	93	57	10	10	5	641
Total	2210	2256	3593	2557	1410	610	305	12941

The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses. State and Territory Governments nominate throughout the month for specific points tested skilled migration and business innovation and investment visas.

3 January 2018 results

Invitation process and cut offs

The highest ranked clients by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients 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.

SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189) and then the remaining to Skilled – Regional (Provisional) visas (subclass 489). If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 489 visas in these occupations.

Visa Subclass	Points score	Date of effect
Skilled – Independent (subclass 189)	70	21/09/2017 6:52 pm
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489)	80	10/11/2017 9:08 pm

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

Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 3 January 2018 invitation round.

Occupation ID	Description	Points score	Date of effect
2211	Accountants	N/A	N/A
2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	75	13/09/2017 10:51 am
2334	Electronics Engineer	70	20/09/2017 11:47 pm
2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	75	02/01/2018 11:00 pm
2339	Other Engineering Professionals	70	31/10/2016 5:37 pm
2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	70	30/08/2017 12:03 am
2613	Software and Applications Programers	70	21/09/2017 6:50 pm
2631	Computer Network Professionals	70	21/09/2017 6:52 pm

This information has been sourced from Department of Immigration

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