State Nomination Invitation Rounds

For a subclass 190 or a state-nominated 491, the round that decides your case is run by a state or territory, not by the department — and only four of eight publish what happened in one. Three publish a minimum score invited, and those three scores are measured on three different instruments that cannot be compared with each other.

What each state and territory publishes

Half of them publish nothing about their rounds, and that is the first thing worth knowing, because the gap is filled elsewhere with figures no government has issued. New South Wales, Northern Territory and Victoria state the position in their own words; Queensland publishes no denial and simply publishes no result.

Invitation round publication by jurisdiction, for the subclass 190 and the state-nominated 491. Verified 1 Aug 2026.
Jurisdiction	Rounds	A minimum score	How it selects
Australian Capital Territory ACT	6 on record latest 11 Jun 2026	Canberra Matrix score	Submit a Canberra Matrix. The ACT ranks Matrices within each occupation and invites the highest scores.
New South Wales NSW	None published	None published	No application and no state registration. New South Wales selects expressions of interest directly from SkillSelect and invites the highest ranked within each ANZSCO unit group.
Northern Territory NT	None published	None published	Apply to the Northern Territory directly. There is no invitation to apply for nomination and no ranked queue — nominations are issued at the Territory’s discretion.
Queensland Qld	None published	None published	Lodge a SkillSelect expression of interest and a separate Queensland registration of interest. Queensland runs selection rounds but publishes no result from them.
South Australia SA	7 on record latest 21 May 2026	None published	Lodge a registration of interest (or, from offshore, a SkillSelect expression of interest alone). South Australia invites monthly and publishes how many it invited, by occupation group.
Tasmania Tas	2 on record latest 21 May 2026	Tasmanian priority attribute score	Lodge a registration of interest. Tasmania scores it against priority attributes and invites the highest total attribute scores.
Victoria Vic	None published	None published	Lodge a SkillSelect expression of interest and a separate Victorian registration of interest. Victoria ranks registrations against each other and invites the most competitive.
Western Australia WA	8 on record latest 20 May 2026	Home Affairs points test	Lodge a SkillSelect expression of interest. Western Australia ranks by location, then priority sector, then points score, then oldest expression of interest.

Each row is verified against that government’s own site. ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA

“There are no predetermined or publicly announced dates for NSW invitation rounds.”

— New South Wales, its own guidance (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

“we do not prioritise applicants by points score”

— Northern Territory, its own guidance (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

“Invitation rounds occur throughout the financial year. There are no set dates for invitation rounds.”

— Victoria, its own guidance (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

Three states publish a minimum score, and it is three different scores

This is the trap on every other page covering this subject. The numbers look like one quantity because they are all called a score, and they are not. Put them in a row and Western Australia looks trivial while Tasmania looks impossible, when in truth nothing about the two is being measured on the same ruler.

Canberra Matrix score

The ACT’s own instrument, with its own criteria and its own scale. It is not the Commonwealth points test, and a Matrix score cannot be compared with one.

The instrument itself (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

Home Affairs points test

The Commonwealth points test in Schedule 6D of the Migration Regulations 1994 — the same score the calculators on this site compute.

The instrument itself (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

Tasmanian priority attribute score

Tasmania’s own ranking score. In its words, a Gold pass attribute attracts a score of 1,000, a Green pass 250 or more, an Orange pass under 250, and an Orange-plus 35 or more. It is not the Commonwealth points test.

The instrument itself (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

Tasmania shows why it matters. Its published minimum for the subclass 190 moved from 47 in the 12 February 2026 round to 330 in the 21 May 2026 round. Nothing became 7 times harder in three months: the earlier round reached down into the orange pass band and the later one stopped at green pass. The bands are the scale, and the number on its own is unreadable without them.

Only Western Australia’s figures are on the same instrument as the score our points calculators work out. A Canberra Matrix score is earned against the ACT’s own criteria — years lived in Canberra, study at an ACT institution, close family in the Territory — and does not correspond to a points-test total at all.

The ACT: six rounds, and the only per-occupation cutoffs published anywhere

The ACT is the most transparent jurisdiction in the country on this, and it splits the evidence across two documents that share no figures. A web page carries the invitation counts for the newest round and overwrites them when the next one lands; a separate file carries the minimum Matrix score for every occupation in every round, and no counts at all. Neither one alone answers “how many were invited, and at what score”.

Every ACT invitation round on record, showing the range of minimum Matrix scores in each stream. “All N/A” means the stream was not drawn on.
Round	Canberra residentsubclass 491	Canberra residentsubclass 190	Overseas applicantsubclass 491	Overseas applicantsubclass 190
11 June 2026	All N/A	65–130 83 of 105 scored	All N/A	All N/A
6 May 2026	60–130 105 of 105 scored	65–135 103 of 105 scored	60–100 105 of 105 scored	65–120 103 of 105 scored
12 March 2026	60–125 105 of 105 scored	65–135 100 of 105 scored	60–120 105 of 105 scored	65–130 100 of 105 scored
29 January 2026	60–125 105 of 105 scored	60–135 100 of 105 scored	65–125 105 of 105 scored	70–135 100 of 105 scored
10 December 2025	60–130 105 of 105 scored	60–140 99 of 105 scored	60–130 105 of 105 scored	70–140 99 of 105 scored
15 September 2025	60–125 152 of 152 scored	60–135 142 of 152 scored	60–90 63 of 152 scored	60–110 57 of 152 scored

Ranges are computed from the ACT’s published per-occupation figures rather than stated by it. Scores are Canberra Matrix score. ACT invitation round rankings , verified 1 Aug 2026.

Read across the 11 June 2026 row and the pattern is stark: three of the four streams were not drawn on at all. Every 491 cell and every overseas-applicant cell is N/A, which matches the ACT’s own count page — five subclass 491 invitations in the whole round, all of them under a separate doctorate pathway, and none for overseas applicants in either visa.

One detail is easy to get backwards. The occupation list ran to 152 unit groups in the first round on record and 105 in every round since, so the obvious reading is that 47 occupations were cut. In fact 50 were dropped and three were added — Butchers and Smallgoods Makers, Telecommunications Technical Specialists and Telecommunications Trades Workers. Subtracting the totals hides the arrivals completely.

How each occupation moved, round by round

The ACT publishes each round separately and never a comparison, so this is the same data with the rounds set side by side. It covers the canberra resident subclass 190 stream, which is the one that was still being drawn on in the most recent round. A dash means the occupation was not on the list for that round at all, which is a different thing from not being invited.

Find your occupation

155 occupations

Minimum Canberra Matrix score invited in each round, canberra resident subclass 190.
OccupationANZSCO unit group	15 Sep 2025Matrix score	10 Dec 2025Matrix score	29 Jan 2026Matrix score	12 Mar 2026Matrix score	6 May 2026Matrix score	11 Jun 2026Matrix score
Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Managers 1311	110	—	—	—	—	—
Corporate Services Managers 1321	110	—	—	—	—	—
Finance Managers 1322	130	—	—	—	—	—
Human Resource Managers 1323	100	—	—	—	—	—
Policy and Planning Managers 1324	N/A	—	—	—	—	—
Research and Development Managers 1325	110	—	—	—	—	—
Construction Managers 1331	100	90	90	90	95	100
Engineering Managers 1332	90	80	90	90	85	85
Production Managers 1335	100	—	—	—	—	—
Supply, Distribution and Procurement Managers 1336	100	95	95	95	95	N/A
Child Care Centre Managers 1341	65	60	60	65	65	65
Health and Welfare Services Managers 1342	65	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
School Principals 1343	65	—	—	—	—	—
Other Education Managers 1344	60	—	—	—	—	—
ICT Managers 1351	120	125	125	125	125	N/A
Other Specialist Managers 1399	100	110	95	95	110	N/A
Cafe and Restaurant Managers 1411	125	120 to 28/07/2025	125	125	125	130
Hotel and Motel Managers 1413	110	95 to 03/07/2025	105	105	105	105
Other Accommodation and Hospitality Managers 1419	100	—	—	—	—	—
Call or Contact Centre and Customer Service Managers 1492	115	—	—	—	—	—
Conference and Event Organisers 1493	105	—	—	—	—	—
Other Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers 1499	100	—	—	—	—	—
Journalists and Other Writers 2124	115	—	—	—	—	—
Accountants 2211	130 to 14/07/2025	140	135	135	135	N/A
Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers 2212	130	130	130	130	130	N/A
Financial Investment Advisers and Managers 2223	110	—	—	—	—	—
Human Resource Professionals 2231	125	—	—	—	—	—
ICT Trainers 2232	120	—	—	—	—	—
Actuaries, Mathematicians and Statisticians 2241	130	—	—	—	—	—
Archivists, Curators and Records Managers 2242	100	90	90	90	90	N/A
Economists 2243	100	—	—	—	—	—
Intelligence and Policy Analysts 2244	N/A	—	—	—	—	—
Librarians 2246	100	—	—	—	—	—
Management and Organisation Analysts 2247	120	—	—	—	—	—
Other Information and Organisation Professionals 2249	120	—	—	—	—	—
Advertising and Marketing Professionals 2251	135	—	—	—	—	—
ICT Sales Professionals 2252	125	—	—	—	—	—
Public Relations Professionals 2253	120	—	—	—	—	—
Architects and Landscape Architects 2321	120	95	95	90	90	N/A
Surveyors and Spatial Scientists 2322	100	90	90	90	90	90
Graphic and Web Designers, and Illustrators 2324	105	—	—	—	—	—
Urban and Regional Planners 2326	90	90	90	90	90	90
Chemical and Materials Engineers 2331	100	—	—	—	—	—
Civil Engineering Professionals 2332	115	110 to 24/08/2025	120	120	110	110
Electrical Engineers 2333	100	100	90	90	95	105
Electronics Engineers 2334	110	110	110	110	115	115
Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers 2335	110	100 to 23/06/2025	105	105	100	105
Other Engineering Professionals 2339	120	110 to 02/07/2025	120	120	120	N/A
Environmental Scientists 2343	90	90	90	90	85	90
Life Scientists 2345	95	85	85	90	90	90
Medical Laboratory Scientists 2346	65	60	60	65	65	65
Veterinarians 2347	100	85	95	95	95	N/A
Other Natural and Physical Science Professionals 2349	90	85	85	85	85	85
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers 2411	110	110 to 26/09/2025	115 to 22/12/2025	120 to 13/2/2026	125 to 13/3/2026	125 to 4/5/2026
Primary School Teachers 2412	65	70	60	65	70	65
Middle School Teachers / Intermediate School Teachers 2413	65	60	60	65	65	65
Secondary School Teachers 2414	65	95 to 24/11/2025	80	65	75	70
Special Education Teachers 2415	65	65	65	65	65	65
University Lecturers and Tutors 2421	110	—	—	—	—	—
Vocational Education Teachers / Polytechnic Teachers 2422	N/A	85	85	N/A	N/A	N/A
Education Advisers and Reviewers 2491	100	—	—	—	—	—
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 2493	100	—	—	—	—	—
Nutrition Professionals 2511	65	N/A	N/A	N/A	65	65
Medical Imaging Professionals 2512	65	65	65	65	65	65
Occupational and Environmental Health Professionals 2513	65	65	65	65	65	65
Optometrists and Orthoptists 2514	65	65	65	65	65	65
Pharmacists 2515	85	85	85 to 17/12/2025	85	85	85
Other Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals 2519	65	65	65	65	75	75
Chiropractors and Osteopaths 2521	65	65	65	65	65	65
Complementary Health Therapists 2522	65	65	65	65	65	65
Dental Practitioners 2523	65	65	65	65	65	65
Occupational Therapists 2524	65	65	65	65	65	65
Physiotherapists 2525	65	65	65	65	90	65
Podiatrists 2526	65	65	65	65	65	65
Audiologists and Speech Pathologists / Therapists 2527	65	65	65	65	65	65
General Practitioners and Resident Medical Officers 2531	65	65	65	65	65	65
Anaesthetists 2532	N/A	65	65	65	65	65
Specialist Physicians 2533	65	65	65	65	65	65
Psychiatrists 2534	65	65	65	65	65	65
Surgeons 2535	65	65	65	65	65	65
Other Medical Practitioners 2539	65	65	65	65	65	65
Midwives 2541	65	65	65	65	65	65
Nurse Educators and Researchers 2542	65	65	65	65	65	65
Nurse Managers 2543	65	65	65	65	65	65
Registered Nurses 2544	115	105 to 20/06/2025	105 to 1/12/2025	105 to 16/12/2025	105 to 27/1/2026	105 to 2/3/2026
ICT Business and Systems Analysts 2611	125	125 to 04/11/2025	130	130	130	N/A
Multimedia Specialists and Web Developers 2612	120	—	—	—	—	—
Software and Applications Programmers 2613	125	130 to 14/08/2025	125 to 28/11/2025	125 to 10/12/2025	130	130
Database and Systems Administrators, and ICT Security Specialists 2621	115 to 05/06/2025	120	125	125	125	130
Computer Network Professionals 2631	120	120 to 01/11/2025	120	120	125	N/A
ICT Support and Test Engineers 2632	120 to 09/05/2025	120 to 06/11/2025	120 to 19/12/2025	120 to 7/1/2026	125	130
Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 2633	115	N/A	N/A	N/A	105	N/A
Solicitors 2713	115	110	115	115	115	N/A
Counsellors 2721	85	65	65	65	75	65
Psychologists 2723	65	65	65	65	65	65
Social Professionals 2724	110	—	—	—	—	—
Social Workers 2725	65	65	65	65	65	65
Welfare, Recreation and Community Arts Workers 2726	65	100	100	90	85	105
Medical Technicians 3112	90	85	65	65	80	80
Science Technicians 3114	100	90	90	90	90	90
Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians 3121	100	90	90	100	100	90
Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians 3122	115	105	115	110	110	120
Electrical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians 3123	115	90	90	90	90	90
Mechanical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians 3125	90	95	90	90	90	90
Other Building and Engineering Technicians 3129	90	blank	90	90	90	90
ICT Support Technicians 3131	115	120	120	120	125	N/A
Telecommunications Technical Specialists 3132	—	95	95	95	95	N/A
Automotive Electricians 3211	100	90	90	90	90	90
Motor Mechanics 3212	120	110	110	110	110	110
Sheetmetal Trades Workers 3222	100	—	—	—	—	—
Structural Steel and Welding Trades Workers 3223	100	—	—	—	—	—
Aircraft Maintenance Engineers 3231	100	N/A	N/A	N/A	90	90
Metal Fitters and Machinists 3232	100	95	95	95	95	N/A
Precision Metal Trades Workers 3233	100	90	90	90	90	90
Toolmakers and Engineering Patternmakers 3234	100	—	—	—	—	—
Panelbeaters 3241	100	90	90	90	85	90
Vehicle Body Builders and Trimmers 3242	100	90	90	90	90	90
Vehicle Painters 3243	N/A	90	90	90	90	90
Bricklayers and Stonemasons 3311	90	90	90	90	90	90
Carpenters and Joiners 3312	90	90	90	90	100	100
Floor Finishers 3321	N/A	90	90	90	90	90
Painting Trades Workers 3322	90	85	90	90	95	100
Glaziers 3331	90	85	90	90	90	90
Plasterers 3332	90	90	90	90	90	90
Roof Tilers 3333	90	90	90	90	90	90
Wall and Floor Tilers 3334	90	85	90	90	90	90
Plumbers 3341	90	90	90	90	90	90
Electricians 3411	90	90	90	90	90	90
Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics 3421	90	90	90	90	90	90
Electrical Distribution Trades Workers 3422	90	90	90	90	90	90
Electronics Trades Workers 3423	100	—	—	—	—	—
Telecommunications Trades Workers 3424	—	95	95	95	95	N/A
Bakers and Pastrycooks 3511	100	—	—	—	—	—
Butchers and Smallgoods Makers 3512	—	95	95	95	95	N/A
Chefs 3513	130	125	125	125	130	125
Cook 3514	125	125	125	125	125	125
Animal Attendants and Trainers 3611	100	—	—	—	—	—
Veterinary Nurses 3613	100	95	95	95	95	N/A
Gardeners 3622	100	—	—	—	—	—
Hairdressers 3911	100	—	—	—	—	—
Upholsterers 3933	100	—	—	—	—	—
Cabinetmakers 3941	100	—	—	—	—	—
Ambulance Officers and Paramedics 4111	65	65	65	65	65	65
Dental Hygienists, Technicians and Therapists 4112	65	65	65	65	65	65
Diversional Therapist 4113	100	90	105	105	110	110
Enrolled and Mothercraft Nurses 4114	110	100	100	95	100	90
Massage Therapists 4116	100	—	—	—	—	—
Welfare Support Workers 4117	65	75	75	70	90	80
Fire and Emergency Workers 4412	N/A	—	—	—	—	—
Other Personal Service Workers 4518	N/A	—	—	—	—	—
Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials 4523	100	—	—	—	—	—
Contract, Program and Project Administrators 5111	125	N/A	N/A	130	130	N/A
Insurance Investigators, Loss Adjusters and Risk Surveyors 5996	100	—	—	—	—	—
Other Miscellaneous Clerical and Administrative Workers 5999	N/A	—	—	—	—	—
Real Estate Sales Agents 6121	N/A	—	—	—	—	—
No occupation on this list matches that. The list is published at four-digit ANZSCO unit-group level, so an individual job title sits inside a broader group — try the group name, or the code.

A date under a score means the round reached only part way into it: at that figure, only Matrices lodged on or before that date were invited. N/A is the ACT’s own marker that submissions were not considered in that round — it is not a score of zero. A dash means the occupation was not on the list for that round. Two cells read “blank”: the published table left them empty, which is a gap in the document rather than a decision the ACT announced. Reading one round alone is how “accountants need 135” stays in circulation — that was the May figure, and in the most recent round the same group was not invited at all. ACT invitation round rankings , verified 1 Aug 2026.

Western Australia: the only points-test cutoffs a state publishes

Western Australia is the one jurisdiction whose published cutoff is the same score a points calculator produces. It ranks expressions of interest by where you live, then by priority sector, then by points, then by whose interest is oldest — so the figure it publishes is not a threshold it set but the score the queue happened to reach.

Invitations issued by Western Australia in the 2025-26 program year, by stream and month. Months with no invitations are left blank, as published.
Stream	Oct 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	Total
General – WASMOL Schedule 1 subclass 491	—	156	—	88	139	—	—	383
General – WASMOL Schedule 1 subclass 190	—	222	—	159	325	—	—	706
General – WASMOL Schedule 2 subclass 491	154	467	819	1,070	456	—	—	2,966
General – WASMOL Schedule 2 subclass 190	221	667	279	711	689	1	167	2,735
Graduate – Higher Education subclass 491	1	89	—	92	150	—	—	332
Graduate – Higher Education subclass 190	—	127	—	167	350	—	5	649
Graduate – VET subclass 491	30	30	15	45	26	—	—	146
Graduate – VET subclass 190	14	42	22	68	65	—	34	245
Total	420	1,800	1,135	2,400	2,200	1	206	8,162

Every total here is added up from the monthly figures rather than taken from the state, and each one is checked against Western Australia’s own published total when the data is imported. State Nominated Migration Program .

General – WASMOL Schedule 2 — last invited, May 2026 trades round

The last expression of interest invited in each occupation, with its points test score and the date it was lodged.
Occupation	Scorepoints test	Lodged
Airconditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber 334112	65	28/04/2026
Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic 342111	75	26/03/2026
Bricklayer 331111	65	07/05/2026
Cabinetmaker 394111	70	28/04/2026
Carpenter 331212	65	10/05/2026
Drainer 334113	70	14/05/2026
Electrician (General) 341111	65	16/05/2026
Fibrous Plasterer 333211	65	11/03/2026
Painting Trades Worker 332211	65	08/05/2026
Plumber (General) 334111	70	10/03/2026
Roof Plumber 334115	75	08/05/2026
Solid Plasterer 333212	70	23/04/2026
Wall and Floor Tiler 333411	70	30/04/2026

Western Australia publishes one “last invited expression of interest” table per stream rather than one per subclass, so these scores cover the round as a whole. Last invited expression of interest .

Graduate – Higher Education — last invited, May 2026 trades round

The last expression of interest invited in each occupation, with its points test score and the date it was lodged.
Occupation	Scorepoints test	Lodged
Carpenter 331212	75	18/03/2026
Solid Plasterer 333212	70	23/04/2026

Graduate – VET — last invited, May 2026 trades round

The last expression of interest invited in each occupation, with its points test score and the date it was lodged.
Occupation	Scorepoints test	Lodged
Bricklayer 331111	65	07/05/2026
Carpenter 331212	65	22/04/2026
Wall and Floor Tiler 333411	70	30/04/2026

One of the streams in that round has a published table with nothing in it. That is not a missing document: the stream ran and invited nobody, which is exactly what its blank month in the table above shows. Western Australia links only the current round’s file, so once the next one is published this table is no longer reachable from its site.

South Australia: counts, and never a score

South Australia publishes an invitation round every month and has never published a cutoff for any of them. It says only that the most competitive registrations are invited, so any South Australian “minimum score” in circulation was not published by the state.

South Australian invitation rounds in the 2025-26 program year.
Round	Subclass 190	Subclass 491	Minimum score
May 2026 published 1 May 2026; no round date published	295	214	Not published
March 2026 published 3 Mar 2026; no round date published	242	164	Not published
Late May 2026 round held 21 May 2026	161	77	Not published
January 2026 published 6 Jan 2026; no round date published	235	109	Not published
February 2026 published 3 Feb 2026; no round date published	227	137	Not published
December 2025 published 4 Dec 2025; no round date published	118	67	Not published
April 2026 published 1 Apr 2026; no round date published	245	200	Not published

Only the last round of the year carries a date from the state; for the others South Australia published a month, and the date shown is when it published rather than when it invited. Sources are linked per round on the state’s news index. Invitations issued .

Those rounds add up to 2,491 invitations, while South Australia’s own running total for the year finishes at 2,853. Both figures are the state’s: the difference is interim invitations issued outside the monthly rounds, which its December notice describes. Its running total also does not always equal the previous total plus the round just reported, and it publishes no reconciliation — so both numbers are reproduced here as published rather than adjusted into agreement.

Tasmania: published weekly, kept nowhere

Tasmania publishes more detail than any other state and preserves none of it. One page carries the current week’s figures and is overwritten when the next week’s arrive, so the state holds no history at all. The two rounds below were read from timestamped captures of that same Tasmanian page.

Tasmanian rounds on record. Scores are Tasmanian priority attribute score and are not comparable with any other figure on this page.
Round	Visa	Invited	Lowest invitedattribute score
21 May 2026	Subclass 190	30	330 Green pass
21 May 2026	Subclass 491	27	56 Orange-plus pass
12 February 2026	Subclass 190	44	47 Orange pass
12 February 2026	Subclass 491	25	34 Orange pass

Processing times and invitations issued is the state’s own page. Because it is overwritten weekly, each round above was read from a timestamped capture of it: 21 May 2026 12 February 2026 .

Where each program stands right now

Every one of them has closed or exhausted its 2025-26 allocation, which makes the live question when the next program year opens. Almost nobody has answered it, and rather than estimate we have set out exactly what each has said.

Australian Capital Territory: The 2025-26 allocation is fully used — the ACT publishes "Total allocation remaining: 0 nomination places". No 2026-27 allocation, and no invitation round schedule, has been announced. Australian Capital Territory’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
New South Wales: Closed for the 2025-26 program year with all nomination places allocated. Nothing about 2026-27 has been published. New South Wales’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
Northern Territory: The 2025-26 allocation is fully exhausted. No 2026-27 allocation or opening date has been published. Northern Territory’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
Queensland: Registrations of interest closed for 2025-26 with all nomination places filled. Queensland states it is awaiting advice from the Australian Government on future settings. Queensland’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
South Australia: Registrations of interest closed 2 June 2026. The last formal invitation round was 21 May 2026. Nothing about 2026-27 has been published. South Australia’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
Tasmania: The 2025-26 program is fully delivered — 1,200 places for the 190 and 650 for the 491. Tasmania has been allocated 2,050 places for 2026-27 (1,250 and 800) and says it will reopen to new registrations in the coming weeks. It is the only jurisdiction to have announced a 2026-27 allocation. Tasmania’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
Victoria: Closed to new registrations of interest on 28 April 2026. Victoria states its 2026-27 program is not yet open. Victoria’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026
Western Australia: Western Australia has published nothing about 2026-27. Its last published round was 20 May 2026, and it paused the program on 1 July in the previous year while awaiting its allocation. Western Australia’s own page (opens in a new tab) , verified 1 Aug 2026

What this page will not tell you

Four things, each of which you will find elsewhere. There is no comparison of cutoffs between jurisdictions, because the scores are not the same measurement. There is no round data for New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland or Victoria, because none of them publishes any — figures attributed to them come from somewhere other than those governments. There is no forecast of a coming round, a coming cutoff or an opening date. And there is no claim that reaching a published score would have got you invited: the ACT states plainly that its minimum ranking score is an indication only, and its own counts and scored occupations for a single round do not reconcile.

If you want the department’s own rounds instead — the subclass 189 and the family-sponsored 491, which it does run and does publish — those are on the invitation rounds page, along with how many nominations each state made. What sits behind the queue itself — the pool, and the ceilings that cap it — is covered on the SkillSelect data page. To work out the score you would bring to any of this, start at the 190 points calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which states publish invitation round results?

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia publish invitation round results. The other four — New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria — publish none at all, and three of them say so on their own websites.

What minimum score do I need for state nomination?

There is no single answer, because the three jurisdictions that publish a minimum score do not measure the same thing. Western Australia publishes a points-test score. The ACT publishes a Canberra Matrix score, from its own instrument. Tasmania publishes a priority attribute score. A number from one tells you nothing about another.

Is the Canberra Matrix score the same as my points test score?

No. The Canberra Matrix is the ACT’s own scoring instrument with its own criteria — time in Canberra, study in the ACT, close family there, assets in the Territory. Your points-test score does not carry across, and a Matrix score cannot be compared with the pass mark or with any other jurisdiction’s figure.

Why was someone with my score invited when I was not?

Often the submission date. Where a round reaches only part way into a score, the ACT publishes the score with a date beside it — at that score, only submissions lodged on or before that date were reached. Those dates are in the tables on this page, and no other site publishes them.

When does the 2026-27 program open?

Almost nobody has said, and none has opened. Of the eight states and territories, only Tasmania has published a 2026-27 allocation figure, and its own processing page says nominations follow once it receives that allocation. The rest have published no allocation, no opening date and no round schedule — the ACT says so in as many words. We do not estimate one — see the status table above for what each has actually said.

Does a published minimum score guarantee an invitation?

No, and the ACT says so itself: the minimum ranking score is an indication only and not a guarantee that an invitation was issued. Its own invitation counts and its scored occupation groups for the same round do not reconcile, and by that disclaimer they need not.

Informational only — not immigration advice. Points rules change; always confirm your eligibility against the official source before you act on any result here.