Who Got Picked, Who Got Passed Over: 2025-2026's Final Round Breakdown

By Vikrant Singh, 24 May 2026

Skilled and Business Migration continues to invite clients across the four streams of the 2025-26 General Skilled Migration program.

Below you will find the relevant data for the invitations issued on 21 May 2026:

	Invitations on 21 May 2026			2025-26 invitations issued (to date)
ANZSCO Sub-major Group	Subclass 190	Subclass 491	Total	Subclass 190	Subclass 491	Total
13 Specialist Managers	2	2	4	99	37	136
14 Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers	0	1	1	0	29	29
22 Business, Human Resource and Marketing Professionals	3	3	6	33	107	140
23 Design, Engineering, Science and Transport Professionals	31	10	41	365	103	468
24 Education Professionals	20	2	22	157	38	195
25 Health Professionals	59	7	66	609	30	639
26 ICT Professionals	0	6	6	7	236	243
27 Legal, Social and Welfare Professionals	7	1	8	66	15	81
31 Engineering, ICT and Science Technicians	2	4	6	42	145	187
32 Automotive and Engineering Trades Workers	8	21	29	86	63	149
33 Construction Trades Workers	11	10	21	152	96	248
34 Electrotechnology and Telecommunications Trades Workers	18	1	19	124	15	139
35 Food Trades Workers	0	0	0	0	21	21
36 Skilled Animal, Agricultural and Horticultural Workers	0	0	0	0	4	4
41 Health and Welfare Support Workers	0	9	9	17	107	124
45 Sports and Personal Service Workers	0	0	0	1	0	1
51 Office Managers and Program Administrators	0	0	0	9	40	49
Total	161	77	238	1767	1086	2853

This is the final scheduled invitation round for the current program year. As we approach year end, further invitation activity may occur to optimise the allocation of remaining nomination places.

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