Points Required for Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489).
Invitation rounds for subclass 489 visas are normally run on the 11th day of each month.
Subclass 489 State/Territory Nominated Processing Time.
75% of State/Territory Nominated 489’s took up to 10 months and 10% took over 15 months in July 2019.
Points needed in the August 2019 Subclass 489 visa allocation round:
0 visa invitations with 70 Points
0 visa invitations with 75 points
10 visa invitations with 80 points
61 visa invitations with 85 points
29 visa invitations with 90 points
0 visa invitations with 95 points
0 visa invitations with 105 points
Minimum Points score was 80, although most occupations required even more, with some needing 90.
100 invitations were issued for 489 visas in August 2019.
