Australia Immigration SkillSelect Invitation Round Results 19 June 2015 Australian Government 8211 Department of Immigration and Border Protection DIBP had provided the invitation round details to apply for the Skilled - Independent and Skilled - Regional Provisional visa subclasses was conducted on 19 June 2015 through SkillSelect Australian Government 8211 Department of Immigration and Border Protection DIBP has introduced SkillSelect which helps them to manage their skilled immigration programme SkillSelect based on their economic needs of Australian Government SkillSelect is design in a way that processing time of visa application is considerably lower down It helps to manage who when and how many can apply for skilled immigration On 19 June 2015 Department had issued total 500 under Skilled - Independent subclass 189 and 50 under Skilled - Regional Provisional subclass 489 Visa Subclass From the below chart you can find the details of number of invitation has been issued during 2015-16 The below chart do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses Visa subclass Skilled 8211 Regional Provisional subclass 489 Skilled - Independent subclass 189 July 20 2500 August 110 2500 September 100 2547 October 100 2430 November 100 2800 December 200 1983 January 200 2770 February 700 2400 March 300 2200 April 200 2000 May 150 1750 June 100 1000 Invitation process and cut offs The highest ranked candidates by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa For candidates who have equal points scores the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass referred to as the visa date of effect determines their order of invitation Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates At 60 Points Score invitation is issued for Skilled - Independent subclass 189 Visa Subclass till 9 May 2015 9 48pm Visa date of effect