NSW is an extremely popular and highly competitive destination for skilled migrants. In the 2015-16 financial year NSW nominated 4,000 candidates for the Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa.
We plan to start issuing invitations for the 2016-17 financial year from late July 2016. We will continue to select and invite top ranking candidates on occupations on the NSW 190 Priority Skilled Occupation List (NSW 190 List). There have been no changes to the list.
In recognition of ongoing high demand and to ensure that places allocated under the program are aligned to the skills needs of the state’s economy, NSW has a selection-based invitation process for the 190 program
2016/17 NSW State sponsorship
The selection process
The selection process is competitive. Candidates are selected and ranked in the following order:
- Occupation
- Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) points score
- English language ability
- Skilled employment
Where candidates have the same ranking on these criteria at the time of selection, they will be further ranked based on the date and time that their points claims were last updated in SkillSelect.