Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program Update

Minor adjustment to nomination quotas – 150 more subclass 190 places available

To help us manage the unexpectedly high demand for Tasmania subclass 190 nomination, the Department of Home Affairs has made a minor adjustment to Tasmania’s nomination quotas.

🌼 Our subclass 190 nomination quota has been increased by 150 places, while our subclass 491 quota has between reduced by the same amount.

Tasmania’s final 2022-23 program year allocation is:

• Subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa – 2,150 places
• Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional visa – 2,100 places

This minor change means that we can ensure nominations are fair and equitable across the program. This adjustment will not have any significant effect upon the competitive threshold for subclass 491 invitation and nomination.

Program status update - no plans to close

The Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination will not close to new registrations of interest or applications for nomination. Invitations to apply for nomination will continue to be issued throughout the remainder of 2022-23 and into the 2023-24 program year.

Nomination allocation and usage (at 12 April 2022)

Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa:

• Nominations – 1,509 of 2,150 places used
• Nomination applications not yet decided – 118
• Invited but not yet applied for nomination – 225
• Oldest application for nomination not yet decided – lodged 23 March 2023
• Allocating cases for assessment lodged on 31 March 2023

Skilled Work Regional (subclass 491) visa:

• Nominations – 1,457 of 2,100 places used
• Nomination applications not yet decided – 143
• Invited but not yet applied for nomination – 135
• Oldest application for nomination not yet decided – lodged 7 March 2023
• Allocating cases for assessment lodged on 31 March 2023

Details of nominations and invitations

Since 12 December 2022, when the Tasmania Skilled Migration State Nomination program fully reopened:

• 76 per cent of nominations have been in the Tasmanian Skilled Graduate pathways.
• 65 per cent of all candidates issued an orange pass have been invited to apply for nomination.

We anticipate that over 80 per cent of all registrants for 2022-23 will be invited to apply for nomination.

For any questions about this update or the Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program please contact Migration Tasmania at skilled@migration.tas.gov.au