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⭕️ NSW 190 Invitation Round: 21 Oct 2025 This report...

@gregormendel (23H ago| Updated 3H ago)

⭕️ NSW 190 Invitation Round: 21 Oct 2025 This report summarises the first NSW 190 invitation round for FY 2025-26, held on 21 October 2025. The interim allocation of only 200 places suggests a limited round size. Invitation emails were sent from skilled.migration@investment.nsw.gov.au.

Invitation Activity

Occupation Location Points (incl. State) Notes
Architectural Draftsperson Onshore 95 Age 30, Partner 10 (Petroleum Engineer), Edu 20, NAATI 5, Work 5, English 20
Architectural Draftsperson Onshore 95 Age 30, English 20, Edu 20, Partner 10, AU Exp 10
Carpenter Onshore 80 -
Construction Project Manager Onshore 95 -
Construction Project Manager Onshore 90 -
Construction Project Manager Onshore 75 -
Electrician Onshore 75 -
Joiner Onshore 75 -
Plumber Offshore 65 -

Trends and Patterns

The round demonstrates NSW's focus on construction and building trades, with Construction Project Manager receiving invitations across a wide points range (75-95 points). Architectural Draftspersons were invited at the higher end (95 points), while trade occupations such as Electrician, Joiner, and Carpenter received invitations between 75-80 points. Notably, one Plumber invitation was issued to an offshore applicant at 65 points, suggesting potential priority for this occupation. The majority of invitations were issued to onshore applicants, consistent with typical NSW 190 patterns.


⚠️ Disclaimer: This blog post is an AI summary of crowdsourced comments and may be refreshed as additional data becomes available. Due to the nature of crowdsourced and AI-generated content, mistakes and discrepancies are possible. This information should be consumed with caution.

📊 This represents crowdsourced data and is therefore a subset of the total invitation activity. Only NSW has complete round data including all occupations invited and the full distribution of points.


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First NSW 190 Round of FY happening today on 21 Oct 2025. Interim 190 allocation is only 200 places so expect this to be a very small round. Invitation emails are being received from skilled.migration@investment.nsw.gov.au

List of preinvites (crowdsourced) in comments:

NSW 190 Plumber offshore 65 points

NSW 190 CPM 70+5 Onshore

NSW 190 Onshore Joiner 75 pts

NSW 190 Onshore Architectural Draftsperson 90 + 5 Age 30 English 20 Edu 15 + 5 Skilled Partner 10 Au Exp 10

NSW 190 Construction Project Manager — Points 85+5 ONSHORE

NSW 190 Electrician 75 pts

NSW 190 Carpenter 80 pts

NSW 190 Onshore Construction Project Manager (CPM) 90 pts

NSW 190 Onshore Architectural Draftsperson 90+5 pts Age 30 Partner 10 (Partner is Petroleum Engineer) Edu 15 Australian Education 5 Naati 5 Work experience 5 English 20 State 5