FY2025-26 Migration Planning Levels On 2 September 2025, the...
@gregormendel (3W ago| Updated 3W ago)FY2025-26 Migration Planning Levels On 2 September 2025, the Australian Government announced that the 2025–26 permanent Migration Program will be set at 185,000 places, maintaining the 2024-25 program settings.
The 2025–26 permanent Migration Program has the following composition: * Skill stream (132,200 places, approximately 71 per cent of the program) – Designed to improve the productive capacity of the economy and fill skill shortages, particularly in regional Australia. * Family stream (52,500 places, approximately 28 per cent of the program) – This stream is predominantly made up of Partner visas. It enables Australians to reunite with family members from overseas and provides them with pathways to citizenship. * Special Eligibility stream (300 places) – This stream covers visas for those in special circumstances, including permanent residents returning to Australia after a period overseas.
Check complete table in comments below: Read official announcement here.
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Migration Program planning levels by financial year
| Visa Stream | Visa Category | 2023–24 Planning levels | 2024–25 Planning levels | 2025–26 Planning levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill | Employer Sponsored | 36,825 | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Skilled Independent | 30,375 | 16,900 | 16,900 | |
| Regional | 32,300 | 33,000 | 33,000 | |
| State/Territory Nominated | 30,400 | 33,000 | 33,000 | |
| Business Innovation & Investment | 1,900 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
| Talent and Innovation¹ | - | - | 4,300 | |
| Global Talent¹ (Independent) | 5,000 | 4,000 | - | |
| Distinguished Talent¹ | 300 | 300 | - | |
| Skill Total | 137,100 | 132,200 | 132,200 | |
| Family | Partner² | 40,500 | 40,500 | 40,500 |
| Parent | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | |
| Child² | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | |
| Other Family | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Family Total | 52,500 | 52,500 | 52,500 | |
| Special Eligibility | Special Eligibility | 400 | 300 | 300 |
| Total Migration Program | 190,000 | 185,000 | 185,000 |
- ¹This category includes on-hand applications for the Global Talent and Distinguished Talent visas, which are closed to new applications, and the new National Innovation visa.
- ²Delivery of the Partner and Child visa categories are demand driven, with indicative planning levels only.
Hi everyone I would be appreciated if someone could answer me. Is occupational health and safety advisor critical this year ?
@all congratulations to all, this seems like a positive development overall.
If the partner in priority list this will harry up the grant?
@gregormendel
yes, ramzy
We applied visa at July 2025 when we can expect the grant @gregormendel
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@gregormendel , 491 sub-class is under regional or state nominated category here??
Regional