FY2025-26 Migration Planning Levels On 2 September 2025, the...
@gregormendel (1D ago| Updated 1H 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.
hi sir, what do you think would be the trend for occupations related to construction and infrastructure in the next round?
If the partner in priority list this will harry up the grant?
@gregormendel
yes, ramzy
@gregormendel , 491 sub-class is under regional or state nominated category here??
Regional