In the last published Skill Select round (September 2015) the Department
of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP) only invited 20 Accountants for
the 189 visa (instead of the normal 210 invites).
As a result this pushed up the invite pass mark to 70 points.
This is most likely due to the fact that so many Accountants have been
invited in the State sponsored 190 and 489 visas and also as DIBP may want to
keep places for later in the program year so that they guarantee obtaining the
highest scoring candidates in their 189 program. We also expect that those at
65 points who have already lodged an EOI will likely get an invite before Jun
2016.
Therefore, any new Expressions of Interest (EOI) lodged from now on at
65 points may struggle to be allocated a place in the 2015/2016 program year.
