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NovenAI Monthly EOI Brief

March 2025

Dated evidence snapshot

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OptometristANZSCO 251411 EOI competition report, March 2025

According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Optometrist (ANZSCO 251411) had70 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of March 2025. Submitted status is the primary measure used for the pool-movement analysis on this page.

The separately calculated total across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses is 160. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.

Submitted 189 EOIs
70
Three-status total
160
Largest combined band
75points

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What the evidence says

Pool composition

Submitted represents 43.8 percent of the three-status total, which is less than half of the selected-status total. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.

Score concentration

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. The 75-point band contains 18.8 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 80, 75, 85 points contain 50.0 percent.

State signals

The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: NSW 50; 491: NSW 20. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.

Submitted EOI movement

NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs increased from 60 in February 2025 to 70 in March 2025, a change of 10 EOIs or approximately 16.7 percent month on month.

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Subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Optometrist

NovenAI separates Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses so different stages are not mistaken for one active competition pool.

View accessible data table
ScoreSubmittedLodgedClosed
350010
40000
45000
501000
551000
6010010
650010
7010010
75101010
80101010
8510010
90000
95000
100000
105000

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Monthly subclass 189 EOI status trend

Each month is a separate SkillSelect snapshot, not a cumulative total carried forward from earlier months.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 190 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 491 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

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Questions answered by this monthly evidence

How concentrated is the subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Optometrist?

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. NovenAI calculates that 75 points is the largest score band across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses, with 30 EOIs or 18.8 percent of the three-status total. The three largest bands are 80, 75, 85 points, containing 80 EOIs or 50.0 percent. This measures distribution concentration, not an invitation cutoff.

Is the Submitted EOI pool increasing or decreasing?

NovenAI compares Submitted status only. Submitted EOIs increased from 60 in February 2025 to 70 in March 2025, a change of 10 EOIs or approximately 16.7 percent across consecutive monthly snapshots.

Which states lead the subclass 190 and 491 Submitted EOI data?

For March 2025, NovenAI's state aggregation shows that NSW has the largest subclass 190 Submitted count at 50; NSW has the largest subclass 491 Submitted count at 20. These are EOI volumes, not state nomination allocations, invitation outcomes or an individual's likelihood of invitation.

How does NovenAI standardise and interpret SkillSelect EOI data?

NovenAI standardises the official data by occupation, visa subclass, status, score band, state and snapshot month. This report covers 3 available snapshots and 9 subclass 189 score bands with data. When the official source suppresses a cell below 20, NovenAI uses 10 as the analytical estimate, so the results are not exact application-by-application counts.

Data snapshot: March 2025. Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis, metric standardisation, interpretation and visualisation by NovenAI.