Visa subclass
189
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
145,173
Submitted EOIs in the tracked pool
Australian skilled migration data
EOI Trends
Monthly SkillSelect competition signals for subclasses 189, 190 and 491. Read the latest analysis or open a dated report without signing in.
Latest report: July 2026
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Visa subclass
190
Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
308,879
Submitted EOIs in the tracked pool
Visa subclass
491
Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491)
314,799
Submitted EOIs in the tracked pool
Official source
Department of Home Affairs data
The figures come from the Australian Government's public SkillSelect EOI dataset—not a survey or an applicant estimate.
View the official datasetThree visa pathways
189, 190 and 491 compared separately
Each subclass has its own Submitted pool trend, monthly change, largest occupations and occupation-level movement.
Updated monthly
Latest view plus a fixed archive
Permanent pages move to the newest published snapshot. Dated monthly pages stay fixed, so earlier months remain comparable.
What you can learn here
See where competition is building—and what changed
Beyond the headline trend, each report shows occupation concentration, the fastest-growing and declining pools, unusual monthly movement and the difference between Submitted and Lodged EOIs.
Subclass 189 reports add the latest official invitation-round score context when available. Subclasses 190 and 491 add state demand and nomination-allocation context, while keeping pool size separate from invitation probability.