State and territory nominated visa categories – nomination allocations
Under the Migration Program settings, nomination allocations are available to states and territories in the following visa categories:
- Skilled – Nominated (subclass 190)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491).
States and territories each assess eligible applicants against criteria unique to their jurisdiction.
Further information on state and territory nomination requirements can be found at:
- ACT – Migration
- NSW – Visas and migration
- VIC – Live in Melbourne
- QLD – Business & Skilled Migration Queensland
- NT – Migrate
- WA – Skilled Migration Western Australia
- SA – Move to South Australia
- TAS – Migration Tasmania
The Department processes existing on-hand applications and new applications nominated by a state or territory in line with the permanent Migration Program planning levels and skilled visa processing priorities.
2024–25 state and territory nomination allocations
Nomination allocations are the number of new primary applicants each state or territory can nominate in a program year. New applications are added to the existing on-hand caseload in these visa categories.
Nomination allocations do not reflect the total number of visa applicants in these categories and do not limit the number of visas able to be granted in these visa categories.
Nomination allocations for the 2024–25 Migration Program are below.
| State | Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa | Skilled Work Regional (Subclass 491) visa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACT | 1,000 | 800 | |
| NSW | 3,000 | 2,000 | |
| NT | 800 | 800 | |
| QLD | 600 | 600 | |
| SA | 3,000 | 800 | |
| TAS | 2,100 | 760 | |
| VIC | 3,000 | 2,000 | |
| WA | 3,000 | 2,000 | |
| Total | 16,500 | 9,760 |
Net overseas migration – relationship with the permanent Migration Program
The permanent Migration Program is only one component of net overseas migration (NOM). NOM includes temporary migration, such as Working Holiday Makers and Students. It also includes Australian citizens, New Zealanders and Humanitarian migrants.
The size of the permanent Migration Program has decreased since 2022–23 and it is not the cause of recent volatility in NOM. Around 60 per cent of visas under the permanent Migration Program are granted to migrants already onshore and in the community, residing in established households at the time of visa grant. This minimises the permanent Migration Program’s near-term impact on housing, infrastructure and services.
You can find further details about NOM on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. Details about NOM projections are at the Centre for Population’s National Projections.
Multi-year planning model for migration
From 2025–26, the Migration Program will move to a multi-year planning model, extending the Program planning horizon to four years from the current twelve month cycle.
Extending the outlook of Australia’s Migration Program will enable migration planning to better align with longer-term infrastructure, housing and services planning across all levels of government. The multi-year approach will incorporate housing supply as one of the key factors to shape the broad direction of long-term migration planning.
Public consultation on the size and composition of the first four-year cycle (covering 2025–26 to 2028–29) will commence later this year.
Source: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-we-do/migration-program-planning-levels