The Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) has officially released the state and territory nomination allocation for the 2025-26 program year skilled migration (General Skill Migration (GSM)). A total of 20,350 nomination places have been allocated across all states and territories. This includes for both Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa and Skilled Work Regional (Subclass 491) visa.

Breakdown of the 2025-26 allocations by state and territory

State	Skilled Nominated (Sc 190) visa	Skilled Work Regional (Sc 491) visa	Total
ACT	800	800	1,600
NSW	2100	1500	3,600
NT	850	800	1,650
QLD	1850	750	2,600
SA	1350	900	2,250
TAS	1200	650	1,850
VIC	2700	700	3,400
WA	2000	1400	3,400
TOTAL	12950	7500	20,350

New South Wales (NSW), Australian Capital Territory (ACT) & Tasmania (TAS) confirm allocations
Western Australia’s allocation revealed a total of 3,400 places. Their previous interim allocation would be used to conduct a November invitation round.
South Australia has been allocated a total of 2,250 places. The SA Government will continue to invite applicants who submitted their ROIs in the 2024-25 program year.
Victoria’s allocation revealed a total of 3,400 places. Similar to SA, active ROIs from the previous program year remain valid.
Queensland’s allocation was announced with a total of 2,600 places.
North Territory has been allocated 1,650 places.
Tasmania has commenced weekly nomination invitation rounds.

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