South Australia’s Skilled & Business Migration program has continued issuing invitations for the 2025–26 General Skilled Migration program in January 2026. Across multiple ANZSCO occupation groups, both subclass 190 and subclass 491 invitations have been issued, showing strong nomination activity in areas such as specialist management, business and marketing, design and engineering, education, health, ICT, legal and welfare, and various technical and trades categories. Skilled & Business Migration will continue monthly invitation rounds, with the next round expected in early February 2026.
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Invitations in January 2026
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2025-26 invitations issued (to date)
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ANZSCO Sub-major Group
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Subclass 190
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Subclass 491
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Total
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Subclass 190
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Subclass 491
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Total
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13 Specialist Managers
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17
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4
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21
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32
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16
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48
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14 Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers
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0
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1
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1
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0
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9
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9
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22 Business, Human Resource and Marketing Professionals
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4
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12
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16
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23
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33
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56
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23 Design, Engineering, Science and Transport Professionals
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51
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12
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63
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116
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46
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162
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24 Education Professionals
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18
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4
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22
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42
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10
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52
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25 Health Professionals
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68
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1
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69
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168
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6
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174
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26 ICT Professionals
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1
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32
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33
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7
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84
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91
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27 Legal, Social and Welfare Professionals
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7
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2
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9
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23
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4
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27
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31 Engineering, ICT and Science Technicians
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7
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18
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25
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19
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35
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54
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32 Automotive and Engineering Trades Workers
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10
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3
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13
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24
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13
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37
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33 Construction Trades Workers
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27
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3
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30
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76
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13
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89
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34 Electrotechnology and Telecommunications Trades Workers
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20
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1
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21
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59
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3
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62
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35 Food Trades Workers
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0
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3
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3
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0
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9
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9
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36 Skilled Animal, Agricultural and Horticultural Workers
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0
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1
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1
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0
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1
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1
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41 Health and Welfare Support Workers
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5
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9
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14
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12
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33
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45
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51 Office Managers and Program Administrators
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0
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3
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3
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9
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6
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15
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Total
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235
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109
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344
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610
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321
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931
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Source: https://www.migration.sa.gov.au/news-events/invitations-issued-jan-2026