Subclass 491 EOI Data

State and territory nomination availability for the 491 (Skilled Work Regional) visa changes state by state and month by month, and each jurisdiction runs its own regional occupation list and criteria. Rather than guess, use the state Tabs in the Snapshot & Trend section above: switch between NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT and ACT to see that state's actual Submitted, Invited and Lodged EOI counts and trend, straight from SkillSelect. For the next step, see New South Wales nomination trends.

No — unlike the 189 and 190 visas, the 491 (Skilled Work Regional) visa is provisional, not permanent. It's a five-year visa tied to living, working and studying in a designated regional area. After meeting the minimum residence period and income requirement, most 491 holders become eligible to apply for the Subclass 191 (Permanent Residence) visa, which is the actual pathway to permanent residency — the 491 itself doesn't grant PR on its own. For the governing rule, see Subclass 491 visa requirements.

Yes — for skilled regional visa purposes, "regional Australia" is defined much more broadly than it sounds: it excludes only Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Every other Australian city and town, including Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin and Canberra, counts as regional for the 491 visa. That's why the state breakdown above includes capital cities like Perth and Adelaide alongside genuinely rural areas — they're all valid regional nomination locations for this visa.

There are two ways into the 491 (Skilled Work Regional) visa. Pathway 1 is nomination by a state or territory government against its own regional occupation list; Pathway 2 is sponsorship by an eligible family member already living in a designated regional area. Either way, you first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) through SkillSelect with your points score and your chosen state or pathway; once nominated or sponsored, SkillSelect issues the visa invitation and you lodge the full application. This page tracks the EOI-stage numbers only (Submitted, Invited, Lodged) for both pathways combined — the nomination or sponsorship decision itself happens outside SkillSelect. Compare the same EOI numbers on the Subclass 190 page, which uses a similar state-nomination pathway. For the next step, see Subclass 190 EOI data and trends. For the governing rule, see Subclass 491 visa requirements.

There's no fixed points score — the 491 visa is fully points-tested, and a successful state/territory nomination or family sponsorship for 491 is worth 15 points under the current points test, generally more than the 5 points a 190 state nomination carries. That larger bonus is often what makes a 491 invitation reachable at a lower base points score than the 189 or 190 pathways. Work out your own points score with the points calculator, then use the state Tabs above — built from the same SkillSelect EOI data — to see the actual Submitted and Invited numbers for your chosen state. Calculate your 491 points with the Australia PR Points Calculator.

In the SkillSelect data, State = ANY, shown on this site as “Not state-specific”, is not a ninth Australian state. It means the EOI record is not tied exclusively to one named state or territory — for example, the candidate may be open to nomination by any eligible jurisdiction. SkillSelect can also publish an ANY track alongside one or more specific-state tracks for the same EOI, with those tracks moving through statuses together. Because of that overlap, ANY and the individual state counts are not mutually exclusive groups of people and should not be added together to estimate a unique total. Stateless visas such as Subclass 189 use N/A instead, because state nomination does not apply to them. To see how ANY sits alongside named jurisdictions, compare the Subclass 190 EOI data by state.

Every number here is compiled from the Australian Government's own SkillSelect system (Department of Home Affairs), refreshed monthly right after each official data reload — no manual estimation. eoidata.com holds no private or authenticated migration data; everything shown is derived from SkillSelect's published figures. You can compare the figures with the government’s SkillSelect EOI Data report.

EOI snapshot data is refreshed monthly from the official SkillSelect public data after each reload. Check which month is currently available in the latest SkillSelect data snapshot.