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Botanist vs Marine Biologist

Same points, same date — which occupation gives you the better odds?

Botanist

234515·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 1 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)20 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE0

Youtop 1% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores20

This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places

You · #1

★

front of queue323 est. places

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Marine Biologist

234516·189

Tight — long odds

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Low chance with current points

Est. wait~9 mo

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 2 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)55 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE20

Youtop 36% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores35

This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places

You · #21

★

front of queue323 est. places

≈ 4 roundsto clear the 20 ahead of you · FY26-27

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Together

Queue position Botanist has fewer people ahead of you: 0 vs 20 for Marine Biologist.

Latest round Botanist's latest cutoff is lower: 85 vs 95 for Marine Biologist.

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	Botanist234515	Marine Biologist234516
Capacity	323 · FY2026-27	323 · FY2026-27
Standing	#— of 196	#— of 196
Queue position	0 ahead	20 ahead
Latest round	2025-11-13 · 85 pts	2026-06-04 · 95 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend	18	54
EOI data · submission & invitation trend	—	—
Next round	—	—
Open states	1 listed	1 listed
Invited profile	—	—
Assessing authority	VETASSESS	VETASSESS

Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 2345 share 323 places left.

189 places · 2026-27estimated

500est. ceiling

323est. 189 places · 323 left

Unit group 2345 · 2025-26 official: 500 ceiling · 323 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 2 data points

907560

6585you 85

2022Nov 25

189 places · 2026-27estimated

500est. ceiling

323est. 189 places · 323 left

Unit group 2345 · 2025-26 official: 500 ceiling · 323 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 7 data points

1008060

65959590908595you 85

20222024June 26

Standing

Marine Biologist ranks higher: #30 vs #1 for Botanist.

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 97%

▲ Rising +1 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 1 of 5 rounds · Rare
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

0last FY

1this FY

Round to round · last 2 FY

—

▲ Rising · invites per round

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 52%

▲ Rising +18 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 5 of 5 rounds · Regular
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

12last FY

30this FY

▲ +150%

Round to round · last 2 FY

▲ Rising · invites per round

Queue position

Botanist has fewer people ahead of you: 0 vs 20 for Marine Biologist.

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 2

75POINTS

1/2 met

80POINTS

1/2 met

85POINTS

2/2 met

90POINTS

2/2 met

95POINTS

2/2 met

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 6

75POINTS

0/6 met

80POINTS

0/6 met

85POINTS

1/6 met

90POINTS

3/6 met

95POINTS

6/6 met

Latest round

Botanist's latest cutoff is lower: 85 vs 95 for Marine Biologist.

189 · last round 13 Nov 2025

Min points85

Invited0

Rounds FY1

Up from 65 vs previous round

65–85 pts over last 2 rounds

Other subclasses491 · 100 pts · 8 Dec 2022

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189 · last round 4 June 2026↓ Easing

Min points95

Invited0

Rounds FY3

Up from 85 vs previous round

85–95 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses190 · 110 pts · 30 Apr 2024491 · 85 pts · 8 Dec 2022

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Botanist has a smaller EOI pool: 18 (-1 vs last month) vs 54 (+2) for Marine Biologist.

EOI pool by points · 08/202618 in the pool

137223you

5060707580

Queue at your points · 6 months

0 at 85+ pts

▬ 0 vs last month

EOI pool by points · 08/202654 in the pool

121036126you842

55708595110

Queue at your points · 6 months

20 at 85+ pts

▲ 2 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

Marine Biologist drew more invitations last month: 8 vs 0 for Botanist. Pools: 54 (+2) vs 18 (-1).

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest18

MoM change-1(-5.3%)

Peak monthAug 2521

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Nov 25Apr 26Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest0

MoM change0

Peak monthNov 251

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest54

MoM change+2(3.8%)

Peak monthAug 2654

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest8

MoM change-2(-20.0%)

Peak monthNov 2520

Next round

No next-round estimate available.

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited65DOE ≤ Sep 25

If 50 invitedqueue cleared

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited90DOE ≤ Jun 26

If 50 invited65DOE ≤ Aug 26

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Open states

Both are open in the same number of states.

Subclass 189 is the federal, points-tested stream — states do not nominate for it. Switch to 190 or 491 to compare open states.

Invited profile

At least one occupation has no state-nomination community data, so this row isn't compared.

Subclass 189 has no state-nomination community data. Compare on 190 or 491 to see an invited profile.

Assessing authority

VETASSESS may assess both occupations. Verify on the assessing authority's site before you apply.

VETASSESS

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