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Company Secretary vs External Auditor

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

Company Secretary

221211·189

85PTS

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External Auditor

221213·189

Tight — long odds

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Low chance with current points

Est. wait189 effectively closed

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 117 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)3,519 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE1,064

Youtop 30% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores2,455

This FY's est. 189 places0 left this FY

Est. grants already exceed this group's est. ceiling

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Together

Queue position Only External Auditor has queue position data: 1,064 ahead of you.

Latest round Only External Auditor has a recent round: 85 points.

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	Company Secretary221211	External Auditor221213
Capacity	0 · FY2026-27	0 · FY2026-27
Standing	—	#26 of 196
Queue position	—	1064 ahead
Latest round	—	2024-11-07 · 85 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend	0	3518
EOI data · submission & invitation trend	—	—
Next round	—	95 pts
Open states	1 listed	1 listed
Invited profile	—	—
Assessing authority	VETASSESS	CAANZ / CPAA / IPA

Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 2212 share 0 places left.

189 places · 2026-27estimated

500est. ceiling

0est. 189 places · 0 left

Unit group 2212 · 2025-26 official: 500 ceiling · 0 remaining

189 places · 2026-27estimated

500est. ceiling

0est. 189 places · 0 left

Unit group 2212 · 2025-26 official: 500 ceiling · 0 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 4 data points

1008060

65959085you 85

20222024Nov 24

Standing

Only External Auditor has standing data: 26.

Not ranked yet — no anchored invitations in the last two financial years.

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

#26· top 13%

▼ Falling −484 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 2 of 5 rounds · Occasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

484last FY

0this FY

▼ −100%

Round to round · last 2 FY

153

331

—

▼ Falling · invites per round

Queue position

Only External Auditor has queue position data: 1,064 ahead of you.

Ahead of youmet the cut-off of last 0

75POINTS

—

80POINTS

—

85POINTS

—

90POINTS

—

95POINTS

—

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 4

75POINTS

2,264

1/4 met

80POINTS

1,644

1/4 met

85POINTS

1,063

2/4 met

90POINTS

486

3/4 met

95POINTS

101

4/4 met

Latest round

Only External Auditor has a recent round: 85 points.

No subclass 189 round history yet.

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189 · last round 7 Nov 2024↑ Rising

Min points85

Invited0

Rounds FY2

Down from 90 vs previous round

65–95 pts over last 4 rounds

Other subclasses190 · 90 pts · 17 Mar 2026491 · 85 pts · 14 Oct 2024

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Company Secretary has a smaller EOI pool: 0 (0 vs last month) vs 3,518 (-146) for External Auditor.

EOI pool by points · —0 in the pool

Queue at your points · 6 months

Only 0 months of trend data

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EOI pool by points · 08/20263,518 in the pool

21533122465617620581577you38584161

45607590105

Queue at your points · 6 months

1,063 at 85+ pts

▼ 29 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

External Auditor drew more invitations last month: 41 vs 0 for Company Secretary. Pools: 3,518 (-146) vs 0 (0).

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest0

MoM change0

Peak monthFeb 240

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Nov 24Oct 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest0

MoM change0

Peak monthNov 240

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest3,518

MoM change-146(-4.0%)

Peak monthNov 254,263

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest41

MoM change-3(-6.8%)

Peak monthDec 24493

Next round

Only External Auditor has a next-round estimate: 95 points.

No 189 round projection for this occupation yet.

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited100DOE ≤ Jun 26

If 50 invited95DOE ≤ May 26

If 100 invited95DOE ≤ Aug 26

If 200 invited90DOE ≤ Jan 26

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

Company Secretary is assessed by VETASSESS; External Auditor is assessed by CAANZ / CPAA / IPA.

VETASSESS

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CAANZ / CPAA / IPA

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