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Emergency Medicine Specialist vs Ophthalmologist

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

Emergency Medicine Specialist

253912·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Est. wait~5 mo

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 2 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)54 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE8

Youtop 15% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores46

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

You · #9

★

front of queue777 est. places

≈ 1 roundto clear the 8 ahead of you · FY26-27

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Ophthalmologist

253914·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Est. wait189 effectively closed

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 1 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)4 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE1

Youtop 25% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores3

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

You · #2

★

front of queue777 est. places

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Together

Queue position Ophthalmologist has 8.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 8).

Latest round Emergency Medicine Specialist's latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 80 for Ophthalmologist.

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	Emergency Medicine Specialist253912	Ophthalmologist253914
Capacity	777 · FY2026-27	777 · FY2026-27
Standing	#— of 196	#— of 196
Queue position	8 ahead	1 ahead
Latest round	2026-06-04 · 75 pts	2026-06-04 · 80 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend	44	3
EOI data · submission & invitation trend	—	—
Next round	—	—
Open states	3 listed	3 listed
Invited profile	—	—
Assessing authority	MedBA	MedBA

Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 2539 share 777 places left.

189 places · 2026-27estimated

960est. ceiling

777est. 189 places · 777 left

Unit group 2539 · 2025-26 official: 830 ceiling · 647 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 13 data points

957860

75you 85

20222023June 26

189 places · 2026-27estimated

960est. ceiling

777est. 189 places · 777 left

Unit group 2539 · 2025-26 official: 830 ceiling · 647 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 6 data points

1059075

1008085808080you 85

20222024June 26

Standing

Emergency Medicine Specialist ranks higher: #73 vs #3 for Ophthalmologist.

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 39%

▲ Rising +40 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

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

Year over year

33last FY

73this FY

▲ +121%

Round to round · last 2 FY

▲ Rising · invites per round

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 89%

▲ Rising +2 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

Invited 4 of 5 rounds · Regular
oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

1last FY

3this FY

▲ +200%

Round to round · last 2 FY

—

▲ Rising · invites per round

Queue position

Ophthalmologist has 8.0× fewer people ahead of you (1 vs 8).

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

75POINTS

3/6 met

80POINTS

5/6 met

85POINTS

6/6 met

90POINTS

6/6 met

95POINTS

6/6 met

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

75POINTS

0/6 met

80POINTS

4/6 met

85POINTS

5/6 met

90POINTS

5/6 met

95POINTS

5/6 met

Latest round

Emergency Medicine Specialist's latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 80 for Ophthalmologist.

189 · last round 4 June 2026↓ Easing

Min points75

Invited0

Rounds FY3

Unchanged vs previous round

75–85 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses190 · 85 pts · 5 Mar 2026491 · 65 pts · 25 May 2023

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189 · last round 4 June 2026↓ Easing

Min points80

Invited0

Rounds FY3

Unchanged vs previous round

80–100 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses491 · 85 pts · 22 Aug 2022

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Ophthalmologist has a smaller EOI pool: 3 (+2 vs last month) vs 44 (+6) for Emergency Medicine Specialist.

EOI pool by points · 08/202644 in the pool

21791282you3

5565758090

Queue at your points · 6 months

5 at 85+ pts

▲ 3 vs last month

EOI pool by points · 08/20263 in the pool

111you

6580808585

Queue at your points · 6 months

1 at 85+ pts

▲ 1 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

Emergency Medicine Specialist drew more invitations last month: 15 vs 1 for Ophthalmologist. Pools: 44 (+6) vs 3 (+2).

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest44

MoM change+6(15.8%)

Peak monthJul 2563

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest15

MoM change-13(-46.4%)

Peak monthNov 2538

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Mar 24Jun 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest3

MoM change+2(200.0%)

Peak monthAug 263

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Sep 24Jan 26Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest1

MoM change0(0.0%)

Peak monthNov 252

Next round

No next-round estimate available.

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited80DOE ≤ Nov 25

If 50 invited65DOE ≤ Aug 26

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invitedqueue cleared

If 50 invitedqueue cleared

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

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

MedBA

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