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Intensive Care Specialist vs Rheumatologist

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

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A
Intensive Care Specialist
253317·189
★ Strong chance
85PTS
Chance of invitation
Strong chance of invitation
Est. wait~0 mo
Your spot in the pool
EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27
30 figures · each ≈ 1 EOIs · front invited first
← front (invited first)8 total EOIs
Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE0
Youtop 1% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★
At your score, behind you0
Below youlower scores8
This FY's est. 189 places✓ inside this FY's places
You · #1
★
front of queue509 est. places
Pool by points · submitted EOIs
155260165175180
EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27
0Jul0Aug
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B
Rheumatologist
253323·189
★ Strong chance
85PTS
Chance of invitation
Strong chance of invitation
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Together

Queue position Only Intensive Care Specialist has queue position data: 0 ahead of you.

Latest round Rheumatologist's latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 80 for Intensive Care Specialist.

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Intensive Care Specialist253317Rheumatologist253323
Capacity509 · FY2026-27509 · FY2026-27
Standing#— of 196—
Queue position0 ahead—
Latest round2026-06-04 · 80 pts2023-05-25 · 75 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend6—
EOI data · submission & invitation trend——
Next round——
Open states3 listed3 listed
Invited profile——
Assessing authorityMedBAMedBA
Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 2533 share 509 places left.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

189 places · 2026-27estimated
614est. ceiling
509est. 189 places · 509 left

Unit group 2533 · 2025-26 official: 578 ceiling · 473 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 10 data points
957860
80you 85
20222023June 26

B · Rheumatologist

189 places · 2026-27estimated
614est. ceiling
509est. 189 places · 509 left

Unit group 2533 · 2025-26 official: 578 ceiling · 473 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 1 data points
908070
75you 85
2023

Standing

Only Intensive Care Specialist has standing data: 11.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked
—· top 71%
▲ Rising +8 yoy
leader 6,052median 48you
Invited 5 of 5 rounds · Regular
oldest → newest · filled = invited
Year over year
3last FY
11this FY
▲ +267%
Round to round · last 2 FY
1
2
5
4
2
▲ Rising · invites per round

B · Rheumatologist

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

Queue position

Only Intensive Care Specialist has queue position data: 0 ahead of you.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

Ahead of you · August 2026 poolmet the cut-off of last 6
75POINTS
2
2/6 met
80POINTS
1
6/6 met
85POINTS
0
6/6 met
90POINTS
0
6/6 met
95POINTS
0
6/6 met

B · Rheumatologist

Ahead of youmet the cut-off of last 1
75POINTS
—
1/1 met
80POINTS
—
1/1 met
85POINTS
—
1/1 met
90POINTS
—
1/1 met
95POINTS
—
1/1 met

Latest round

Rheumatologist's latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 80 for Intensive Care Specialist.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

189 · last round 4 June 2026↑ Rising
Min points80
Invited0
Rounds FY3

Unchanged vs previous round

65–80 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses491 · 70 pts · 25 May 2023

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B · Rheumatologist

189 · last round 25 May 2023
Min points75
Invited0
Rounds FY1

Other subclasses491 · 70 pts · 22 Aug 2022

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Only Intensive Care Specialist has EOI pool data: 6 in the pool.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

EOI pool by points · 08/20266 in the pool
12111you
5560657580

Queue at your points · 6 months

03/2026 · 004/2026 · 005/2026 · 006/2026 · 007/2026 · 008/2026 · 0

0 at 85+ pts

▬ 0 vs last month

B · Rheumatologist

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 data · submission & invitation trend

Only Intensive Care Specialist has invitation data: 2 invited last month.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month
peak Jul 25 · 96
Feb 24May 25Aug 26
Subclass 189all points
Latest6
MoM change+1(20.0%)
Peak monthJul 259
Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month
peak Aug 25 · 62
Feb 24Jun 25Aug 26
Subclass 189all points
Latest2
MoM change-2(-50.0%)
Peak monthAug 256

B · Rheumatologist

No EOI trend data for this occupation yet.

Next round

No next-round estimate available.

A · Intensive Care Specialist

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤
If 10 invitedqueue cleared
If 50 invitedqueue cleared
If 100 invitedqueue cleared
If 200 invitedqueue cleared

B · Rheumatologist

No 189 round projection for this occupation yet.

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

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