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Nurse Practitioner vs Registered Nurse (Aged Care)

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

Nurse Practitioner

254411·189

★ 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)17 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE0

Youtop 1% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores17

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

You · #1

★

front of queue10,990 est. places

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Registered Nurse (Aged Care)

254412·189

★ Strong chance

85PTS

Chance of invitation

Strong chance of invitation

Est. wait~3 mo

Your spot in the pool

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

30 figures · each ≈ 61 EOIs · front invited first

← front (invited first)1,837 total EOIs

Ahead of youhigher score, or 85 pts & earlier DOE42

Youtop 2% · DOE 12 Sep 2026★

At your score, behind you0

Below youlower scores1,795

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

You · #43

★

front of queue10,990 est. places

≈ 1 roundto clear the 42 ahead of you · FY26-27

Pool by points · submitted EOIs

EOI submissions ≥ 85 pts · FY26-27

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Together

Queue position Nurse Practitioner has fewer people ahead of you: 0 vs 42 for Registered Nurse (Aged Care).

Latest round Registered Nurse (Aged Care)'s latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 80 for Nurse Practitioner.

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	Nurse Practitioner254411	Registered Nurse (Aged Care)254412
Capacity	10990 · FY2026-27	10990 · FY2026-27
Standing	#— of 196	#9 of 196
Queue position	0 ahead	42 ahead
Latest round	2026-06-04 · 80 pts	2026-06-04 · 75 pts
EOI data · pool & queue trend	15	1796
EOI data · submission & invitation trend	—	—
Next round	—	80 pts
Open states	3 listed	3 listed
Invited profile	—	—
Assessing authority	ANMAC	ANMAC

Where they differ — subclass 189, 85 points

Capacity

Occupations in unit group 2544 share 10,990 places left.

189 places · 2026-27estimated

14,528est. ceiling

10,990est. 189 places · 10,990 left

Unit group 2544 · 2025-26 official: 13,929 ceiling · 10,390 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 11 data points

1008060

80you 85

20222023June 26

189 places · 2026-27estimated

14,528est. ceiling

10,990est. 189 places · 10,990 left

Unit group 2544 · 2025-26 official: 13,929 ceiling · 10,390 remaining

Minimum points invitedAll sources · 13 data points

957860

75you 85

20222023June 26

Standing

Only Registered Nurse (Aged Care) has standing data: 9.

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

—· top 72%

▲ Rising +6 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

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

Year over year

3last FY

9this FY

▲ +200%

Round to round · last 2 FY

▲ Rising · invites per round

Invitation volume · last 2 FYof 196 ranked

#9· top 4%

▲ Rising +737 yoy

leader 6,052median 48you

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

Year over year

266last FY

1,003this FY

▲ +277%

Round to round · last 2 FY

177

283

429

291

▲ Rising · invites per round

Queue position

Nurse Practitioner has fewer people ahead of you: 0 vs 42 for Registered Nurse (Aged Care).

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

75POINTS

1/6 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

783

4/6 met

80POINTS

219

5/6 met

85POINTS

6/6 met

90POINTS

6/6 met

95POINTS

6/6 met

Latest round

Registered Nurse (Aged Care)'s latest cutoff is lower: 75 vs 80 for Nurse Practitioner.

189 · last round 4 June 2026↑ Rising

Min points80

Invited0

Rounds FY3

Unchanged vs previous round

65–85 pts over last 6 rounds

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189 · last round 4 June 2026Stable

Min points75

Invited0

Rounds FY3

Unchanged vs previous round

70–85 pts over last 6 rounds

Other subclasses190 · 70 pts · 1 May 2026491 · 80 pts · 13 Nov 2025

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EOI data · pool & queue trend

Nurse Practitioner has a smaller EOI pool: 15 (+1 vs last month) vs 1,796 (+229) for Registered Nurse (Aged Care).

EOI pool by points · 08/202615 in the pool

12921you

5065758090

Queue at your points · 6 months

0 at 85+ pts

▬ 0 vs last month

EOI pool by points · 08/20261,796 in the pool

1016409935149456417737you311

45608095110

Queue at your points · 6 months

42 at 85+ pts

▲ 29 vs last month

EOI data · submission & invitation trend

Registered Nurse (Aged Care) drew more invitations last month: 96 vs 2 for Nurse Practitioner. Pools: 1,796 (+229) vs 15 (+1).

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest15

MoM change+1(7.1%)

Peak monthApr 2617

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Feb 24Jun 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest2

MoM change-1(-33.3%)

Peak monthAug 254

EOI submission trendsubmitted EOIs in the pool · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest1,796

MoM change+229(14.6%)

Peak monthAug 261,796

Invitation trendinvited + lodged · by month

Feb 24May 25Aug 26

Subclass 189all points

Latest96

MoM change-273(-74.0%)

Peak monthNov 25535

Next round

Only Registered Nurse (Aged Care) has a next-round estimate: 80 points.

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited70DOE ≤ Jun 26

If 50 invitedqueue cleared

If 100 invitedqueue cleared

If 200 invitedqueue cleared

Next 189 round · at a glancepoints · DOE ≤

If 10 invited85DOE ≤ Mar 26

If 50 invited80DOE ≤ Jan 26

If 100 invited80DOE ≤ Jun 26

If 200 invited80DOE ≤ Aug 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

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

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