189Federal
75- Est. Invitations
- 1–1
- Salary
- —
- DOE / EOI
- 17 Nov 2025
Nursing Clinical Director 134212
MLTSSLAssessed by ANMAC· Unit group 1342 Health and Welfare Services Managers·New to this? Start here
As at November 2026, Nursing Clinical Director (ANZSCO 134212) is still invited through the subclass 189: the 15 October 2026 round invited it at 75 points, for EOIs with a date of effect up to 17 November 2025 (an estimated 1 invitations, 100% of its 1 EOIs at 65+). Four states list the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 75–115 over the last 3 rounds.
An EOI is ranked by points, then date of effect. 190 and 491 cut-offs (state nomination) are community reported.
189Skilled Independent
1 of 4 rounds75pts
15 Oct · DOE 17 Nov 2025
0 visas 2024-25
190State nominated
4 states list it–pts
no round recorded
1 visas 2024-25
491Regional, state or family
4 states list it–pts
no round recorded
1–4 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
EmployerNo points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
0 visas 2024-25
Every pathway at a glance
October 2026 EOI pool. State rows count the 190 and 491 queues together, and one person can hold several EOIs. State scores are community reported.
| Pathway | In queue | At 85+ | Last invited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189Eligible | – | 0 | 75 · 15 Oct 2026 |
| NSWopen | 1 | 0 | – |
| VICopen | 0 | 0 | – |
| QLDopen | 0 | 0 | – |
| WAopen | 0 | 0 | – |
| SANot listed | 0 | 0 | – |
| TASNot listed | – | – | – |
| NTNot listed | – | – | – |
| ACTNot listed | 0 | 0 | – |
See who gets nominated → community-reported 190 and 491 invitations
Checking your access…
Where do you sit in the 189 queue?
What this means at your score and date of effect
- 75 or more0 EOIs at that score or higher.
- 70Your date of effect decides within the score.
- Below 70Below the recent 189 cut-offs. Check the state lists for nomination.
Subclass 189 wait estimates · — EOI pool
Not enough recent rounds to compute a wait estimate for this subclass.
How these figures are worked outmethod and limits
189 rank can be estimated from points and DOE; 190 and state/territory-nominated 491 are selected by each jurisdiction under its own policy and priorities, so a national EOI queue rank doesn't apply.
Will I get a 189 invitation as a Nursing Clinical Director?
Likely at 75 points or more. Invited in 3 recent 189 rounds.
Last 189 round · 15 October 2026
- Cut-off
- 75 pts
- June: not invited
- Date of effect
- invited at 75 up to here
- Est. invited
- 1
- Health and Welfare Services Managers: 67–69
- Queue invited
- 100%
- 1 of 1 at 65+
Cut-off and date of effect: Home Affairs. Invited and queue share: ImmiTrend estimates from the 1 Oct 2026 pool (queue = EOIs at 65+).
All 159 occupations in this round →We predicted 85 for this round. See the scorecard →
189 places this financial year
FY2026-27 · estimatedShared by all 3 occupations in Health and Welfare Services Managers, not just Nursing Clinical Director
568est. ceiling502est. 189 places433–435est. left after 15 Oct
13–14%
66 to 186 / 190 / 49167–69 invited by 189open
15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 65–75 pts · DOE 28 Sept – 14 Oct 2026
Who shares these places · 3 occupations
| Occupation | Est. invited this FY | EOIs ≥ 65–75 pts | In pool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Clinical Director134212THIS | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary Health Organisation Manager134213 | 58–60 | 1 | 37 |
| Welfare Centre Manager134214 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 1342 total | 67–69 | 2 | 39 |
ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 500 ceiling, 464 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →
If a round is heldcut-off by round size, custom number, full prediction row
More 189 chartsqueue age, invitations per round, points gauge
Points reality gaugeyour points against those invited
Point Reality Gauge
- Points are stable. The minimum invited score has remained consistent over recent rounds, though the next round can still move with round size and EOI pool changes.
- Still 10 points above the EOI minimum. Despite current trends, Nursing Clinical Director remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 75 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
- 1 round so far in 2026-27. Nursing Clinical Director has been invited in 1 invitation round this financial year. The round count alone doesn't indicate future demand or guarantee invitations.
Which state could nominate a Nursing Clinical Director?
Four states list Nursing Clinical Director for 2026-27: NSW, VIC, QLD and WA are open.
Program status 2026-27
OpenOnshore onlyOpeningPaused or closedNot listed
New South WalesOpen
190 · since 15 Oct 2026
- This occupation
- Listed for 190 and 491
- 190 + 491 queue
- 1 EOIs · 0 at 85+ · most at 65
- Last invited
- No Nursing Clinical Director report yet
- Next expected
- Rounds through the year
- Places 2026-27
- 190: – places, 11 used · 491: – places, 0 used
- Grants 2024-25
- 0 × 190 · 0 × 491 · 0 × 186 · 0 × 189
- Note
- NSW Skills List rebuilt to 78 unit groups (16 removed, 15 added). NSW doesn't announce round dates. Allocation not yet published.
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Status from state program pages. Queues: SkillSelect, 10/2026. An EOI can nominate several states, so state queues add up to more than the national totals.
All states as a tablestatus, listing, queue, last cut-off, places, grants
| State | Status | Listed | 190 queue | 491 queue | 85+ | Last cut-off | State places 190 / 491 (all occupations) | 190 + 491 grants | State page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open | 190, 491 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – / – | 0 | All NSW data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 900 / – | 1 | All VIC data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – / – | 0 | All QLD data | |
| open · onshore only | Not listed | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – / – | 0 | All SA data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – / – | 0 | All WA data | |
| open | Not listed | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1,250 / 800 | 0 | All TAS data | |
| closed | Not listed | 0 | 0 | – | – | – / – | 0 | All NT data | |
| open | Not listed | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – / – | 0 | All ACT data |
Per-state queue chartspoints distribution, queue trend, invited and lodged
Pick a state above to see its three charts
All eight states · 24 charts
Who gets nominatedcommunity-reported 190 and 491 invitations
No community-reported 190 or 491 invitations for Nursing Clinical Director yet.
Cut-off history
Where it ranks · 189
Outside top 50 by volume
of 170 occupations invited
▲ Rising
⋯
This occupation · most invited →least invited
1 invites last 2 FY · busiest 8,043 · typical 52
Most consistently invited
invited 1 of 4 roundsOccasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited
Year over year
0last FY
1this FY
▲ +1Round to round · last 2 FY
1
75
▲ Rising · invites per round · number under a bar = 189 cut-off
Minimum points invited, by source
Dashed line = the 65-point pass mark
Round History
| Date | Subclass | Source | Points | Est. Invitations | Salary | DOE / EOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 189 | Federal | 75 | 1–1 | — | 17 Nov 2025 | |
| 7 Nov 2024 | 189 | Federal | 115 | 0–0 | — | — | |
| 5 Sep 2024 | 189 | Federal | 115 | 1–1 | — | — |
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- 189Federal115
- Est. Invitations
- 0–0
- Salary
- —
- DOE / EOI
- —
·· - 189Federal115
- Est. Invitations
- 1–1
- Salary
- —
- DOE / EOI
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FederalSkillSelectOfficialState governmentCommunityCrowdsourced
How many Nursing Clinical Director visas are actually granted?
1 skilled visas for Nursing Clinical Director in 2024-25, the 558th most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 1–4 × 491 (186 and 494 not yet published).
25-26* is provisional: the full year to June 2026 for 189, 190 and 491 from a Home Affairs data release. The official release with every visa is expected in late 2026.
| Visa | Share of total | 2024-25 | 2025-26* | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | — | ||
100% | 1 | — | — | |
0% | 0 | — | — | |
0% | 01–4* | 1–4 | — | |
0% | 0 | — | — |
— means last year had fewer than 20 grants. Tap a colour to show or hide its line. The grey area is the total.
Show the numbers for every year
| Year | Total | 186 | 190 | 491 | 189 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019-20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26* | — | — | — | 1–4 | — |
Where they were granted
Nominated by, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Nursing Clinical Director 190 grants compares with its usual share of all 190 grants.
- 1VICToo few to saytoo few to compare1
- 2NSWToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 3QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 4SAToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 5WAToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 6TASToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 7ACTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 8NTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- More than usual (1.3× or more)
- About usual
- Less than usual (under 0.75×)
- Too few to say (under 10)
Who was granted
Country of citizenship, 2022-23 to 2024-25 combined.
- 1New Zealand50.0%
- 2Singapore50.0%
Data: July 2015 to June 2025, main applicants only. Occupation is recorded only for main applicants in the Skill stream, so partner, parent, business and 858 visas can't appear here, and temporary visas such as 482 aren't in this data. Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0068 (CC BY). The views expressed are those of ImmiTrend and not necessarily those of the Department.
Your next step
Before you can submit an EOI you need a positive skills assessment from ANMAC, an English test result and at least 65 points. Study and graduate (485) time in Australia count.
Questions
What points do you need for Nursing Clinical Director subclass 189?
Nursing Clinical Director last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 75 points; ranged 75–115 over its last 3 invited rounds. At 75 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 17 November 2025 were invited.
Was I invited in the 15 October 2026 189 round as Nursing Clinical Director?
In the 15 October 2026 round, Nursing Clinical Director EOIs at 80 points or more were invited; at 75 points, those with a date of effect on or before 17 November 2025; at 70 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 1 invitations to this occupation (67–69 to unit group 1342), 100% of its 1 EOIs at 65+ points.
Is the Nursing Clinical Director subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?
Flat: across the last 3 189 rounds the Nursing Clinical Director cut-off ranged 75–115, from 115 (5 September 2024) to 75 (15 October 2026).
Is 85, 90 or 95 points enough to be invited for Nursing Clinical Director (subclass 189)?
Over Nursing Clinical Director's last 3 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 75–115. Met: 95: 1 of 3, 90: 1 of 3, 85: 1 of 3, 80: 1 of 3, 75: 1 of 3. 70 or below: none. At 75 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 17 November 2025 were invited.
Which states nominate Nursing Clinical Director for 190/491?
Nursing Clinical Director is on the current 190/491 state nomination lists of: NSW, QLD, VIC, WA. State lists and quotas change each program year — check each state's official list.
How many subclass 189 places are likely left this FY2026-27 for Nursing Clinical Director?
About 433–435 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Health and Welfare Services Managers, the unit group's 3 occupations together, Nursing Clinical Director included, of 502 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.
How often are Nursing Clinical Director invitation rounds held?
Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Nursing Clinical Director received invitations in 1 of them.
How many Nursing Clinical Director visas were granted in 2024-25?
1 main applicants: 1 through 190.
Last updated 2 November 2026Sources:OfficialEstimated
EOI snapshot October 2026
Community-reported and estimated figures are indicative and may be incomplete — treat them as a guide, not a guarantee. Official figures come from Home Affairs / SkillSelect.
General information only — not migration advice.
Compiled by ImmiTrend from official SkillSelect data.