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Surveyor 232212

MLTSSLVIC 2026–27 priority: ConstructionAssessed by ISNSW· Unit group 2322 Surveyors and Spatial Scientists·New to this? Start here
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As at November 2026, Surveyor (ANZSCO 232212) is still invited through the subclass 189: the 15 October 2026 round invited it at 80 points, for EOIs with a date of effect up to 15 September 2025 (an estimated 16 invitations, 12% of its 133 EOIs at 65+). The October 2026 189 pool holds 159 EOIs (0 at 85+ points), with 324 in 190 and 394 in 491. Latest state cut-offs: 190 at 70 points (1 May 2026) and 491 at 80 points (29 January 2024), community reported. Four states list the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 80–95 over the last 6 rounds, easing.

An EOI is ranked by points, then date of effect. 190 and 491 cut-offs (state nomination) are community reported.

189Skilled Independent
Every round
80pts
15 Oct · DOE 15 Sept 2025
1–4 visas 2025-26*
190State nominated
4 states list it
70pts
1 May 2026
14–23 visas 2025-26*
491Regional, state or family
4 states list it
80pts
29 Jan 2024
13–22 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
Largest
No points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
52 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.

PathwayIn queueAt 85+Last invited
189Eligible159080 · 15 Oct 2026
WAopen16520–
NSWopen15621190 · 75 · 16 Apr 2026
QLDopen14114190 · 70 · 1 May 2026
VICopen10713190 · 85 · 27 Aug 2024
SANot listed13623–
ACTNot listed7811–
NTNot listed637–
TASNot listed492–

See who gets nominated → community-reported 190 and 491 invitations

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Where do you sit in the 189 queue?

What this means at your score and date of effect

  • 80 or more276 EOIs at that score or higher.
  • 75Your date of effect decides within the score.
  • Below 75Below the recent 189 cut-offs. Check the state lists for nomination.

Subclass 189 wait estimates · October 2026 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 Surveyor?

Likely at 80 points or more. Invited in 6 recent 189 rounds.

Last 189 round · 15 October 2026

Cut-off
80 pts
June: also 80
Date of effect
invited at 80 up to here
Est. invited
16
Surveyors and Spatial Scientists: 53–55
Queue invited
12%
16 of 133 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 →

Next 189 round

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189 places this financial year

FY2026-27 · estimated

Shared by all 3 occupations in Surveyors and Spatial Scientists, not just Surveyor

500est. ceiling368est. 189 places313–315est. left after 15 Oct

14–15%
132 to 186 / 190 / 49153–55 invited by 189open

15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 80–85 pts · DOE 15 Sept 2025 – 28 Aug 2026

Who shares these places · 3 occupations
OccupationEst. invited this FYEOIs ≥ 80–85 ptsIn pool
Surveyor232212THIS160159
Other Spatial Scientist232214365101
Cartographer2322131–319
2322 total53–556269

ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 500 ceiling, 372 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →

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If 10 invited

75DOE ≤ Dec 25

If 20 invited

75DOE ≤ Sept 26

If 50 invited

70DOE ≤ Sept 26

If 100 invited

65DOE ≤ June 26

If 200 invited

All invited (159)

If 500 invited

All invited (159)

If 1000 invited

All invited (159)

Or calculate a custom number

189 prediction — full row

Last roundCutoffOct 26Spots left (FY)If floor invitedIf anchored invitedActive EOIsAt/aboveCeiling remaining
Oct 268016–16317–31975DOE ≤ Mar 2675DOE ≤ Mar 261590372

Grants (190/491/ENS) · 2025-26

128

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Points reality gaugeyour points against those invited

Point Reality Gauge

  • Points are easing. The minimum invited score has moved from 85 to 80 over the past 3 rounds — this can reflect round size, occupation allocation or EOI pool changes.
  • Still 15 points above the EOI minimum. Despite easing, Surveyor remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 80 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
  • 1 round so far in 2026-27. Surveyor 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 Surveyor?

Four states list Surveyor for 2026-27: NSW, VIC, QLD and WA are open.

Program status 2026-27
Map of Australia: Status by stateNew South Wales — openVictoria — openQueensland — openSouth Australia — Western Australia — openTasmania — openNorthern Territory — closedAustralian Capital Territory — openNSWopenVICopenQLDopenSAWAopenTASopenNTclosedACTopen
OpenOnshore onlyOpeningPaused or closedNot listed

Western AustraliaOpen

190 · since 16 Sept 2026

This occupation
Listed for 190 and 491
190 + 491 queue
165 EOIs · 20 at 85+ · most at 70
Last invited
No Surveyor report yet
Next expected
Monthly rounds
Places 2026-27
190: – places, 17 used · 491: – places, 120 used
Grants 2024-25
6 × 190 · 2 × 491 · 16 × 186 · 0 × 189
Note
Latest round 14 October. Invitation counts by stream and the last-invited lines per occupation are on the WA page. Allocation not yet published.
WA program page ↗All WA data
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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
StateStatusListed190 queue491 queue85+Last cut-offState places 190 / 491 (all occupations)190 + 491 grantsState page
open190, 491787821190 · 75 · 16 Apr 2026– / –19All NSW data
open190, 491505713190 · 85 · 27 Aug 2024900 / –11All VIC data
open190, 491726914190 · 70 · 1 May 2026– / –3All QLD data
open · onshore onlyNot listed657123–– / –4All SA data
open190, 491788720–– / –8All WA data
openNot listed22272–1,250 / 8003All TAS data
closedNot listed23407–– / –0All NT data
openNot listed354311–– / –2All ACT data
Per-state queue chartspoints distribution, queue trend, invited and lodged

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All eight states · 24 charts
Who gets nominatedcommunity-reported 190 and 491 invitations

From 7 community-reported 190 and 491 invitations for Surveyor, the median was 80 points.

Cut-off history

Where it ranks · 189

Outside top 50 by volume
of 170 occupations invited
▲ Rising
⋯
This occupation · most invited →least invited

53 invites last 2 FY · busiest 8,043 · typical 52

Most consistently invited

invited 4 of 4 roundsOccasional

oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

37
last FY · 3 rounds
16
so far · 1 round
▲ +30% per round

Round to round · last 2 FY

1
15
21
16
90858080

▲ Rising · invites per round · number under a bar = 189 cut-off

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Minimum points invited, by source

Dashed line = the 65-point pass mark

Round History

Source:
  • 189Federal
    80
    Est. Invitations
    16–16
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    15 Sep 2025
  • 189Federal
    80
    Est. Invitations
    18–21
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190QLDCommunity
    70
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190QLDCommunity
    75
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190NSWCommunity
    75
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    85
    Est. Invitations
    13–15
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    90
    Est. Invitations
    1–1
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190NSWCommunity
    85
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
FederalSkillSelectOfficialState governmentCommunityCrowdsourced

How many Surveyor visas are actually granted?

107 skilled visas for Surveyor in 2024-25, the 96th most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 14–23 × 190, 13–22 × 491, 1–4 × 189 (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.

Visa2024-25Change
107+57%
52+93%
2914–23*—
2113–22*—
31–4*−85%
2—

491 includes the closed 489 (peak 6 in 2018-19). — 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
Surveyor visa grants to main applicants, by programme year and visa
YearTotal186190491189494
2015-167626204242
2016-177523225214
2017-186719245181
2018-195513166182
2019-20461815472
2020-21422310810
2021-2264566110
2022-237743102220
2023-246827156200
2024-2510752292132
2025-26*——14–2313–221–4—

Where they were granted

Employer location, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Surveyor 186 grants compares with its usual share of all 186 grants.

Map of Australia coloured by where Surveyor 186 grants went compared with usualNew South Wales — 15Victoria — 12Queensland — 7South Australia — 1Western Australia — 16Tasmania — 0Northern Territory — 1Australian Capital Territory — 0NSW15VIC12QLD7SA1WA16TAS0NT1ACT0
  1. 1WAMore than usual31% · usually 17%16
  2. 2NSWAbout usual29% · usually 33%15
  3. 3VICAbout usual23% · usually 25%12
  4. 4QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare7
  5. 5SAToo few to saytoo few to compare1
  6. 6NTToo few to saytoo few to compare1
  7. 7TASToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  8. 8ACTToo 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)
All 186 grants by state

Who was granted

Country of citizenship, 2022-23 to 2024-25 combined.

  1. 1Iran22.2%
  2. 2Philippines14.7%
  3. 3Sri Lanka13.9%
  4. 4China6.3%
  5. 5United Kingdom4.4%
68%
applied from within Australia in 2024-2573 of 107 main applicants

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 ISNSW, an English test result and at least 65 points. Study and graduate (485) time in Australia count.

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Questions

What points do you need for Surveyor subclass 189?

Surveyor last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 80 points; ranged 80–95 over its last 6 invited rounds. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 15 September 2025 were invited.

Was I invited in the 15 October 2026 189 round as Surveyor?

In the 15 October 2026 round, Surveyor EOIs at 85 points or more were invited; at 80 points, those with a date of effect on or before 15 September 2025; at 75 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 16 invitations to this occupation (53–55 to unit group 2322), 12% of its 133 EOIs at 65+ points.

Is the Surveyor subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?

Easing: across the last 6 189 rounds the Surveyor cut-off ranged 80–95, from 95 (5 September 2024) to 80 (15 October 2026).

Is 85, 90 or 95 points enough to be invited for Surveyor (subclass 189)?

Over Surveyor's last 6 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 80–95. Met: 95: 6 of 6, 90: 5 of 6, 85: 3 of 6, 80: 2 of 6. 75 or below: none. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 15 September 2025 were invited.

Check how your own points and Date of Effect rank →

What are the latest 190 and 491 cut-offs for Surveyor?

For Surveyor: subclass 190 was last invited at 70 points (1 May 2026). subclass 491 was last invited at 80 points (29 January 2024).

How do I compare to applicants who got invited for Surveyor?

States and territories issue 190 and 491 invitations under their own policies, not national EOI queue order. Check My Score compares your profile with community-reported invited samples for Surveyor; samples may be incomplete.

Which states nominate Surveyor for 190/491?

Surveyor 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 Surveyor?

About 313–315 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Surveyors and Spatial Scientists, the unit group's 3 occupations together, Surveyor included, of 368 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.

How often are Surveyor invitation rounds held?

Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Surveyor received invitations in 1 of them. State nominations in FY2025-26: subclass 190 invitations on 2 round dates and subclass 491 on none (NSW, QLD; 70–75 points).

How many Surveyor visas were granted in 2024-25?

107 main applicants: 52 through 186, 29 through 190, 21 through 491, 3 through 189 and 2 through 494.

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.

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