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Food Technologist 234212

MLTSSLAssessed by VETASSESS· Unit group 2342 Chemists and Food and Wine Scientists·New to this? Start here
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As at November 2026, Food Technologist (ANZSCO 234212) 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 20 December 2025 (an estimated 184–195 invitations, 26.7% of its 688 EOIs at 65+). The October 2026 189 pool holds 623 EOIs (11 at 85+ points), with 1,378 in 190 and 1,463 in 491. Latest state cut-offs: 190 at 90 points (18 May 2026), community reported. Three states list the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 80–90 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 20 Dec 2025
58–64 visas 2025-26*
190State nominated
2 states list it
90pts
18 May 2026 · → from 90
19–25 visas 2025-26*
491Regional, state or family
3 states list it
–pts
no round recorded
23–29 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
Employer
No points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
27 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
189Eligible6231180 · 15 Oct 2026
NSWclosed719277190 · 100 · 16 Apr 2026
VICopen705201190 · 90 · 18 May 2026
WAopen487205190 · 100 · 21 May 2025
SANot listed579172–
QLDNot listed27083–
TASNot listed18951–
ACTNot listed17844–
NTNot listed14135–

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 more1,616 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

808590
Ahead91112
Met the cut-off1/63/66/6
How these figures are worked outmethod and limits

Subclass 189 invitation rounds have paused since 15 October 2026, so a wait estimate can't be reliably projected while rounds are paused. The queue figures above are current; the wait will depend on when rounds resume.

"Met the cut-off" counts how many of the last 6 subclass-189 rounds your points would have been at or above the round's minimum.

Figures describe observed invitation rounds and the current EOI pool — indicative only, not migration advice.

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 Food Technologist?

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

Last 189 round · 15 October 2026

Cut-off
80 pts
June: 85, so 5 lower
Date of effect
invited at 80 up to here
Est. invited
184–195
Chemists and Food and Wine Scientists: 321–346
Queue invited
26.7%
184 of 688 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 2 occupations in Chemists and Food and Wine Scientists, not just Food Technologist

500est. ceiling360est. 189 places14–39est. left after 15 Oct

89–96%
140 to 186 / 190 / 491321–346 invited by 189open

15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 80 pts · DOE 20 Dec 2025 – 1 Jan 2026

Who shares these places · 2 occupations
OccupationEst. invited this FYEOIs ≥ 80 ptsIn pool
Food Technologist234212THIS184–19590618
Chemist234211137–15178536
2342 total321–3461681,154

ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 500 ceiling, 301 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →

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If 10 invited

85DOE ≤ Oct 26

If 20 invited

80DOE ≤ Mar 26

If 50 invited

80DOE ≤ July 26

If 100 invited

75DOE ≤ June 25

If 200 invited

75DOE ≤ July 26

If 500 invited

65DOE ≤ Sept 26

If 1000 invited

All invited (618)

Or calculate a custom number

189 prediction — full row

Last roundCutoffOct 26Spots left (FY)If floor invitedIf anchored invitedActive EOIsAt/aboveCeiling remaining
Oct 2680184–195075DOE ≤ May 2675DOE ≤ June 2661890301

Grants (190/491/ENS) · 2025-26

199

FOI source ↗
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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, Food Technologist remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 80 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
  • 1 round so far in 2026-27. Food Technologist 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 Food Technologist?

Three states list Food Technologist for 2026-27: NSW, VIC 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

New South WalesOpen

190 · since 15 Oct 2026

This occupation
Listed for 491
190 + 491 queue
719 EOIs · 277 at 85+ · most at 90+
Last invited
190 at 100 · 16 Apr 2026 (community)
Next expected
Rounds through the year
Places 2026-27
190: – places, 11 used · 491: – places, 0 used
Grants 2024-25
7 × 190 · 13 × 491 · 5 × 186 · 4 × 189
Note
NSW Skills List rebuilt to 78 unit groups (16 removed, 15 added). NSW doesn't announce round dates. Allocation not yet published.
NSW program page ↗All NSW 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
open491379340277190 · 100 · 16 Apr 2026– / –20All NSW data
open190, 491390315201190 · 90 · 18 May 2026900 / –38All VIC data
openNot listed13713383–– / –11All QLD data
open · onshore onlyNot listed272307172–– / –7All SA data
open190, 491214273205190 · 100 · 21 May 2025– / –8All WA data
openNot listed8510451–1,250 / 8000All TAS data
closedNot listed647735–– / –0All NT data
openNot listed859344–– / –0All 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 10 community-reported 190 and 491 invitations for Food Technologist, the median was 95 points.

Cut-off history

Where it ranks · 189

#28
of 170 occupations invited
▲ Top 16%▲ Rising
#28
This occupation · most invited →least invited

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

Most consistently invited

invited 4 of 4 rounds

oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

210
last FY · 3 rounds
195
so far · 1 round
▲ +179% per round

Round to round · last 2 FY

24
112
74
195
90858580

▲ 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
    184–195
    ·
    Salary
    —
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    DOE / EOI
    20 Dec 2025
  • 189Federal
    85
    Est. Invitations
    64–74
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    Salary
    —
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    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190VICCommunity
    90
    Est. Invitations
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    Salary
    —
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    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190VICCommunity
    90
    Est. Invitations
    —
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    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190NSWCommunity
    100
    Est. Invitations
    —
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    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190NSWCommunity
    100
    Est. Invitations
    —
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    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190VICCommunity
    95
    Est. Invitations
    —
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    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    85
    Est. Invitations
    95–112
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    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
FederalSkillSelectOfficialState governmentCommunityCrowdsourced

How many Food Technologist visas are actually granted?

119 skilled visas for Food Technologist in 2024-25, the 87th most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 58–64 × 189, 23–29 × 491, 19–25 × 190 (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
119−7%
6319–25*+19%
27—
2123–29*−9%
858–64*−78%
0—

494 includes the closed 187 (peak 7 in 2017-18). — 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
Food Technologist visa grants to main applicants, by programme year and visa
YearTotal186190491189494
2015-1632188105
2016-1739229206
2017-1829192107
2018-1927210006
2019-2034166381
2020-21552975140
2021-22553781000
2022-23128245427230
2023-24128165323360
2024-2511927632180
2025-26*——19–2523–2958–64—

Where they were granted

Nominated by, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Food Technologist 190 grants compares with its usual share of all 190 grants.

Map of Australia coloured by where Food Technologist 190 grants went compared with usualNew South Wales — 7Victoria — 37Queensland — 9South Australia — 3Western Australia — 7Tasmania — 0Northern Territory — 0Australian Capital Territory — 0NSW7VIC37QLD9SA3WA7TAS0NT0ACT0
  1. 1VICMore than usual59% · usually 27%37
  2. 2QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare9
  3. 3NSWToo few to saytoo few to compare7
  4. 4WAToo few to saytoo few to compare7
  5. 5SAToo few to saytoo few to compare3
  6. 6TASToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  7. 7ACTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  8. 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)
All 190 grants by state

Who was granted

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

  1. 1India37.1%
  2. 2Nepal8.0%
  3. 3China7.7%
  4. 4Iran5.1%
  5. 5Malaysia4.8%
77%
applied from within Australia in 2024-2592 of 119 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 VETASSESS, 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 Food Technologist subclass 189?

Food Technologist last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 80 points; ranged 80–90 over its last 6 invited rounds. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 20 December 2025 were invited.

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

In the 15 October 2026 round, Food Technologist EOIs at 85 points or more were invited; at 80 points, those with a date of effect on or before 20 December 2025; at 75 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 184–195 invitations to this occupation (321–346 to unit group 2342), 26.7% of its 688 EOIs at 65+ points.

Is the Food Technologist subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?

Easing: across the last 6 189 rounds the Food Technologist cut-off ranged 80–90, from 90 (5 September 2024) to 80 (15 October 2026).

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

Over Food Technologist's last 6 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 80–90. Met: 95: 6 of 6, 90: 6 of 6, 85: 3 of 6, 80: 1 of 6. 75 or below: none. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 20 December 2025 were invited.

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

For Food Technologist: subclass 190 was last invited at 90 points (18 May 2026). subclass 491 was last invited at 85 points (8 December 2022).

How do I compare to applicants who got invited for Food Technologist?

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 Food Technologist; samples may be incomplete.

Which states nominate Food Technologist for 190/491?

Food Technologist is on the current 190/491 state nomination lists of: NSW, 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 Food Technologist?

About 14–39 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Chemists and Food and Wine Scientists, the unit group's 2 occupations together, Food Technologist included, of 360 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.

How often are Food Technologist invitation rounds held?

Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Food Technologist received invitations in 1 of them. State nominations in FY2025-26: subclass 190 invitations on 5 round dates and subclass 491 on none (NSW, VIC; 85–100 points).

How many Food Technologist visas were granted in 2024-25?

119 main applicants: 63 through 190, 27 through 186, 21 through 491 and 8 through 189.

Last updated 2 November 2026Sources:OfficialEstimatedCommunity-reported

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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