189Federal
80- Est. Invitations
- 7–9
- Salary
- —
- DOE / EOI
- 22 Aug 2026
Special Needs Teacher 241511
MLTSSLVIC 2026–27 priority: EducationAssessed by AITSL· Unit group 2415 Special Education Teachers·New to this? Start here
As at November 2026, Special Needs Teacher (ANZSCO 241511) 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 22 August 2026 (an estimated 7–9 invitations, 10.4% of its 67 EOIs at 65+). The October 2026 189 pool holds 80 EOIs (1 at 85+ points), with 142 in 190 and 82 in 491. Latest state cut-offs: 190 at 80 points (28 May 2026), community reported. Four states list the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 70–85 over the last 6 rounds.
An EOI is ranked by points, then date of effect. 190 and 491 cut-offs (state nomination) are community reported.
189Skilled Independent
Every round80pts
15 Oct · DOE 22 Aug 2026
4–16 visas 2025-26*
190State nominated
4 states list it80pts
28 May 2026 · → from 80
10–25 visas 2025-26*
491Regional, state or family
3 states list it–pts
no round recorded
1–4 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
EmployerNo points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
6 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 | 80 | 1 | 80 · 15 Oct 2026 |
| VICopen | 66 | 12 | – |
| WAopen | 47 | 8 | – |
| QLDopen | 40 | 10 | 190 · 80 · 28 May 2026 |
| NSWopen | 37 | 9 | – |
| SANot listed | 34 | 7 | – |
| ACTNot listed | 18 | 5 | – |
| NTNot listed | 16 | 5 | – |
| TASNot listed | 11 | 3 | – |
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
- 80 or more115 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
| 80 | 85 | 90 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahead | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Met the cut-off | 5/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 |
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 Special Needs Teacher?
Likely at 80 points or more. Invited in 6 recent 189 rounds.
Last 189 round · 15 October 2026
- Cut-off
- 80 pts
- June: 75, so 5 higher
- Date of effect
- invited at 80 up to here
- Est. invited
- 7–9
- Special Education Teachers: 8–10
- Queue invited
- 10.4%
- 7 of 67 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 80 for this round. See the scorecard →
189 places this financial year
FY2026-27 · estimatedShared by all 4 occupations in Special Education Teachers, not just Special Needs Teacher
628est. ceiling602est. 189 places592–594est. left after 15 Oct
1–2%
26 to 186 / 190 / 4918–10 invited by 189open
15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 80 pts · DOE 21 July – 22 Aug 2026
Who shares these places · 4 occupations
| Occupation | Est. invited this FY | EOIs ≥ 80 pts | In pool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Needs Teacher241511THIS | 7–9 | 2 | 80 |
| Special Education Teachers nec241599 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Teacher of the Hearing Impaired241512 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Teacher of the Sight Impaired241513 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2415 total | 8–10 | 3 | 102 |
ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 552 ceiling, 537 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →
If a round is heldcut-off by round size, custom number, full prediction row
If 10 invited
75DOE ≤ June 26
If 20 invited
75DOE ≤ Oct 26
If 50 invited
70DOE ≤ Oct 26
If 100 invited
All invited (80)
If 200 invited
All invited (80)
If 500 invited
All invited (80)
If 1000 invited
All invited (80)
Or calculate a custom number
189 prediction — full row
| Last round | Cutoff | Oct 26 | Spots left (FY) | If floor invited | If anchored invited | Active EOIs | At/above | Ceiling remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | 80 | 7–9 | 527–529 | 75DOE ≤ Feb 26 | 75DOE ≤ Apr 26 | 80 | 2 | 537 |
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 15 points above the EOI minimum. Despite current trends, Special Needs Teacher remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 80 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
- 1 round so far in 2026-27. Special Needs Teacher 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 Special Needs Teacher?
Four states list Special Needs Teacher for 2026-27: NSW, VIC, QLD and WA are open.
Program status 2026-27
OpenOnshore onlyOpeningPaused or closedNot listed
VictoriaOpen
190 · since 26 Oct 2026
- This occupation
- Listed for 190 and 491
- 190 + 491 queue
- 66 EOIs · 12 at 85+ · most at 80
- Last invited
- No Special Needs Teacher report yet
- Next expected
- Rounds through the year; no set dates
- Places 2026-27
- 190: 900 places, 0 used · 491: – places, 0 used
- Grants 2024-25
- 5 × 190 · 0 × 491 · 6 × 186 · 1 × 189
- Note
- First round expected in November, then roughly monthly (15 Oct briefing). ROI $60, once per program year; nomination $180.
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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 | 24 | 13 | 9 | – | – / – | 1 | All NSW data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 49 | 17 | 12 | – | 900 / – | 5 | All VIC data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 190 · 80 · 28 May 2026 | – / – | 0 | All QLD data | |
| open · onshore only | Not listed | 21 | 13 | 7 | – | – / – | 2 | All SA data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 28 | 19 | 8 | – | – / – | 0 | All WA data | |
| open | Not listed | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | 1,250 / 800 | 0 | All TAS data | |
| closed | Not listed | 9 | 7 | 5 | – | – / – | 0 | All NT data | |
| open | Not listed | 10 | 8 | 5 | – | – / – | 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
From 3 community-reported 190 and 491 invitations for Special Needs Teacher, the median was 80 points.
Cut-off history
Where it ranks · 189
Outside top 50 by volume
of 170 occupations invited
▼ Falling
⋯
This occupation · most invited →least invited
28 invites last 2 FY · busiest 8,043 · typical 52
Most consistently invited
invited 4 of 4 roundsOccasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited
Year over year
19last FY · 3 rounds
9so far · 1 round
▲ +42% per roundRound to round · last 2 FY
4
9
6
9
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▼ Falling · invites per round · number under a bar = 189 cut-off
Minimum points invited, by source
Dashed line = the 65-point pass mark
Round History
Source:
| Date | Subclass | Source | Points | Est. Invitations | Salary | DOE / EOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 189 | Federal | 80 | 7–9 | — | 22 Aug 2026 | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | 189 | Federal | 75 | 5–6 | — | — | |
| 28 May 2026 | 190 | QLDCommunity | 80 | — | — | — | |
| 21 May 2026 | 190 | QLDCommunity | 80 | — | — | — | |
| 21 May 2026 | 190 | QLDCommunity | 80 | — | — | — | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | 491 | Federal | 90 | — | — | — | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | 189 | Federal | 75 | 8–9 | — | — | |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 189 | Federal | 85 | 3–4 | — | — |
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- Est. Invitations
- 8–9
- Salary
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- DOE / EOI
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·· - 189Federal85
- Est. Invitations
- 3–4
- Salary
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- DOE / EOI
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How many Special Needs Teacher visas are actually granted?
23 skilled visas for Special Needs Teacher in 2024-25, the 213th most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 10–25 × 190, 4–16 × 189, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | — | +10% | ||
39% | 94–16* | 4–16 | — | |
35% | 810–25* | 10–25 | — | |
26% | 6 | — | — | |
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 | 494 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2018-19 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025-26* | — | — | 10–25 | 1–4 | 4–16 | — |
Where they were granted
Planned place to live, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Special Needs Teacher 189 grants compares with its usual share of all 189 grants.
- 1NSWToo few to saytoo few to compare5
- 2VICToo few to saytoo few to compare1
- 3QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare1
- 4WAToo few to saytoo few to compare1
- 5SAToo 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.
- 1United Kingdom18.2%
- 2South Africa17.0%
- 3Philippines13.6%
- 4United States10.2%
- 5Canada8.0%
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 AITSL, an English test result and at least 65 points. Study and graduate (485) time in Australia count.
Questions
What points do you need for Special Needs Teacher subclass 189?
Special Needs Teacher last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 80 points; ranged 70–85 over its last 6 invited rounds. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 22 August 2026 were invited.
Was I invited in the 15 October 2026 189 round as Special Needs Teacher?
In the 15 October 2026 round, Special Needs Teacher EOIs at 85 points or more were invited; at 80 points, those with a date of effect on or before 22 August 2026; at 75 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 7–9 invitations to this occupation (8–10 to unit group 2415), 10.4% of its 67 EOIs at 65+ points.
Is the Special Needs Teacher subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?
Flat: across the last 6 189 rounds the Special Needs Teacher cut-off ranged 70–85, from 80 (5 September 2024) to 80 (15 October 2026).
Is 85, 90 or 95 points enough to be invited for Special Needs Teacher (subclass 189)?
Over Special Needs Teacher's last 6 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 70–85. Met: 95: 6 of 6, 90: 6 of 6, 85: 6 of 6, 80: 5 of 6, 75: 3 of 6, 70: 1 of 6. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 22 August 2026 were invited.
What are the latest 190 and 491 cut-offs for Special Needs Teacher?
For Special Needs Teacher: subclass 190 was last invited at 80 points (28 May 2026). subclass 491 was last invited at 90 points (13 November 2025).
How do I compare to applicants who got invited for Special Needs Teacher?
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 Special Needs Teacher; samples may be incomplete.
Which states nominate Special Needs Teacher for 190/491?
Special Needs Teacher 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 Special Needs Teacher?
About 592–594 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Special Education Teachers, the unit group's 4 occupations together, Special Needs Teacher included, of 602 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.
How often are Special Needs Teacher invitation rounds held?
Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Special Needs Teacher received invitations in 1 of them. State nominations in FY2025-26: subclass 190 invitations on 2 round dates and subclass 491 on none (QLD; 80–80 points).
How many Special Needs Teacher visas were granted in 2024-25?
23 main applicants: 9 through 189, 8 through 190 and 6 through 186.
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.