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Telecommunications Network Planner 313213

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As at November 2026, Telecommunications Network Planner (ANZSCO 313213) is still invited through the subclass 189: the 15 October 2026 round invited it at 85 points, for EOIs with a date of effect up to 11 October 2026 (an estimated 34–38 invitations, 10% of its 340 EOIs at 65+). The October 2026 189 pool holds 455 EOIs (4 at 85+ points), with 471 in 190 and 684 in 491. Latest state cut-offs: 491 at 90 points (18 November 2025), community reported. One state lists the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 65–90 over the last 6 rounds, rising.

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

189Skilled Independent
2 of 4 rounds
85pts
15 Oct · DOE 11 Oct 2026
1–4 visas 2025-26*
190State nominated
1 states list it
–pts
no round recorded
1–4 visas 2025-26*
491Regional, state or family
1 states list it
90pts
18 Nov 2025
18–27 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
Employer
No points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
2 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
189Eligible455485 · 15 Oct 2026
VICopen29445491 · 90 · 18 Nov 2025
WANot listed36368–
NSWNot listed14828–
SANot listed13734–
QLDNot listed11841–
TASNot listed7819–
NTNot listed689–
ACTNot listed4110–

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

  • 85 or more251 EOIs at that score or higher.
  • 80Your date of effect decides within the score.
  • Below 80Below the recent 189 cut-offs. Check the state lists for nomination.

Subclass 189 wait estimates · October 2026 EOI pool

8085
Ahead484
Met the cut-off2/63/6
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 Telecommunications Network Planner?

Likely at 85 points or more. Invited in 6 recent 189 rounds.

Last 189 round · 15 October 2026

Cut-off
85 pts
June: not invited
Date of effect
invited at 85 up to here
Est. invited
34–38
Telecommunications Trades Workers: 84–89
Queue invited
10%
34 of 340 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 4 occupations in Telecommunications Trades Workers, not just Telecommunications Network Planner

500est. ceiling439est. 189 places350–355est. left after 15 Oct

19–20%
61 to 186 / 190 / 49184–89 invited by 189open

15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 85 pts · DOE 31 Jan 2025 – 14 Oct 2026

Who shares these places · 4 occupations
OccupationEst. invited this FYEOIs ≥ 85 ptsIn pool
Telecommunications Network Planner313213THIS34–384453
Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist313214260162
Telecommunications Field Engineer31321223–241133
Radiocommunications Technician313211101
3132 total84–895749

ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 500 ceiling, 438 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →

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If 10 invited

80DOE ≤ June 25

If 20 invited

80DOE ≤ Dec 25

If 50 invited

75DOE ≤ Jan 25

If 100 invited

75DOE ≤ July 26

If 200 invited

70DOE ≤ Oct 26

If 500 invited

All invited (453)

If 1000 invited

All invited (453)

Or calculate a custom number

189 prediction — full row

Last roundCutoffOct 26Spots left (FY)If floor invitedIf anchored invitedActive EOIsAt/aboveCeiling remaining
Oct 268534–38349–35480DOE ≤ Aug 2680DOE ≤ Aug 264534438

Grants (190/491/ENS) · 2025-26

62

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Point Reality Gauge

  • Points are rising. Recent invited scores for Telecommunications Network Planner are rising, which suggests competition may be increasing. Higher points generally improve 189 ranking; 190/491 outcomes still depend on each state and territory's policy and priorities.
  • Still 20 points above the EOI minimum. Despite current trends, Telecommunications Network Planner remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 85 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
  • 1 round so far in 2026-27. Telecommunications Network Planner 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 Telecommunications Network Planner?

VIC lists Telecommunications Network Planner for 2026-27; its program is 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
Not listed
190 + 491 queue
363 EOIs · 68 at 85+ · most at 65
Last invited
No Telecommunications Network Planner report yet
Next expected
Monthly rounds
Places 2026-27
190: – places, 17 used · 491: – places, 120 used
Grants 2024-25
0 × 190 · 0 × 491 · 1 × 186 · 2 × 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
openNot listed697928–– / –0All NSW data
open190, 49113615845491 · 90 · 18 Nov 2025900 / –3All VIC data
openNot listed477141–– / –12All QLD data
open · onshore onlyNot listed597834–– / –3All SA data
openNot listed15720668–– / –0All WA data
openNot listed275119–1,250 / 8002All TAS data
closedNot listed27419–– / –0All NT data
openNot listed182310–– / –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 1 community-reported 190 and 491 invitation for Telecommunications Network Planner, the median was 90 points.

Cut-off history

Where it ranks · 189

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

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

Most consistently invited

invited 2 of 4 roundsOccasional

oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

7
last FY · 3 rounds
38
so far · 1 round
▲ +1529% per round

Round to round · last 2 FY

7
38
9085

▲ 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
    85
    Est. Invitations
    34–38
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    11 Oct 2026
  • 491VICCommunity
    90
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    90
    Est. Invitations
    6–7
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    90
    Est. Invitations
    3–5
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    90
    Est. Invitations
    1–1
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 491Federal
    65
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    65
    Est. Invitations
    ~64Est.
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    65
    Est. Invitations
    ~22Est.
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
FederalSkillSelectOfficialState governmentCommunityCrowdsourced

How many Telecommunications Network Planner visas are actually granted?

31 skilled visas for Telecommunications Network Planner in 2024-25, the 182nd most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 18–27 × 491, 1–4 × 189, 1–4 × 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
31−45%
1718–27*—
81–4*−82%
41–4*—
2—
0—

— means last year had fewer than 20 grants. Tap a colour to show or hide its line. The grey area is the total.

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Telecommunications Network Planner visa grants to main applicants, by programme year and visa
YearTotal186190491189494
2015-16602040
2016-17731030
2017-18300300
2018-19510031
2019-20411200
2020-21201100
2021-22620400
2022-23822130
2023-24560011450
2024-2531241780
2025-26*——1–418–271–4—

Where they were granted

Nominated by, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Telecommunications Network Planner 491 grants compares with its usual share of all 491 grants.

Map of Australia coloured by where Telecommunications Network Planner 491 grants went compared with usualNew South Wales — 0Victoria — 2Queensland — 10South Australia — 3Western Australia — 0Tasmania — 1Northern Territory — 0Australian Capital Territory — 0NSW0VIC2QLD10SA3WA0TAS1NT0ACT0
  1. 1QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare10
  2. 2SAToo few to saytoo few to compare3
  3. 3VICToo few to saytoo few to compare2
  4. 4TASToo few to saytoo few to compare1
  5. 5NSWToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  6. 6WAToo 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 491 grants by state

Who was granted

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

  1. 1India61.1%
  2. 2Brazil7.4%
  3. 3Pakistan7.4%
  4. 4Nepal3.2%
  5. 5Philippines3.2%
90%
applied from within Australia in 2024-2528 of 31 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 Engineers Australia, 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 Telecommunications Network Planner subclass 189?

Telecommunications Network Planner last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 85 points; ranged 65–90 over its last 6 invited rounds. At 85 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 11 October 2026 were invited.

Was I invited in the 15 October 2026 189 round as Telecommunications Network Planner?

In the 15 October 2026 round, Telecommunications Network Planner EOIs at 90 points or more were invited; at 85 points, those with a date of effect on or before 11 October 2026; at 80 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 34–38 invitations to this occupation (84–89 to unit group 3132), 10% of its 340 EOIs at 65+ points.

Is the Telecommunications Network Planner subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?

Rising: across the last 6 189 rounds the Telecommunications Network Planner cut-off ranged 65–90, from 65 (22 August 2022) to 85 (15 October 2026).

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

Over Telecommunications Network Planner's last 6 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 65–90. Met: 95: 6 of 6, 90: 6 of 6, 85: 3 of 6, 80: 2 of 6, 75: 2 of 6, 70: 2 of 6. At 85 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 11 October 2026 were invited.

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What are the latest 190 and 491 cut-offs for Telecommunications Network Planner?

For Telecommunications Network Planner: subclass 491 was last invited at 90 points (18 November 2025).

How do I compare to applicants who got invited for Telecommunications Network Planner?

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 Telecommunications Network Planner; samples may be incomplete.

Which states nominate Telecommunications Network Planner for 190/491?

Telecommunications Network Planner is on the current 190/491 state nomination lists of: VIC. 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 Telecommunications Network Planner?

About 350–355 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Telecommunications Trades Workers, the unit group's 4 occupations together, Telecommunications Network Planner included, of 439 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.

How often are Telecommunications Network Planner invitation rounds held?

Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Telecommunications Network Planner received invitations in 1 of them. State nominations in FY2025-26: subclass 190 invitations on no round dates and subclass 491 on 1 round date (VIC; 90–90 points).

How many Telecommunications Network Planner visas were granted in 2024-25?

31 main applicants: 17 through 491, 8 through 189, 4 through 190 and 2 through 186.

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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