Victorian Points Test (VPT) calculator 2026–27

Live in Melbourne says the program "will open soon" for ROIs. At Victoria's 15 October 2026 program briefing, officials said ROIs open on Monday 26 October 2026, with the eligibility criteria published that day.

There are no fixed round dates. At the 15 October 2026 briefing Victoria said it plans a first round in November 2026 and then roughly one round a month for the rest of the program year.

Not announced yet. On 13 October 2026 Victoria said it was still negotiating its allocation with the Australian Government. In 2025–26 Victoria had 3,400 places across subclass 190 and 491.

$60 plus GST ($66) once per program year. A 190 or 491 nomination application costs $180 plus GST ($198), and you only pay it if you're invited.

No. Every applicant must submit a new ROI when the 2026–27 program opens.

There's no pass mark. In each round Victoria invites the highest VPT totals at that time, overall and within each priority industry.

Healthcare, Social assistance, Education and Construction occupations are also ranked within their own industry, so they compete only with people in that industry.

No. Any occupation eligible for the visa can submit an ROI and there are no per-occupation ceilings. The only extra weighting is the priority-industry route for healthcare, social assistance, education and construction.

No. At the 15 October 2026 briefing Victoria said subclass 190 and 491 ROIs are ranked and invited separately, so 491 applicants never compete against 190 applicants. You can hold one ROI, for one of the two visas.

Yes. With no pass mark, each round invites the highest VPT totals in the pool at that moment, so the lowest invited score moves with who is in the pool. If one round reaches 800, the next starts from the highest totals left unless higher-scoring ROIs arrive.

Victoria said at its 15 October 2026 briefing that it plans to publish invitation data once several rounds have run, by route and score band rather than per occupation.

Victoria's table goes from 6–7 years (80 points) to more than 8 years (100). It doesn't list exactly 8 years, so this calculator counts 8 years as 6–7 (80 points) until Victoria clarifies.

Yes. Victoria reads one combined whole-year figure from your SkillSelect EOI: relevant experience in the last 10 years, after your skills assessment's deeming date. It does not separate onshore from overseas experience.

Only earnings from your current skilled employment in Victoria count, and Victoria verifies them at the nomination stage. Earning under $80,000, or working outside Victoria, scores 0 for that factor but does not make you ineligible.

Victoria prioritises Early Childhood Teacher ROIs (ANZSCO 241111) with at least one year of relevant experience and Proficient or Superior English. It is a ranking preference for the main applicant, not a bar, and it does not apply to partners.

At the 15 October 2026 briefing Victoria said the priority lists come from consultation with each industry, and the health sector advised that Enrolled Nurse shortages are not best solved through state nomination. Enrolled Nurses can still submit an ROI in the most-competitive route.

All three: you claimed partner skills points in your SkillSelect EOI, your partner is included in the visa application, and your partner's occupation is on Victoria's current priority list. Your partner does not need to be working in that occupation. Single applicants, and those with an Australian citizen or PR partner, score 0.

Not formally, but earnings points only count for work in Victoria, so an offshore ROI tops out at 800 of 950. At the 15 October 2026 briefing Victoria said about 80% of last year's nominations went to onshore applicants and about 20% offshore.

Victoria won't say, because the pool changes constantly. At the 15 October 2026 briefing it said the highest verified total last year was about 880, nobody has reached 950, and roughly 95% of most-competitive-route invitees had Superior English. The ROI pool on this page shows where you'd stand among ImmiTrend users.

You pay by Visa or Mastercard inside the ROI and nomination forms; GST applies if you are in Australia when you pay. Fees are not refunded because an ROI is not invited, a nomination is refused or you withdraw. Refunds are limited to administrative or technical errors.

Victoria applies a six-month wait after a refusal before you can submit a new ROI or nomination application. A new nomination application also means paying the nomination fee again.