Move the slider to see how your points would have performed in every invitation round since January 2022.
At 80 points, you would have cleared the cutoff in 10 of the 11 rounds where Optometrists got 189 invitations since 2022. The last actual invitation was 4 June 2026, with the cutoff at 80 points. In 2 of the last 13 rounds, no Optometrists were invited at all.
Cutoff down 25 points. Optometrists have needed fewer points lately: cutoff has fallen from 90 to 65 across 11 invitations.
The cutoff above is what got invited. This is the other half of the picture: how many people are sitting in the pool right now, and where you'd fall among them.
At 80 points, 9 Optometrist EOIs in the May 2026 189 pool are at or above your score. Under the points ranking, higher scores are considered first, with ties broken by the date the EOI was submitted.
Source: official SkillSelect EOI data, Australian Government · as at May 2026
Highlighted bars are EOIs at or above your points. These counts include only EOIs with a status of Submitted: people still waiting in the pool for an invitation. Once an EOI is invited, lodged, or closed, it has left the queue, so counting those would overstate how many people are actually ahead of you.
37 in the pool. As at May 2026, 37 Optometrist expressions of interest were sitting in the 189 pool, waiting for an invitation. The largest cluster sits at 75 points.
The Optometrist 189 pool has grown from 22 in May 2025 to 37 now. A bigger pool means more people competing for the same invitations.
An EOI moves through four stages. This chart counts only the first one. Here's the full picture so the numbers make sense.
Where you stand means how many people could be invited before you. That's only the people still in the queue with you, which is the Submitted pool. Everyone else has already been invited, has applied, or has left. Adding them would either inflate the number or compare people at completely different stages, and both mislead more than they help.
Optometrist (251411) is on the MLTSSL, eligible for the 186, 189, 190, 482, 491, 494 visa programs. Skills assessment via OCANZ.
Across the 13 fully-itemised invitation rounds since January 2022, Optometrist received 189 invitations in 11 of them, and was skipped in 2. Where invitations were issued, the bar has trended downward (from 90 to 65 points). The most recent invitation was 4 June 2026, with the cutoff at 80 points. The Department of Home Affairs doesn't publish round-by-round occupation selection logic, so historical patterns shouldn't be read as forecasts.
Optometrist has also picked up Subclass 491 (Family Sponsored) invitations in 1 of the 13 rounds since 2022. Cutoff range: 85 points. The most recent 491 (FS) invitation was 13 November 2025 at 85 points.
The 491 (FS) is a 5-year provisional visa with different requirements from the 189. It needs an eligible family sponsor (Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible NZ citizen) who lives in a designated regional area, and the visa holder must live and work in a designated regional area for the visa's duration. Pathway to permanent residence is via Subclass 191.
| Round date | 189 cutoff | 491 (FS) cutoff |
|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2026 | 80 pts | — |
| 13 November 2025 | 75 pts | 85 pts |
| 21 August 2025 | 80 pts | — |
| 7 November 2024 | 75 pts | — |
| 5 September 2024 | 80 pts | — |
| 13 June 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 18 December 2023 | 65 pts | — |
| 25 May 2023 | 70 pts | — |
| 8 December 2022 | 65 pts | — |
| 6 October 2022 | 70 pts | — |
| 22 August 2022 | 65 pts | — |
| 21 April 2022 | 90 pts | — |
| 21 January 2022 | Not invited | — |
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The most recent Optometrist 189 invitation was 4 June 2026, with the cutoff at 80 points. Across the 11 rounds that invited Optometrists since 2022, the cutoff has ranged from 65 to 90 points.
Different visas, different lists, different ends. The 189 is permanent residence, points-tested, employer-independent, and uses the MLTSSL for occupation eligibility. The 482 Skills in Demand is a temporary employer-sponsored visa that uses the Core Skills Occupation List (which also includes Optometrist). The 189 sends invitations based on a points ranking. The 482 requires a sponsoring employer who passes labour-market testing.
For the 189 visa, yes. OCANZ is the designated assessing authority for ANZSCO 251411 (Optometrist). An EOI submitted without a positive skills assessment can't translate into a granted visa. Skills assessments have their own fees, processing times, and document requirements. Check the assessing authority's website for the current process specific to your qualifications and work experience.
No one can answer that honestly, and anyone selling certainty about future cutoffs is overstepping. What the data shows is the cutoff for Optometrists has trended downward since 2022. The Department of Home Affairs sets the program direction. The official SkillSelect page publishes new rounds when they happen.
As at May 2026, 37 Optometrist expressions of interest were waiting in the 189 pool: people who have lodged an EOI and not yet been invited. It's a monthly snapshot from official SkillSelect data, and it shows how crowded the pool is at each points score, not who gets invited (the Department of Home Affairs doesn't publish that).
This is general information about historical 189 invitation rounds. It isn't immigration advice for your situation. Only a registered migration agent (MARA) or Australian legal practitioner can advise on whether you meet visa requirements. Find a registered agent at mara.gov.au.
