Move the slider to see how your points would have performed in every invitation round since January 2022.
At 85 points, you would have cleared the 189 cutoff in all 2 rounds where Paediatric Surgeons received invitations since 2022. The highest bar was 85 points. The catch: no Paediatric Surgeons were invited in the other 11 of the last 13 rounds.
Skipped in the 2 most recent rounds. Paediatric Surgeon wasn't invited in either 13 November 2025 or 4 June 2026. Last actual invitation: 21 August 2025 at 85 points.
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 85 points, 1 Paediatric Surgeon EOIs in the July 2025 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 July 2025
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.
1 in the pool. As at July 2025, 1 Paediatric Surgeon expressions of interest were sitting in the 189 pool, waiting for an invitation. The largest cluster sits at 85 points.
The Paediatric Surgeon 189 pool has held roughly steady since July 2025 (around 1).
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.
Paediatric Surgeon (253516) is on the MLTSSL, eligible for the 186, 189, 190, 482, 491, 494 visa programs. Skills assessment via MedBA.
Across the 13 fully-itemised invitation rounds since January 2022, Paediatric Surgeon received 189 invitations in 2 of them, and was skipped in 11. Where invitations were issued, the bar has trended upward (from 75 to 85 points). The most recent invitation was 21 August 2025, with the cutoff at 85 points. The two most recent rounds (13 November 2025 and 4 June 2026) skipped the occupation entirely. The Department of Home Affairs doesn't publish round-by-round occupation selection logic, so historical patterns shouldn't be read as forecasts.
| Round date | 189 cutoff | 491 (FS) cutoff |
|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2026 | Not invited | — |
| 13 November 2025 | Not invited | — |
| 21 August 2025 | 85 pts | — |
| 7 November 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 5 September 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 13 June 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 18 December 2023 | Not invited | — |
| 25 May 2023 | Not invited | — |
| 8 December 2022 | Not invited | — |
| 6 October 2022 | Not invited | — |
| 22 August 2022 | 75 pts | — |
| 21 April 2022 | Not invited | — |
| 21 January 2022 | Not invited | — |
Refreshed daily from the official IMMI page · last refresh
There hasn't been a Paediatric Surgeon 189 invitation in either of the two most recent rounds (13 November 2025 and 4 June 2026), so there's no current cutoff to quote. The last invitation was 21 August 2025, where the cutoff sat at 85 points. The 2 rounds that did invite Paediatric Surgeons since 2022 ranged from 75 to 85 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 Paediatric Surgeon). 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. MedBA is the designated assessing authority for ANZSCO 253516 (Paediatric Surgeon). 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 Paediatric Surgeons has trended upward since 2022. The Department of Home Affairs sets the program direction. The official SkillSelect page publishes new rounds when they happen.
As at July 2025, 1 Paediatric Surgeon 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).
These occupations share the same 4-digit ANZSCO unit group as Paediatric Surgeon and are also eligible for the 189. Cutoffs and invitation rates often diverge sharply between them.
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.
