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Work out your General Skilled Migration score in about a minute. Every factor comes from the Department of Home Affairs points table, with the bands that apply right now — then see what your number means against the scores health professionals are actually being invited at.

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At a Glance

What the numbers mean before you start

The 65-Point Floor

65 points is the minimum to enter the pool. It lets you lodge an Expression of Interest through SkillSelect — it does not put you ahead of anyone.

What Health Professionals Needed

In the 4 June 2026 SkillSelect round, registered nurses, midwives, physiotherapists and occupational therapists were invited from 75 points. Several construction trades were invited at 65.

One Table, Three Visas

Subclasses 189, 190 and 491 share the same points table. The 190 adds 5 points for state nomination and the 491 adds 15.

Points Calculator

Work out your GSM score

Every field maps to a band in the official points table. Most factors are assessed on the day you are invited rather than the day you lodge, so answer as at that date.

Your profile

Answer as you would on the day you expect to be invited — the Department assesses most factors at the time of invitation, not when you lodge your EOI.

All three use the same points table. The 190 and 491 simply add nomination points on top.
OET, PTE Academic and TOEFL iBT are accepted with their own equivalent scores. Competent English meets the visa requirement but scores zero points.
Work must be in your nominated or a closely related occupation, at least 20 hours a week, within the 10 years before invitation. The two together are capped at 20 points.
Only your highest qualification counts — points do not add up. An overseas degree must be assessed as comparable to the Australian level.

Bonus points

These are the factors most people forget to claim — or claim when they should not.

A positive skills assessment from the assessing authority for your occupation is a separate requirement. It carries no points itself, but without it an EOI cannot lead anywhere.
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65 points is the minimum to enter the pool
 
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An estimate only, based on the Department of Home Affairs points table current at September 2026. It is not a points assessment and not migration advice. Several factors turn on judgement calls — whether experience is closely related, how a qualification is assessed, whether a partner qualifies — which only a skills assessment and a registered migration agent can settle.

How It Adds Up

Age and English carry the most weight

Age is the single largest factor at 30 points and it peaks between 25 and 32. It falls to 25 at 33, to 15 at 40, and the points test closes entirely at 45 — which is why timing usually matters more than any other decision in a GSM plan.

English is the factor most people leave on the table. Competent English (IELTS 6 in each band) meets the visa requirement but scores nothing. Proficient English (7 in each) is worth 10 points and Superior English (8 in each) is worth 20 — a 20-point swing from a single test result.

Skilled employment is capped. Overseas experience maxes out at 15 points and Australian experience at 20, and the two together can never exceed 20. The work must be in your nominated or a closely related occupation, at least 20 hours a week, within the 10 years before your invitation.

GCC experience to Australian Permanent Residency
Step-by-Step

What happens after you know your score

01
Skills Assessment

The assessing authority for your occupation — ANMAC for nurses, the AMC for doctors — confirms your qualification and experience match an approved occupation.

02
English Test

IELTS, PTE Academic or OET at the level your score depends on. This is usually the least expensive place to add points.

03
EOI in SkillSelect

You claim your points here. An Expression of Interest stays live for two years and can be updated whenever your score changes.

04
Nomination

For the 190 or 491, a state or territory nominates you against its own occupation list and criteria, adding 5 or 15 points.

05
Invitation & Visa

Invitations are ranked by score within each occupation. Once invited, you have 60 days to lodge the visa application.

Common Questions

Questions we get asked about the points test

No. 65 points only lets your Expression of Interest sit in the pool. Invitations are issued by ranking candidates within each occupation, so the score that actually gets invited moves every round. In the 4 June 2026 round it ranged from 65 points for several construction trades up to 100 for some specialist occupations, with registered nurses and allied health professionals invited from 75.
On the day the Department issues your invitation, not when you lodge your EOI. Age is the one that catches people out, because crossing 33, 40 or 45 between lodging and invitation changes your score. Partner points are the exception: the Department does not assess them as at the invitation date, and a change in marital status during processing can affect them.
They are scored on separate scales but capped together at 20 points. Overseas experience starts counting at 3 years and reaches its 15-point maximum at 8 years. Australian experience starts at 1 year and reaches 20 points at 8 years.
No — only your highest qualification scores. A doctorate is 20 points, a bachelor degree or higher is 15, and an Australian diploma or trade qualification is 10. An overseas qualification has to be assessed as comparable to the Australian level by the authority handling your skills assessment.
Being single scores the full 10 partner points, as does having a partner who is an Australian citizen or permanent resident. A partner who applies with you scores 10 only if they were under 45 at the time of invitation, have Competent English and hold a suitable skills assessment for a nominated occupation. With Competent English alone they score 5.
The current point values have been in place since November 2019 and still apply. A review of the points test has been under public discussion, including a possible rise in the 65-point threshold, but nothing has been legislated. We re-check the Department’s published tables before every application rather than relying on last year’s figures.

Not sure your score will hold up?

The arithmetic is rarely the problem. What decides a case is whether your experience counts as closely related, how your qualification is assessed, and whether a partner qualifies. Send us your profile and we will check it properly before you commit to an EOI.

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