Subclass 190 · TAS
Tasmania nomination for the subclass 190 visa
Permanent residence with Tasmanian Government nomination. 1,250 places for 2026-27, with weekly invitations from Registrations of Interest lodged in the Migration Tasmania Application Gateway.
The Tasmanian Government nominates skilled migrants for the Subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa through the Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program, administered by Migration Tasmania. Nomination adds five points on the Home Affairs points test. For the 2026-27 program year Tasmania has received 1,250 subclass 190 places, alongside 800 subclass 491 places. The program opened to new Registrations of Interest on 17 August 2026, and invitations have been issued weekly since 20 August 2026. Home Affairs recorded 206 subclass 190 nominations by Tasmania between 1 July and 31 August 2026. In the round on 23 October 2026, Tasmania issued 38 subclass 190 invitations (7 Gold and 31 Green); the lowest score invited was 317 points, 902 subclass 190 places were available afterwards, and the lowest score required to gain nomination at assessment was 416 points.
Checked on 27-10-2026 against Migration Tasmania, processing times and invitations issued (round of 23 October 2026).
State nomination is one stage of a two-stage process. Tasmania assesses applicants against state-specific criteria; the Department of Home Affairs then assesses the federal visa application following nomination. The strategic question is whether your profile meets a pathway's minimum requirements and scores well enough on its priority attributes to be invited, and then to be approved at assessment.
TAS 190 eligibility
Federal eligibility
You must meet the standard 190 federal criteria: under 45 at invitation, positive skills assessment, Competent English (IELTS 6 across each component or equivalent), at least 65 points on the points test (including the five-point nomination bonus), and health and character requirements.
Nominated occupation
Tasmania does not keep its own occupation list. All occupations on the Australian Government's subclass 190 and 491 skilled occupation list are eligible for at least one Tasmanian pathway, subject to that pathway's requirements. The TSE Priority Occupation option requires a skills assessment listed as a TSE Priority Occupation; the TSE long-term employment option accepts all skills assessments.
Selection mechanism
Candidates register their interest in the Migration Tasmania Application Gateway, and invitations are issued weekly. The onshore 190 pathways are Tasmanian Skilled Employment (TSE), Tasmanian Skilled Graduate (TSG) and Tasmanian Established Resident (TER). The 190 TSE pathway requires work in Tasmania matching the skills assessment for at least 9 months (6 months for teaching, health or allied health), or 15 months under the long-term employment option, averaging at least 20 hours a week, at a salary of at least Tasmania's Priority Income Level of $57,000 a year or $28.85 an hour. Candidates living overseas may apply through the 190 Overseas Applicant (Health or Education Sector Job Offer) pathway, which requires a Tasmanian job offer of at least 30 hours a week.
Priority attributes
Tasmania ranks ROIs by the points score from the priority attributes claimed for the pathway. For 2026-27 it revised the scoring to recognise longer contribution to Tasmania and now requires at least 30 hours a week in at least one job for the TSE Gold attribute. On 23 October 2026 the lowest subclass 190 score invited was 317 points, and the lowest score required to gain nomination at assessment (a rolling three-month average) was 416 points. A Gold Pass holder who does not meet the Gold attribute will be declined regardless of score.
How Tasmania selection works
TAS's 190 selection process operates through Migration Tasmania and is documented at migration.tas.gov.au. Invitations are issued weekly, normally on Thursdays, and progressively through the year so that places remain available. The 23 October 2026 round invited 38 subclass 190 ROIs, with 902 places available afterwards. An invited candidate applies for nomination, and a successful applicant receives a state nomination, which generates a federal invitation and a 60-day window in which to lodge the complete visa application.
Migration Tasmania publishes the invitation figures, the lowest scores invited and the at-assessment threshold every week. Confirm the current settings before lodging an EOI or ROI.
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Refusal at the Tasmania state nomination stage is a state administrative decision. Migration Tasmania will reconsider a declined nomination only where the case officer made a substantial error, on a written request without new documents. State nomination decisions are not reviewable by the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Refusal of the federal visa following nomination triggers merits review rights to the ART within statutory time limits, and judicial review to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia on grounds of jurisdictional error. Time limits are strict.
Tasmania 190 nomination activity
Checked on 22-10-2026 against Home Affairs SkillSelect and the Tasmania nomination page.
- Subclass 190 nominations recorded in SkillSelect, 1 July 2026 to 31 August 2026
- 206
- Latest round published by Tasmania
- 23 October 2026: 38 subclass 190 and 32 subclass 491 invitations; lowest scores invited 317 (190) and 76 (491).
Common questions
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What if my TAS 190 nomination is refused?
Information current as at 27 October 2026. Tasmania program settings, priority attributes and weekly invitation figures are revised through the program year. Confirm current settings at migration.tas.gov.au before lodging an EOI or ROI.