We are in the office but working electronically only with no face to face meetings.  Consultations by Skype and telephone are still going ahead with pre-payment of our $150 consultation fee over the phone or by bank transaction.  We are in the fortunate position of being able to service our clients entirely electronically throughout a whole visa application process.  There is therefore no disruption to our day to day management and the Government’s Immigration systems appear to be working in the same manner.  We look forward to our continued servicing of anyone requiring Immigration assistance and will guide anyone who needs help working electronically.

EoI point scores and invitation dates of effect cut off for the following occupations in the 11 February 2020 invitation round:

Subclass	Occupation ID	Description	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect
189	2211	Accountants	95	17/05/2019 9:21am
189	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	95	01/12/2019 3:57am
189	2334	Electronics Engineer	90	16/11/2019 7:32pm
491	2334	Electronics Engineer	85	22/12/2019 10:06pm
189	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	90	17/09/2019 2:06pm
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	90	11/11/2019 4:19pm
189	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	90	07/11/2019 7:50pm
189	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	90	16/11/2019 9:23pm
491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	85	06/01/2020 11:07pm
189	2631	Computer Network Professionals	90	16/11/2019 3:07pm
491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	85	03/01/2020 10:24pm

The following tests will now be accepted by Immigration for the visa types indicated.  (The Temporary Skill Shortage visa Subclass 482 has different English language requirements.)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LEVEL	TEST COMPONENT	IELTS	TOEFL  IBT	PTE ACADEMIC	CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED (CAE)	OET
Functional	Average total overall across test components only	4.5	32	30	147	n/a
Vocational	Listening	5.0	4	36	154	B
	Reading	5.0	4	36	154	B
	Writing	5.0	14	36	154	B
	Speaking	5.0	14	36	154	B
Competent	Listening	6.0	12	50	169	B
	Reading	6.0	13	50	169	B
	Writing	6.0	21	50	169	B
	Speaking	6.0	18	50	169	B
Proficient (for points tested Skilled visas)	Listening	7.0	24	65	185	B
	Reading	7.0	24	65	185	B
	Writing	7.0	27	65	185	B
	Speaking	7.0	23	65	185	B
Superior (for points tested Skilled visas)	Listening	8.0	28	79	200	A
	Reading	8.0	29	79	200	A
	Writing	8.0	30	79	200	A
	Speaking	8.0	26	79	200	A

See full table at http://rubiconmigration.blogspot.com.au/