ACT Migration - Allocation of Places under the ACT Migration Program

On 2 September 2025, the Australian government announced that the planning levels for the 2025-26 permanent Migration Program will be set at 185,000 places, maintaining 2024-25 levels. Of the 185,000 places, it awarded 20,350 places in total to the States/Territories Migration program. This is a reduction in the amount awarded in the previous year.

The 2025-26 allocation for the ACT is 1,600 nomination places. The ACT government has received the following allocation for 2025-26 under the ACT Migration program:

Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)	800
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)	800
Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP)	0
Total	1,600

The Department of Home Affairs has decreased the allocation for ACT nominations, an decrease of 200 places from the previous year. It had been hoped that the allocation would increase or remain the same from the previous year. This will mean competition for places will be higher than last year.

Nomination allocations are the number of new primary applicants each state or territory can nominate in a program year. New applications are added to the existing on-hand caseload in these visa categories.

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