State nomination 2026-27
Which Australian states are nominating applicants from India?
State nomination adds 5 points for the subclass 190 and 15 for the 491, and each state runs its own program. Status as observed on 7 October 2026; programs open and close during the year.
New South Wales
Closed or pendingCLOSED / 2026-27 not yet opened. Official page (fetched 2026-10-07): applications are now closed for the current program year as all available nomination places have been fully allocated; NSW is reviewing the program settings and eligibility criteria for the next program year. 491 page lists Pathway 1 (regional employment) and Pathway 3 (regional graduate) as closed to new applications; Pathway 2 (Investment NSW invitation) remains the invitation pathway but nomination applications are closed.
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 eligible
Victoria
Closed or pendingCLOSED. The 2025-26 program closed to new Registrations of Interest on 28 April 2026 after oversubscription; the Victorian Government says 2026-27 details (opening date, allocation, criteria) will be published when available. Not open as at 2026-10-07 (third-party trackers 31 Aug 2026; oneuedu 27 Jul 2026). liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au blocked automated fetching (HTTP 403/404), so status relies on dated third-party reports.
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 eligible
Queensland
Closed or pendingCLOSED / 2026-27 not yet opened. Official homepage (fetched 2026-10-07): Registrations of Interest for the 2025-26 State Nominated Migration Program are now closed; Migration Queensland is awaiting advice from the Australian Government regarding future program settings, including nomination allocations; updates on eligibility and opening date to be published in due course.
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 eligible
South Australia
Closed or pendingUNCERTAIN - reported open. 2025-26 ROIs closed 2 June 2026 (official). Third-party trackers report the 2026-27 program reopened on 26 August 2026 with a new State Nomination Occupation List (widen.com.au 31 Aug 2026; firstmigrationservice.com 9 Aug 2026, which itself flags the date and a '491 onshore-only' rule as unverified). As at 2026-10-07 the official migration.sa.gov.au news feed shows no 2026-27 opening or allocation announcement (latest items 25 Jun, 2 Jul and 13 Jul 2026), and the occupation list page was reported taken down pending the 2026-27 list.
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 eligible
Western Australia
Closed or pendingUNCERTAIN - reported accepting 2026-27 EOIs. The official program page (fetched 2026-10-07) still displays 2025-26 stream requirements and 2025-26 invitation-round news (latest: December 2025 round and additional interim allocation); no 2026-27 allocation or round announcement found on migration.wa.gov.au/news. Third-party trackers report WA taking 2026-27 registrations with first 2026-27 invitations issued mid-September 2026 (widen.com.au; oneuedu 27 Jul 2026 shows Open).
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 eligible
Tasmania
OpenOPEN. 2026-27 Registrations of Interest accepted from 17 August 2026; weekly invitation rounds from 20 August 2026 (Migration Tasmania Summary of Changes, August 2026). migration.tas.gov.au blocks automated fetching (Cloudflare 403); details confirmed via BAL, AHC Lawyers, Magpie Consultants and oneuedu summaries of the official announcement.
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 not eligible
Australian Capital Territory
OpenOPEN (Canberra Matrix accepting submissions). ACT Migration Application Portal opened 30 July 2026. Official page (generated 2026-10-06): the ACT's 2026-27 allocation of nomination places has not yet been confirmed by the Australian Government. Tentative 2026-27 invitation rounds: weeks starting 12 Oct 2026, 25 Jan 2027, 22 Mar 2027 and 24 May 2027 (oneuedu summary of the ACT schedule; the ACT invitation-round page blocked automated fetch).
Offshore: 190 eligible · 491 eligible
Northern Territory
OpenOPEN with restrictions (as at late Aug-Sep 2026). NT nomination portal accepting 2026-27 applications from 21 August 2026 for all onshore streams (NT Graduate, NT Resident) and selected offshore streams; the offshore NT Priority Occupation stream is closed to new applications because of a 2025-26 backlog. CAUTION: one third-party tracker (oneuedu, Oct 2026) reports an official NT notice of 5 October 2026 that the 2026-27 program is full and no overseas pathway is accepting new applications; this could not be verified because theterritory.com.au blocks automated access.
Offshore: 190 not eligible · 491 eligible
Allocation figures and offshore eligibility come from official state pages where they could be read, and from dated agent summaries where the official page could not be fetched; each state page shows its confidence level. We re-check monthly and after every state announcement.