The facts that shape your strategy
Start with the four signals that affect pathway choice. Detailed evidence and caveats remain available below.
What External Auditor does
Your duties—not your job title—are what determine whether ANZSCO 221213 is the right code for your assessment.
“conduct audits of accounting systems, procedures and financial statements, manage corporate funding and financial risk, and administer and review corporate compliance activities”
Unit group 2212“Designs and operates information and reporting systems, procedures and controls to meet external financial reporting requirements. Registration or licensing may be required.”
Occupation 221213- arranging, giving notice of and attending meetings of directors and shareholders
- advising organisations' governing boards on matters concerning compliance with stock exchange listing rules, relevant legislation and corporation practice
- supervising organisations' share capital by preparing documents and share issues, and handling share transfers
- controlling treasury and treasury systems and establishing and reviewing risk management objectives and treasury policies
- identifying, managing and reporting on financial risks
- assisting with equity management, debt management, securities and taxation planning issues
- collecting, analysing and interpreting information on the financial standing, cost structures and trading effectiveness of organisations
- devising, re-organising and establishing budgetary cost control and other accounting systems such as computer-based systems
- conducting audits and investigations and preparing financial statements and reports for management, shareholders, and governing and statutory bodies
- evaluating the cost effectiveness and risks of operational processes, activities, policies and systems
- reporting to management on the existence and effectiveness of the system of internal controls
- establishing audit objectives, and designing and implementing audit methodologies, processes and audit report criteria
Default edition — 27 June 2013
- arranging, giving notice of and attending meetings of directors and shareholders
- advising organisations' governing boards on matters concerning compliance with stock exchange listing rules, relevant legislation and corporation practice
- supervising organisations' share capital by preparing documents and share issues, and handling share transfers
- controlling treasury and treasury systems and establishing and reviewing risk management objectives and treasury policies
- identifying, managing and reporting on financial risks
- assisting with equity management, debt management, securities and taxation planning issues
- collecting, analysing and interpreting information on the financial standing, cost structures and trading effectiveness of organisations
- devising, re-organising and establishing budgetary cost control and other accounting systems such as computer-based systems
- conducting audits and investigations and preparing financial statements and reports for management, shareholders, and governing and statutory bodies
- evaluating the cost effectiveness and risks of operational processes, activities, policies and systems
- reporting to management on the existence and effectiveness of the system of internal controls
- establishing audit objectives, and designing and implementing audit methodologies, processes and audit report criteria
Employer nomination only — 482, 186, 187
Salary context for this unit group
This is a unit-group benchmark, not a promise of individual earnings. Location, experience, employment type and overtime all affect pay.
Auditors, company secretaries and corporate treasurers, all employees — May 2025 survey. The bar shows the unit group’s relative position across the ABS earnings survey.
Compare routes by how they work
Visa numbers alone are hard to interpret. Grouping them by applicant goal makes the shortlist easier to understand.
Choose your pathway type
These are occupation-level possibilities, not a personal eligibility result.
What the invitation record shows
Two different scores get called “the minimum”. Here is which is which.
Subclass 189 — Skilled Independent — November 2024 · lowest score invited, not a pass mark.
Read this as history, not a current signal. The most recent published round naming this occupation was November 2024.
Subclass 189 — Skilled Independent
between 85 and 95, most recently 85.
Round-by-round recordLowest score invited
- November 202485
- September 202490
- June 202495
Scores move between rounds. The most recent result does not set the next one.
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Check my points →Expressions of interest lodged in SkillSelect
How many expressions of interest name this occupation, and the scores they hold.
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) - Points tested stream
A permanent visa for invited workers with skills Australia needs, to live and work anywhere in the country.
Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
A permanent visa for skilled workers nominated by a state or territory.
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)
A provisional visa for skilled workers who want to live and work in regional Australia, nominated by a state or territory.
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)
A provisional visa for skilled workers who want to live and work in regional Australia, sponsored by an eligible family member.
⚠ These pools are counted separately by visa subclass and are not additive — one expression of interest can name more than one subclass.
Source: Australian Government SkillSelect data, July 2026. Counts EOIs with a submitted or lodged status.
Your first four decisions
A shorter, action-led sequence replaces the original seven-step list. Later lodgement steps only matter once the pathway is confirmed.
Match your actual duties—not only your job title—to External Auditor 221213.
Map qualifications, employment proof and practical experience.
Compare the routes above side by side before committing to one.
Improve English and points, then pursue the strongest route first.
Assessing authority
CAANZ; CPAA; IPA decides whether your skills and experience meet the Australian standard for External Auditor 221213.
- A skills assessment is tied to the occupation you nominate — the code on this page is what gets assessed, not your job title
- Requirements, fees and timing are set by the assessing authority, not by the Department
- A positive assessment does not by itself produce an invitation or a visa
- Most skilled visa applications need it decided before you lodge, so start early
Published list snapshot
Select a state or territory to inspect its published-list status. Always confirm on the nominating body's own page.
Select a region on the map — or use Tab and Enter — to see its published-list status.
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- NSWNot on published list
- VICNo list published
- QLDNot on published list
- SANo list published
- WAOn published list
- TASOn published list
- NTNot on published list
- ACTOn published list
Employer-led alternatives
Some employers can sponsor workers under an agreement negotiated with the government. Whether one is open to you depends on the employer, the industry and the terms of that agreement.
There is no published list of which occupations each agreement covers, so this page cannot tell you either way. Only the employer holding the agreement can.
Where these skills sit
Related roles may share duties, but a migration assessment is always against the single occupation you nominate.
What applicants usually need clarified
This page names a skills assessing authority. Does that body decide my visa?
No. A skills assessing authority assesses whether your qualifications and experience meet the Australian standard for the occupation, and issues an assessment. The Department of Home Affairs decides the visa. A positive assessment is one requirement among several — it does not create an entitlement to a visa and it does not bind the Department’s decision. Which body assesses a given occupation is set by legislative instrument; it is not a choice you or we make.
This occupation is listed for a visa on this page. Does that mean I qualify for it?
No. A listing means a legislative instrument specifies this occupation for that visa. That is one criterion. Each visa has its own separate requirements — which may include age, English, a skills assessment, nomination or sponsorship, work experience, and in some cases a points score — and those are assessed against your circumstances, not against the occupation. A listing tells you a door exists. It does not tell you that you can walk through it.
Why does this page show two sets of duties, and does the code I nominate matter?
ANZSCO — the occupation classification — has more than one edition, and different migration instruments designate different editions. The Skills in Demand and Employer Nomination instruments specify ANZSCO as in force on 23 November 2022. Both editions appear here because which one applies depends on the instrument governing the visa you are applying for.
The code matters. Visa routes are specified per code, so two codes describing similar work can carry different routes. Establishing the correct code before you apply is not a clerical step.
See where you stand against everyone else applying in this occupation
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