1. How nomination works in the Australian Capital Territory
State and territory nomination is a separate decision from the visa itself. You lodge an Expression of Interest through SkillSelect, the jurisdiction decides whether to nominate you, and only then can the Department invite you to apply. the ACT Government sets its own criteria, its own list and its own conditions, and revises all three without reference to any other state.
Two consequences follow, and they catch people out. A nomination from one jurisdiction carries no weight with another. And the jurisdiction’s own page is the only reliable statement of what it currently requires — including any obligation about where you live and work after the visa is granted.
2. The occupation list — what we hold
We captured 279 distinct occupation codes from the ACT Government, on 2026-07-19. One list serves both the 190 and the 491. Occupations limited to a single subclass are annotated as such in the Territory’s own source text, so appearing on the list does not by itself mean both pathways are open.
Two things this count is not. It is not a promise that an occupation on the list will be nominated — states nominate selectively, against their own criteria and their own allocation. And it is not a substitute for the state’s own page: lists change without notice, and ours is a capture with a date on it, not a live mirror.
Check ACT’s current list on its own site →
3. What this page does not tell you, and why
We publish no nomination fee, no processing time, and no “typical competitive score” for the Australian Capital Territory. Those figures either are not published by the jurisdiction, or change without notice, or — in the case of competitive scores — are not published by anybody and can only be guessed at. A plausible number here would be indistinguishable from a verified one, so there is none.
Nor do we restate the points the legislated test awards for nomination. Those belong to the points test rather than to any state, and they are worked out properly by the points calculator against your own circumstances.
From our recorded capture of the state’s own page, 2026-07-19. This jurisdiction’s website does not accept requests from our server, so the capture date above is the date to trust, not today’s.
4. Where to go next
- the ACT Government — the official programme page →
- Compare all state and territory nomination programmes
- How the 190 and 491 skilled visas work
- Work out your points score
Applicants routinely pick a state from its list and work backwards. It is the wrong order. Establish the occupation and the skills assessment first, because those are what a nominating body reads — then ask which jurisdictions will consider that occupation, and on what conditions. A nomination you cannot satisfy the residence condition for is worse than no nomination at all.
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