# Migration Act 1958 - Specification - Pass Marks And Pool Marks In Relation To Applications For General Skilled Migration Visas (Classes VE, VC, VF and VB) - IMMI 11/027

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PASS MARKS AND POOL MARKS IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS FOR GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION VISAS (CLASSES VE, VC, VF AND VB)
(SUBSECTIONS 96(1) AND 96(2))
I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subsections 96(1) and 96(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (‘the Act’), hereby:
1. REVOKE Instrument Number IMMI 07/056 signed on 28 August 2007, specifying pass marks and pool marks in relation to applications for GSM skilled visas for the purposes of subsections 96(1) and 96(2) of the Migration Act 1958 (‘the Act’); AND,
2.                   SPECIFY that, for the purposes of regulation 2.26AA of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’), the pass and pool marks that appear in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Instrument apply; AND,
3. SPECIFY that, for the purposes of regulation 2.26AB of the Regulations, the pool and pass marks that appear in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Instrument apply.
This Instrument number, IMMI 11/027, commences on 1 July 2011, immediately after the commencement of the Migration Amendment Regulations 2011 (No.3).
Dated 15 June  2011
CHRIS BOWEN
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE 1: Regulation 2.26AA of the Regulations specifies the prescribed qualifications and number of points for certain applications for General Skilled Migration visas.
NOTE 2: Regulation 2.26AB of the Regulations specifies the prescribed qualifications and number of points for other applications for General Skilled Migration visas.]

SCHEDULE
PART 1 PASS MARKS APPLYING TO REGULATION 2.26AA
	VISA CLASSES
	PASS AND POOL MARK

	Skilled (Migrant) (Class VE) Independent Subclass 175 visas
	120 points

	Skilled (Migrant) (Class VE) Sponsored Subclass 176 visas
	100 points

	Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) Regional – Sponsored Subclass 487 visas
	100 points

	Skilled (Provisional) (Class VF) Regional – Sponsored Subclass 475 visas
	100 points

	Skilled (Residence) (Class VB) Independent Subclass 885 visas
	120 points

	Skilled (Residence) (Class VB) Sponsored Subclass 886 visas
	100 points

PART 2 PASS AND POOL MARKS APPLYING TO REGULATION 2.26AB
	VISA CLASSES
	PASS AND POOL MARK

	Skilled (Migrant) (Class VE) Independent Subclass 175 visas
	65 points

	Skilled (Migrant) (Class VE) Sponsored
Subclass 176 visas
	65 points

	Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) Regional –
Sponsored Subclass 487 visas
	65 points

	Skilled (Provisional) (Class VF) Regional –
Sponsored Subclass 475 visas
	65 points

	Skilled (Residence) (Class VB) Independent
Subclass 885 visas
	65 points

	Skilled (Residence) (Class VB) Sponsored
Subclass 886 visas
	65 points