The conditions of it migration in the united states are becoming increasingly difficult, with h1b drawings with a signing rate of less than 8 per cent in 2025 and eb-3 waiting beyond 2030. The same code-writing engineers, who switched to skilled immigrants in australia, became the easiest route to travel in the moment, with the policy window running for several years and missing again。
The policy window period is over
In 2025, australia re-listed it-type occupations such as software development and data science, and the eoi invitation score for 189 categories of independent skilled immigrants' visas fell from 95 to below 70 last year. Similarly, under the same scoring conditions, applicants who had previously been unable to reach the invitation line are now able to receive the invitation directly and the overall approval cycle has been reduced to less than eight months。
Compared to the united states, the h1b signature rate in the 2025 fiscal year was around 8 per cent, and the eb-3 schedule continued to lag. A number of it practitioners working in silicon valley, seattle and toronto have begun to give serious consideration to australian programs. In the first half of 2025, the number of applications for it-type skilled immigrants increased by approximately 30 per cent in comparison to the previous year, with the most popular occupations being back-end development, cloud computing and network security。
What about job evaluation
It professions such as software engineers, data analysts and others are evaluated by acs (australian computer association). The submissions included diplomas, two job reference letters, personal statements and a detailed job description, with results from four to six weeks of the normal cycle. Studies are overseas, such as those in china or india, and begin with a wes qualification, a step that may take three to four more weeks。
The key point: your eoi scores are above 65 points before the evaluation is made, otherwise the evaluation is a dead end. Ratings include age, english, academic qualifications, work experience, state guarantees, etc., and it is recommended that the immigration score calculator, which is available on the australian home office network, should be counted first. If the score is not enough, priority is given to the achievement of english, and pte is easier to score than yath。
What about education and work experience
Applications for software engineers (anzsco code 261301), with a minimum degree in computer science or software engineering undergraduate, plus at least three years of full-time relevant work experience. In the case of a master's degree, the work experience requirement can be reduced to one to two years. Note that the job content has to match the anzsco job description and that hard-copy back-end experience is directly rejected。
Work experience is available either in australia or overseas, but the name of the company, the position, the time of entry, the specific project and the technology warehouse are clear. Reference letter by hr or immediate manager
