Where every number comes from
Every figure on VisaClarity is timestamped and sourced from official Australian government data. No invented numbers. No guessed cutoffs. Here is exactly how it works.
Last verified rule change: 2026-07-01
Scrape, validate, timestamp
Scrapers run daily against official sources: the Department of Home Affairs, SkillSelect, every state and territory nomination portal, and the Federal Register of Legislation. When a rule changes, a new invitation round is published, or a fee is updated, the change reaches our store within the next ingestion cycle. Legislation is re-checked weekly. Tribunal decisions are ingested on publication.
Nothing goes live untouched. A validation agent reviews every scraped record. Anything that looks suspicious, a figure outside its historical range, a number contradicted by another source, or a parse with low confidence, is quarantined and held back from the platform until it is reconciled. We would rather show a slightly older verified figure than a fresh one that looks wrong.
Every record that does reach the platform carries the timestamp of the fetch that captured it, so any figure you see can be traced back to the exact date it was true.
Official figures are never mixed with estimates
Sometimes an invitation round happens before the Department of Home Affairs publishes the official results. Rather than leave you with nothing, or guess, we show what is already known from named, attributed sources, clearly marked as unofficial until the real numbers land.
Published directly by the Department of Home Affairs or SkillSelect. This is the figure of record, and it never changes once published.
Observations collected from named migration agents and trackers, shown exactly as reported and attributed to their source. Replaced automatically the moment the Department publishes the official figure.
We do not invent invitation counts, cutoffs, or queue numbers.
Unverified sources stay out. If it is not from a named government feed or a named, attributed observer, it does not reach the platform.
Forum and community chatter is a background signal only. It informs our own research, it is never shown to you as fact.
We do not pretend to be migration agents. For advice on your own situation, especially refusal or cancellation matters, we recommend a MARA registered agent.
General information only, not migration advice. Verify with the Department of Home Affairs before lodging. For formal advice, consult a MARA registered migration agent.
