Additional selection criteria relates to the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) Expression of Interest (EOI). If further places are available, additional EOIs may be selected from the Pool on the basis of additional selection criteria set from time to time by the Minister of Immigration.

The following additional selection criteria apply for selections from the Pool occurring until 31 July 2012:

EOIs will be selected by applying the criteria in the order in which they appear in (a) and (d), in order to satisfy SM3.15 (d):

(a) EOIs that include 15 points for work experience in an area of absolute skills shortage (in descending order of their points total);
(b) EOIs that include 10 points for work experience in an area of absolute skills shortage (in descending order of their points total);
(c) EOIs that include 10 points for a qualification in an area of absolute skills shortage (in descending order of their points total);
(d) the points total of EOIs not meeting any of the criteria in (a) and (c) (in descending order).