Migration Tasmania has suspended its Registration of Interest (ROI) portal after discovering a scoring error that mis-calculated priority attributes for submissions lodged after 5 pm on 10 November 2026. A notice posted on 12 November states that ROIs submitted on 11 November were automatically declined and will need resubmission once the fault is fixed. The agency aims to restore the system and run the next invitation round on 20 November, contingent on a successful patch. While nomination applications already in process remain unaffected, the outage has created uncertainty for hundreds of skilled migrants eyeing Tasmania as a pathway to permanent residence. The state had invited 28 subclass 190 and 38 subclass 491 ROIs on 12 November before identifying the issue, with cut-off scores dipping slightly to 313 and 71 respectively. Employers in hospitality, healthcare and agribusiness—industries heavily reliant on skilled-visa holders in regional Tasmania—fear delays could disrupt hiring ahead of the busy summer season. Migration agents advise applicants to prepare updated documentation and monitor the portal for a relaunch notice, warning that duplicate submissions could trigger system flags once functionality resumes. Tasmania’s ROI hiccup follows earlier IT problems in Western Australia and South Australia this year, raising questions about the robustness of state-managed nomination platforms amid rising demand. Stakeholders are calling for greater federal investment in shared digital infrastructure to ensure consistent, transparent processing nationwide. In the meantime, affected candidates may explore employer-sponsored or regional-employer schemes, but many will wait out the fix, given Tasmania’s relatively low cost-of-living and attractive regional-work pathways to permanent residency.
