GREAT NEWS – State and territories are no longer subject to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) occupational ceilings…

From 1 Mar 2014, state and territories are no longer subject to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) occupational ceilings for the 190 and 489 state nominated visas – see http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/.  There will continue to be state planning levels (quotas) for each occupation on the State Nominated Occupation List (SNOL).
Immigration South Australia has reviewed availability for the six occupation groups which were previously limited by DIBP.  Many of these occupations have now been made available again on the State Nominated Occupation List (SNOL). The following six occupation groups have been reviewed by Immigration SA:
•    2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers
•    2334 Electronics Engineers
•    2339 Other Engineering Professionals
•    2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts
•    2613 Software and Applications Programmers
•    2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals