TeeTMI Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Occupational Ceilings The following occupations appear to be close to reaching their occupational ceilings for the 2013/2014 year. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has advised that invitations for certain occupational groups in the points-tested migration program will be issued on a pro-rata basis over the 2013/14 program year. They have advised that the states will not be able to nominate any applicants from these occupations for a 190 visa. Occupations impacted by this policy change include: ICT Business and Systems Analysts - 2611 Chemical and Materials Engineers - 2331 Electronics Engineers - 2334 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals - 2633 Other Engineering Professional - 2339 Software and Applications Programmers - 2613 DIAC have advised that the total of the occupational ceiling will remain the same but the pro-rata approach will mean that invitations will be staggered and issued to selected individuals over the course of 2013/14 in twice monthly occupation rounds. Tee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dugles Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Occupational Ceilings The following occupations appear to be close to reaching their occupational ceilings for the 2013/2014 year. My understanding is that the states/territories will not be able to sponsor these positions at this time (I will update as I hear more). - Electronics Engineers - Chemical and Materials Engineers - Other Engineering Professionals - ICT Business and Systems Analysts - Software and Applications Programmers Tee Thank you Tee, Its officially announced. http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/live-and-work-in-nsw/visa-and-migration/state-migration-plan Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTMI Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 The latest update for the Occupations which reached their ceilings last year is as follows. DIAC have stated that they will be allocating invitations to apply for the following occupation groups on a pro-rata basis across the year. Details can be found at the SkillSelect website, however for the 05 August round of invitations they have allocated invitations as follows: Occupation & Code Points Visa date of effect [TABLE] [TR] [TD]2331[/TD] [TD]Chemical and Materials Engineers[/TD] [TD]65[/TD] [TD] 2013-07-22 23:00:00.310 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2334 [/TD] [TD]Electronics Engineers[/TD] [TD]60[/TD] [TD] 2013-05-26 18:01:16.580 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2339[/TD] [TD]Other Engineering Professionals[/TD] [TD]65 [/TD] [TD] 2013-07-25 07:41:35.940 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2611[/TD] [TD]ICT Business and Systems Analysts[/TD] [TD]65 [/TD] [TD] 2013-07-20 15:30:50.177 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2613[/TD] [TD]Software and Applications Programmers[/TD] [TD]60[/TD] [TD] 2013-05-28 00:00:49.197 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2633[/TD] [TD]Telecommunications Engineering Professionals[/TD] [TD]65 [/TD] [TD] 2013-07-26 00:42:26.267 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] So if you are looking to submit and expression of interest under one of these occupations think tactically. Tee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTMI Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 A bit more info on the number of places remaining in these occupation groups re this years occupational quota/celings Occupation ID # EOIs waiting / # places remaining 2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers 113 / 179 2334 Electronics Engineers 178 / 256 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 214 / 193 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts 691 / 462 2613 Software and Applications Programmers 1546 / 3467 2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 205 / 186 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arq Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 A bit more info on the number of places remaining in these occupation groups re this years occupational quota/celings Occupation ID # EOIs waiting / # places remaining 2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers 113 / 179 2334 Electronics Engineers 178 / 256 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 214 / 193 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts 691 / 462 2613 Software and Applications Programmers 1546 / 3467 2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 205 / 186 Hi Tee, Pls share your expert opinion as to how 186 places of 2633 & 462 places of 2611 be distributed between subclass 189 and 489. What are the chances of 2633 being included in the SOL for 2014-15? DIAC states that invitations will be issued on a pro rata basis, does that mean only 9 invitations for 2633 will be issued for each round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTMI Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Hi Tee,Pls share your expert opinion as to how 186 places of 2633 & 462 places of 2611 be distributed between subclass 189 and 489. What are the chances of 2633 being included in the SOL for 2014-15? DIAC states that invitations will be issued on a pro rata basis, does that mean only 9 invitations for 2633 will be issued for each round? I think you answered your own question :-) The chances... DIAC are the people to answer that one for you. Tee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTMI Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Update on the allocation of places to occupations that have reached their quotas/ceilings DIAC state "Half of the remaining places will be allocated for state or territory government nominations and the other half will be allocated for the invitation rounds for Skilled Independent and Skilled Regional (Provisional). These arrangements will commence on 2 September 2013." Tee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arq Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Great...so I guess its game over for many!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTMI Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 The points scores and the visa dates of effect cut-offs for the occupations being issues on a pro-rata basis in the 2 September 2013 invitation round were as follows: Occupation ID Description Points Score Visa date of effect 2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers 75 5/01/2013 12.50 am 2334 Electronics Engineers 65 5/04/2013 9.50 am 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 75 5/04/2013 9.51 am 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts 75 23/08/2013 12.19 pm 2613 Software and Applications Programmers 65 9/08/2013 10.44 pm 2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 75 24/06/2013 12.33 am Tee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roshansanjeewa Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Update on the allocation of places to occupations that have reached their quotas/ceilings DIAC state "Half of the remaining places will be allocated for state or territory government nominations and the other half will be allocated for the invitation rounds for Skilled Independent and Skilled Regional (Provisional). These arrangements will commence on 2 September 2013." Tee Hi Tee, do you have any idea how 189,489 sharing their quota ? by which presentage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahmad Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Will this give a negative impact on 175/176 applicants who are waiting in a long queue ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arq Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 12 September 2013 [TABLE=width: 2] [TR] [TH=bgcolor: #E0E0E0]Visa Subclass[/TH] [TH=bgcolor: #E0E0E0]Number[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Skilled - Independent (subclass 189)[/TD] [TD=align: right]921[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Skilled - Regional Provisional (subclass 489)[/TD] [TD=align: right]41 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Only 41 slots out of the proposed 100 for 489 have been allocated, is this due to the pro rata basis on which invitations are being issued for the six occupations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huda Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Hi guys A changes has been made in electronics engineering occupation celling. Previously it was 420 but now its change to 180. It is really bad luck for many like me. is there anyone who know more about it why the changes made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huda Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 do you know why they change the electronics engineering celling from 420 to 180. they were saying celling willl remain same for the whole year then why is this change. any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arq Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 16th Sept invitation results are available, the points and the visa date of effect can be found out at http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/index/reports/report-2013-09-16/ 20 invitations have been given out for Telecommunications engineering professionals? where did the pro rata mechanism go which was calculated at 4 invitations for 189&489 exclusive of 190? Tee comment plsss..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeTMI Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 The points scores and the visa dates of effect cut-offs for the occupations being issues on a pro-rata basis in the 7 October 2013 invitation round were as follows: Occupation ID Description Points Score Visa date of effect 2331 Chemical and Materials Engineers 70 28/09/2013 12.25 pm 2334 Electronics Engineers 65 11/09/2013 12.54 am 2339 Other Engineering Professionals 70 20/09/2013 12.04 am 2611 ICT Business and Systems Analysts 65 26/08/2013 12.19 am 2613 Software and Applications Programmers 60 7/05/2013 1.18 pm 2633 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals 65 31/08/2013 12.01 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke of arms Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Really good information . Waiting on a 489 visa family regional sponsor,got a case officer all paper that was asked for is in. Medicals, PCC form 80's. Received an email yesterday to be told they cannot give us a processing time now!! (I am a first class welder). How long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahim Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Hi Tee, How would the pro-rata scheme for the above mentioned occupations effect those that have already received an invite and have been assigned a case officer?? Only reason I'm asking is that I received an e-mail from my case officer this morning with the following: The visa you have applied for is part of the Regional Skilled category. The Migration Program planning level for this category has limited number of places left for the 2013-14 program year. This means processing times may be longer and that once the remaining places are used, the Department cannot grant further visas in this category this program year unless more visa places become available. I cannot advise you whether more visa places will become available in this visa category as planning levels are determined by the Australian Government ... I was in the impression that the remaining spots only applied to applicants waiting for invites as common sense would suggest that they would not send out more invites than the actual quota itself. Really hope you could help shed some light on this. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsinaus Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Hello all (my first post), I hope someone may be able to allay my fears or and perhaps answer a few of my concerns. I have a query with regard to the occupation celling & Pro-rata and how it is applied. I plan to submit an EOI for a 189 visa under occupation class 2339 (assessed as ‘Engineering Technologist’) scoring 65 points. I am worried that I have no hope given the occupational celling and the overall risk that 2339 may be removed next programme year. I note that the points against each of the occupations on the celling list alters up and down each month, do I have any hope with 65 points even although some months it’s been at 70? Is there any way of knowing how many are in the 2339 pile? Engineers Australia assessed me as an Engineering technologist however my background is quite varied; indeed I think I could be assessed as a ‘Engineering Manager’ 13321 or as a ‘Plant Engineer’ 233513. Would it be wise to attempt to get Engineers Australia to re-asses me as I believe this would improve my chances of a visa? When does the programme year end? Thanks for reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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