Australian migration occupation list for 2016-17!! Good news for Engineers, Accountants, Auditors and IT professionals!!......

The Occupational Ceilings for the 2016-17 financial year have been announced. The Occupational Ceilings are the maximum number of invitations that can be issued for subclass 189 and subclass 489 visas. The occupational ceilings give a good idea of whether the waiting time or minimum pass mark for an getting an invitation to apply will increase for the new program year. A summary of the changes by Occupational Category is below:

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Accountants and Auditors

There is good news for accountants and auditors with a significant increase in the occupational ceiling.

The ceiling for Accountants has increased  to 4,777 places - this was the biggest increase in percentage terms for 2016-17. The ceiling for auditors has increased  to 1,413 places.

IT Professionals

Most of the IT occupations were also filled in the 2015-16 program year, and also faced higher minimum scores for an invitation for most of the year.

• Computer Network Professionals: ceiling reduced  to 1,426 places. Software and Applications Programmers: ceiling increased to 5,662 places. ICT Business and Systems Analysts: ceiling reduced  to 1,482 places. 
• Engineers

Engineers will face occupational ceiling reductions for most occupations, but this is unlikely to have any significant impact on engineers applying for skilled migration:

• Engineering Managers: increase  to 1,407 places. As the occupation was only 3% filled in 2015-16, this is unlikely to have any impact
• Civil Engineering Professionals:  decrease to 2,174 places. This occupation was only 45% filled in 2015-16, so this is unlikely to have any impact
• Electrical Engineers:  increase to 1,254 places. This occupation was only 45% filled in 2015-16.
• Electronics Engineers: no change - remains at 1,000 places
• Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers: 14% reduction to 1,539 places. This occupation was filled in 2015-16.
• Telecommunications Engineering Professionals: No change - 1,000 places
• Other Engineering Professionals: No change - 1,000 places

Medical Practitioners

Most specialisations will remain largely unchanged for the 2016-17 program year. However, the category of Other Medical Practitioners will increase by 32% to 1,315 places. This was by far the most popular category within this occupational group so will ensure that sufficient places will be available for the 2016-17 year.

Other Occupations

Apart from the occupations mentioned above, the following occupational ceilings were increased significantly for 2016-17:

• Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics: 
• Solicitors: 
• Psychologists: 
• Physiotherapists: 
• Registered Nurses: 
• Medical Laboratory Scientists: 
• Chefs: 
• Plasterers: 
• Wall and Floor Tilers: 

Note that as none of the above occupations were even close to reaching their occupational ceilings in 2015-16, the changes are unlikely to result in any impact on EOI invitations.

Conclusion

The new occupational ceilings are great news for accountants and auditors. Engineers and most occupations are largely unaffected by the new ceilings. The news is less good for IT professionals and they may well face higher minimum points scores to be invited in the 2016-17 program year.

The new ceilings will be effective from 1 July 2016. Please also check this link

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