Want to apply for permanent residency in Australia? New Occupation ceiling list for 2017 -18 has been released. (SBS Sinhalese/Article)

There is some increasing in some of the popular occupation’s quota in 2017 -18 list.

Australia released New Occupation ceiling list for 2017 -18

Source: SBS

After your graduation or higher studies, if you wish to apply for permanent residency in Australia, you should know about the Occupation ceiling list which is published by Department of Immigration and Border Protection of Australia for each financial year.

And also if you are living in overseas, you also should know about the Occupation ceiling list to apply for the Skilled Migration to Australia.

It’s better to check the list before you apply for your Skilled Migration since some occupations are filling very quickly.

What is an occupation ceiling?

An occupation ceiling is a limit on the number of invitations that can be issued through SkillSelect each year.

In Australia, an occupation ceiling is applied to following visa:

Skilled independent visas (189)
Skilled regional sponsored visas (489)
Skilled or business state or territory sponsored visas.

You will not be invited to apply for one of these visas if your occupation has reached its ceiling.

What is an invitation?

An invitation is permission from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection of Australia that allows migrants to apply for a visa under the skilled migration program for Australia.

Invitations are only issued through SkillSelect, which is Australia’s online expression of interest system.

What are the changes?

There is some increasing in some of the popular occupation’s quota in 2017 -18 list.

For Accountants 2016-17 invited for 2500 but in 2017-18 it was increased up to 4785.

And also in 2016-17 Software and Applications Programmers’s quota was 5662, but in the new list it was increased up to 6202.

As same as for Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers, 2016-17 quota was 1822, but in the new list it was increased up to 2639.

New Occupation ceiling list for 2017 – 18.

Occupation ID	Description	Occupation Ceiling Value 2017-18	Invitations to date
1331	Construction Managers	5400	12
1332	Engineering Managers	1155	1
1341	Child Care Centre Managers	1000	0
1342	Health and Welfare Services Managers	1374	2
2211	Accountants*	4785	478
2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers*	1327	132
2241	Actuaries, Mathematicians and Statisticians	1000	1
2245	Land Economists and Valuers	1000	2
2321	Architects and Landscape Architects	1474	5
2322	Cartographers and Surveyors	1000	2
2331	Chemical and Materials Engineers	1000	7
2332	Civil Engineering Professionals	3296	29
2333	Electrical Engineers	1042	13
2334	Electronics Engineers*	1000	100
2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers*	2178	216
2339	Other Engineering Professionals*	1000	100
2341	Agricultural and Forestry Scientists	1000	6
2346	Medical Laboratory Scientists	1487	3
2347	Veterinarians	1000	1
2349	Other Natural and Physical Science Professionals	1000	5
2411	Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers	2639	4
2414	Secondary School Teachers	7910	9
2415	Special Education Teachers	1000	0
2512	Medical Imaging Professionals	1113	3
2514	Optometrists and Orthoptists	1000	0
2519	Other Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals	1000	0
2521	Chiropractors and Osteopaths	1000	0
2524	Occupational Therapists	1109	4
2525	Physiotherapists	1464	2
2526	Podiatrists	1000	1
2527	Speech Professionals and Audiologists	1000	1
2531	General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers	3495	9
2533	Internal Medicine Specialists	1000	0
2534	Psychiatrists	1000	0
2535	Surgeons	1000	0
2539	Other Medical Practitioners	1000	14
2541	Midwives	1090	0
2544	Registered Nurses	16741	49
2611	ICT Business and Systems Analysts*	1574	156
2613	Software and Applications Programmers*	6202	620
2621	Database and Systems Administrators and ICT Security Specialists	2391	1
2631	Computer Network Professionals*	1318	130
2633	Telecommunications Engineering Professionals	1000	30
2711	Barristers	1000	0
2713	Solicitors	4161	6
2723	Psychologists	1750	2
2725	Social Workers	1562	17
3122	Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians	1000	3
3123	Electrical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians	1000	4
3132	Telecommunications Technical Specialists	1000	3
3211	Automotive Electricians	1000	0
3212	Motor Mechanics	5980	5
3222	Sheetmetal Trades Workers	1000	0
3223	Structural Steel and Welding Trades Workers	4426	2
3232	Metal Fitters and Machinists	5330	0
3233	Precision Metal Trades Workers	1000	0
3241	Panelbeaters	1344	0
3311	Bricklayers and Stonemasons	1271	0
3312	Carpenters and Joiners	6968	3
3322	Painting Trades Workers	2780	2
3331	Glaziers	1000	1
3332	Plasterers	2103	0
3334	Wall and Floor Tilers	1407	0
3341	Plumbers	5507	0
3411	Electricians	9354	2
3421	Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics	1427	0
3422	Electrical Distribution Trades Workers	1000	0
3423	Electronics Trades Workers	1878	3
3513	Chefs	2675	3
3941	Cabinetmakers	1905	0
3991	Boat Builders and Shipwrights	1000	0