​An ‘occupation ceiling’ may be applied to invitations issued under the independent, skilled regional (provisional) visas. This means there will be a limit on how many EOIs can be invited for skilled migration from an occupation group. This ensures that the skilled migration program is not dominated by a small number of occupations. Once this limit is reached, no further invitations for that particular occupation group will be issued for that program year. Invitations will then be allocated to intending migrants in other occupation groups even if they are lower ranking.

We have made a table of the number of ceilings in the most popular occupations and compared it between 2019/20 and 2020/21 to make you more easier.

Accountants – 1000

ICT Business & System Analysts – 2273

Computer Network Professionals – 2245

Software & Application Programmers – 8405

Electronic Engineers – 1000

Other Engineering Professionals – 1000

Auditors, company secretaries & Corporate Treasures – 1619

Industrial, Mechanical & Production Engineers – 2682

Registered Nurses – 17,859

ICT Security Specialists – 2667

Chefs – 2256

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Source: Department of Home Affairs