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21 October 2010

Planning levels have been reached for the following occupations for the 2010-11 Program Year and are no longer available for State Sponsorship:

* 233211 - Civil Engineer
* 261313 - Software Engineer
* 261312 - Developer Programmer
* 261111 - ICT Business Analyst
* 261112 - Systems Analyst
* 233513 - Production or Plant Engineer

Immigration SA will not be proceeding with applications that have been submitted (including those with all essential documents).

Please monitor this website for occupations in next year's Program Year. Alternatively, some of these occupations may be considered under Off List criteria.

http://www.migration.sa.gov.au/sa/im...gen_skill3.jsp

seban123

sad

Weebie

there are no jobs in Adelaide for those careers anyway

peaceboy

SAAAAAAAAAAAAD

Bernieboy

Tis good to be a nurse

foha2012

I AM SCREWED !

TAA

QLDlover

Why is that ?

oliman

First the claimed those occupation in their interim list and build hopes for many of us, and now they simply informed us that those are excluded, wow!

The never-ending frustration(that started from 8th of feb) continues...

oliman

on second thought, I think these occpations are still available for upcoming SMP's. They are only dead for old school state sponsorship as stated clearly on their official web page.

QLDlover

Yes they will be on SMP but there won't be any new applicants! Meaning that all quota has been filled. So, new applicants should wait till next financial year

George Lombard

I don't see the problem. South Australia opened up certain Schedule 3 occupations for state sponsorship, received a great wad of applications and reached their planning levels for those occupations in the current program year. Instead of stringing people along they've closed applications for those occupations. It may affect people who had pre-July ACS skills assessments but my guess is that they've taken into account those who they had previously sponsored in determining their planning levels.

FWIW this is going to be how all the states have to manage their quotas, right down to the last nurse, engineer, architect or whatever.

Cheers,

George Lombard

Dorothy

That's the way I see it too. There are only a limited number of positions available and once the quota is full they close applications until next year.

Also, as someone else said, there are likely not a lot of job opportunities in SA for most of those occupations on that list anyway.

Inception

... and the drama continues. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.

Inception

At this rate, chances of winning the lottery seem higher than getting either state sponsorship or indeed a visa grant any time in this decade. Luck can turn at the flip of a coin. There will be more twists and turns down the track. It will be one hell of a ride. So hold on to the edge of your seats. Some of it will make a few of us jump with joy while the majority of us will be left in tears with a broken heart and a shattered dream.

seban123

Post july 2010 if someone applies under SMP 176 visa and once the state target reaches, he/she will not be considered under prio3 processing (sched3). This is going to be tricky for the SMP applicants..