"The Victorian Government now has a formal agreement with the Australian
Department of Immigration and Citizenship, concerning the state
sponsorship of skilled migrants to Victoria under the Skilled - Sponsored
(176 and 886) and Skilled - Regional Sponsored (475 and 487) visas. This
agreement is called the State Migration Plan.
Under the agreement, the number of skilled migrants that the Victorian
Government can sponsor against each occupation listed on the State
Sponsorship Eligibility Lists is limited by a quota, and by an overall cap
on the total number of applications that can be sponsored each year. This
limit is set by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
For 2010-11 Victoria’s cap is 4,500 visa grants, which includes primary
and secondary applicants.
To inform you when the limit has been reached for an occupation, advice
will be placed against the relevant occupation/s on the State Sponsorship
Eligibility Lists stating that applications are not currently being
accepted for that occupation.
We are writing to inform you that no further applications for ICT
occupations will be accepted after 30 January 2011 as places remaining are
limited."