An occupation ceiling may be applied to invitations issued under the independent, family sponsored or state/territory sponsored visas. This means there will be a limit on how many EOIs are selected 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 would then be issued to other EOIs even if they are lower ranking. For the state and territory sponsored visas, a state or territory will not be able to nominate you if your nominated occupation has reached its occupation ceiling.
You will be able to view the occupation ceilings on this website when SkillSelect is introduced.