2016年11月11日起（双十一，光棍节），澳洲维多利亚州担保暂停担保 11 个ICT职业，本周五之前递交的还会正常处理。
飞出国：这些暂停的ICT职业之前的担保要求是 IELTS 7.0 in each band（或等同的其他英语成绩），VIC 暂定的暂停截止日期是 2017年3月6日（星期一），暂停4个月左右。
博士类别或457类别下 ICT 职业可以正常申请，不受该暂停政策影响。
其他 VIC 担保清单上的非 ICT 职业可以正常申请，当前 VIC 暂停的只有 ICT 类职业，维州官方给出的原因是这类州担保申请人多，先不担保 ICT 了。
Temporary closure in skilled applications for ICT occupations
Due to a large volume of skilled visa nomination applications received, applications for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) occupations will not be accepted from 11 November 2016 to 6 March 2017.
The closure will be for a period of four months, however further updates will be provided should this be extended.
The occupations affected by the temporary closure are:
- 135112 ICT Project Manager
- 261111 ICT Business Analyst
- 261112 Systems Analyst
- 261311 Analyst Programmer
- 261312 Developer Programmer
- 261313 Software Engineer
- 261314 Software Tester
- 261399 Software and Applications Programmers nec
- 262111 Database Administrator
- 262112 ICT Security Specialist
- 263111 Computer Network and Systems Engineer
This temporary closure will allow processing of all outstanding applications and reduce the risk of delay for future applicants.
All applications currently in process, and received prior to this date, will be assessed against current guidelines and an outcome will be provided in due course.
Applications for all other occupations eligible for Victorian Government visa nomination remain open.
Note: Applicants applying under the streamlined PhD and 457 pathways are not affected by this closure and may apply with these ICT occupations during this time.