I'm in the same boat as you thomasvo..
Applied to have my skills assessed for the System Administrator by ACS on 22nd of November with the plan to apply for State Sponsorship through NSW..
Nightmare positition now.. the main problem is the System Administrator isn't on the wider national SOL list so even with a positive assessment we cant go the 189 route..
I have a pretty general background so could probably do a number of roles around IT administration/engineering.. The problem is I dont know how it would go down with ACS if I submitted a 2nd assessment with an adjusted/tailored CV against a new ANZSCO job..
As per yourself, I've checked the other states, the System Administrator role is listed on a few but there's a lot of conditions such as living in the state for 3 months prior to the EOI etc.. SA as you said needs SA Education.
The main options I can think of are:
1. Submit a new ACS assessment against a new role either on a states CSOL list to go the 190 route or be assessed against a nation wide role on the SOL list and go the 189 route
2. Find a sponsoring employer visa 457/186. With regards to the 186 visa, the NSW CSOL list is used so as long as we have a positive assessment, meet the points and find an employer willing to sponsor we should be able to get the 186 visa.
3. Wait until July 1st...
One question I have about July 1st.. Am I right in thinking I can lodge my EOI any time I want? then when the NSW SS application page re-opens on July the 1st I can jump on at 00:01 to get my SS application lodged?
Feel really down about NSW SS closing.. I'm in Sydney now on a WHV, in a good System Admin role, found a girl etc.. guess I knew all of this when I came here but still doesn't take away from the possibility of months of delay to my plan