New Priority Processing Arrangements for GSM Visas
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The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has announced new General Skilled Migration (GSM) processing priorities: 1. Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) and the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS); 2. Applications from people who are nominated by a state or territory government agency with a nominated occupation that is specified on that state or territory's state migration plan: 3. Applications from people who have nominated an occupation on the new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) - Schedule 3 in effect from 1 July 2010: 4. All other applications are to be processed in the order in which they are received: The following GSM subclasses are subject to priority processing:
The following are exempt from priority processing and will be processed in the order in which they are received:
These priority processing arrangements apply to applications already lodged with DIAC, as well as to future applications. Case officers do not have any discretion to exempt applications from priority processing. See DIAC's Frequently Asked Questions sheet for further information. |
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