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Old Apr 27th 2009, 4:43 am
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GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION BRISBANE
PROCESSING INFORMATION FOR APRIL 2009


This is an automated e-mail response which provides weekly updated
information on skilled migration applications being processed by General
Skilled Migration, Brisbane. Please do not reply to this email address.
If you wish to contact us our contact details are below.

WHAT'S NEW?

Are you a Computing Professional with Specialisation?

If you have a skills assessment from Australian Computing Society that
states your nominated occupation as "Computing Professional (ICT Recent
Graduate)" this does not place you on the CSL and you are therefore not
eligible for priority processing at this time.

Do you have IELTS 7's?

IELTS 7 scores are relevant to Accountants only. If you have nominated an
occupation other than Accountant and you have achieved IELTS 7's this does
not qualify you for priority processing on the Critical Skills List. If
you are an Accountant with IELT's 7's then you are eligible for priority
processing under the Critical Skills List.


ALLOCATION INFORMATION

VB 886 (State and Territory Nominated Only)

Applications with nominations approved in April 2009.

Applications for VB886 visas that are not sponsored by a State or Territory
government are not being allocated at present.

VB 885 (Occupations on the Critical Skills List Only)

Applications received up 1 April 2009 except Accountants. Please refer
below if you are an Accountant with IELTS 7's.

VB 887

Applications received up to 15 January 2009

VC 485

Applications received up to 1 July 2008

VC 487

Applications received up to 12 February 2009


Are you an Accountant (with IELTS 7s) or a Computing Professional with
Specialisation?

If you have a skills assessment from Australian Computing Society that
states your nominated occupation as "Computing Professional (ICT Recent
Graduate)" this does not place you on the CSL and you are therefore not
eligible for priority processing at this time.

If you are an Accountant with IELTS 7s we’d like to hear from you to ensure
we don’t miss your application in the weekly allocations.

Once you have provided all the documents required for a case officer to
make a decision, and if your application has not yet been allocated, please
send an email to the following email address and ensure you quote your TRN
and Occupation in the email subject line -
[email protected]


MEDICAL RESULTS

Please do not post your medical results to us. Do not open the sealed
envelope or forward the results to the Department unless your case officer
specifically requests they be sent.

CONTACTING US

Email: Enquiries need to be made using the on-line enquiry form at:

http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm

Telephone:
1300 364 613 (in Australia) for the cost of a local call; or
+61 1300 364 613 (outside Australia)

Contact Hours: (Australian Central Time):
0900 to 1600 Monday to Friday (except Wednesdays)
0900 to 1300 Wednesdays

Please note: due to the large volume of calls we receive, from time to time
you may experience lengthy delays before getting to speak to a customer
service officer.


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including attachments, may contain confidential, sensitive, legally privileged
and/or copyright information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination
or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the
intended recipient is prohibited. DIAC respects your privacy and has
obligations under the Privacy Act 1988. The official departmental privacy
policy can be viewed on the department's website at www.immi.gov.au. See:
http://www.immi.gov.au/functional/privacy.htm


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Old Apr 28th 2009, 7:01 am
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Default CURRENT PROCESSING TIMES - ASPC UPDATES THREAD

GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION
ADELAIDE PROCESSING INFORMATION

This is an automated e-mail response which provides updated information on
skilled migration applications being processed by the Adelaide Skilled
Processing Centre (ASPC). Please do not reply to this email address as
this mailbox is not monitored. Contact details for the ASPC are listed
below.


Priority Processing - Change From 1 January 2009

Following recent announcements by the Minister for Immigration and
Citizenship, in response to the current global economic environment,
processing of General Skilled Migration applications gives first priority
to applications in the following two categories:

1. Applications with a successful State or Territory Nomination; and
2. Applications where the nominated occupation is identified on the
Critical Skills List (CSL).

Note: Due to the number of applications in the above two categories, on
hand and being received, applications not on the CSL, or applications
without a successful State or Territory nomination, will be delayed until
those applications which meet the processing priorities are finalised. This
includes those on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)

Details of the Minister’s announcements can be found on the DIAC website
via the following link:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...hats-new.htm#j


Priority Application Processing Information

Applications are now being processed as follows:

1. State or Territory Nominated Applications - once the department has
received and approved a nomination from a state or territory authority,
processing of the application will commence within 10 working days of that
approval. Should you need to, please lodge enquiries about your
application via: http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm

2. Applications with a nominated occupation on the Critical Skills List
(CSL) - are being processed in date of lodgment order. Information about
the CSL can be found on the department's website at:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf


Priority Processing Exemptions

Visa Subclasses 485, 476, 487 and 887 are exempt from the priority
processing changes. Applications under these subclasses will continue to
be processed in the order in which they were received by the Department –
the following subclass by application lodgment date identifies cases
currently being considered:

Visa Subclass Month/Year Lodgment
VC 485 (paper): 15 May 2008
VC 485 (e-lodged): 29 February 2008. (Please note - E-lodged
applications lodged after 29 February 2008 will be processed in Brisbane)
VF 476 (paper): 5 June 2008
VF 476 (e-lodged): 12 July 2008
VC 487 (paper): 18 December 2008
VB 887 (paper): 2 March 2009

OTHER PROCESSING NEWS


MEDICAL RESULTS

Please do not post your HSA onshore medical results to us. Do not open the
sealed envelope, or forward the results to the Department, unless your case
officer specifically requests you to do so.


BRISBANE PROCESSING

Information regarding applications processed in Brisbane can be obtained by
sending a blank email to the following email address:
[email protected]


CONTACTING US

Email: Enquiries for the ASPC and BSPC need to be made using the
on-line enquiry form at:
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm

ASPC Telephone:
1300 364 613 (in Australia) for the cost of a local call; or
+61 1300 364 613 (outside Australia)

ASPC Contact Hours: (Australian Central Time):
0900 to 1600 Monday to Friday

Please note: due to the large volume of calls we receive, from time to time
you may experience lengthy delays before getting to speak to a customer
service officer.


LINKS

General Skilled Migration – What's New
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener.../whats-new.htm

Critical Skills List
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf

Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...-in-demand.htm
.



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Hey Guys,

Today i got my visa granted for 175-paperbased-HRcountry-05 Feb 2008 lodged.

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CSL or not.
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Old Apr 29th 2009, 8:42 am
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Originally Posted by helloshivahere
CSL or not.
Is CSL. Please see CSL CO tracker at:
http://www.editgrid.com/user/sanam/CSL_CO_tracker

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Hi I am also an accountant. But FEB 2009 NON CLS HR country(India) hope have to wait 12-15 months. Waiting for NT & WA ss.

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hi all,
im new to this forum. could anyone tell me whats update for onshore VB 886. i have applied last year in Aug 08 but no response yet.

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If GSMB are now processing VB885 & 886 for April 2009 does this mean non CSL 175's wil be next?????
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As ar as I know Brisbane doesn't process 175, 176 & 475 visas, they all go through Adelaide.
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so whats that mean " Applications with nominations approved in April 2009".
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Hi,
I am an Accountant IELTS 8.5, Currently in OZ on a 457 have applied for a PR subclass 175 in March 2009 and awaiting a Case Officer.
  • Was just wondering if we need to send a email to the Adelaide processing center advising them that I am a CSL applicant?
  • Does the fact that I am already on Oz on a 457 make a difference to the speed of processing?
  • I called DIAC and they told me not to do my medicals and PCC till I get the case officer assigned, has anyone else been told the same?

Thanks
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Yes you do. Accountants with an IELTS score of 7 or higher, and IT professionals on the CSL are the only 2 groups who have to inform DIAC.
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Are you sure? the message that we have to notify DIAC is only on the Brisbane processing centre message and not on the Adelaide processing centre message, mine is a online 175 application and afaik they are processing these applications at Adelaide.
Anyways, do I email them or call them??

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Same wine...same bottle

GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION
ADELAIDE PROCESSING INFORMATION

This is an automated e-mail response which provides updated information on
skilled migration applications being processed by the Adelaide Skilled
Processing Centre (ASPC). Please do not reply to this email address as
this mailbox is not monitored. Contact details for the ASPC are listed
below.


Priority Processing - Change From 1 January 2009

Following recent announcements by the Minister for Immigration and
Citizenship, in response to the current global economic environment,
processing of General Skilled Migration applications gives first priority
to applications in the following two categories:

1. Applications with a successful State or Territory Nomination; and
2. Applications where the nominated occupation is identified on the
Critical Skills List (CSL).

Note: Due to the number of applications in the above two categories, on
hand and being received, applications not on the CSL, or applications
without a successful State or Territory nomination, will be delayed until
those applications which meet the processing priorities are finalised. This
includes those on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)

Details of the Minister’s announcements can be found on the DIAC website
via the following link:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...hats-new.htm#j


Priority Application Processing Information

Applications are now being processed as follows:

1. State or Territory Nominated Applications - once the department has
received and approved a nomination from a state or territory authority,
processing of the application will commence within 10 working days of that
approval. Should you need to, please lodge enquiries about your
application via: http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm

2. Applications with a nominated occupation on the Critical Skills List
(CSL) - are being processed in date of lodgment order. Information about
the CSL can be found on the department's website at:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf


Priority Processing Exemptions

Visa Subclasses 485, 476, 487 and 887 are exempt from the priority
processing changes. Applications under these subclasses will continue to
be processed in the order in which they were received by the Department –
the following subclass by application lodgment date identifies cases
currently being considered:

Visa Subclass Month/Year Lodgment
VC 485 (paper): 15 May 2008
VC 485 (e-lodged): 29 February 2008 (Please note - E-lodged
applications lodged after 29 February 2008 will be processed in Brisbane)
VF 476 (paper): 5 June 2008
VF 476 (e-lodged): 12 July 2008
VC 487 (paper): 5 March 2009
VB 887 (paper): 5 March 2009

OTHER PROCESSING NEWS


MEDICAL RESULTS

Please do not post your HSA onshore medical results to us. Do not open the
sealed envelope, or forward the results to the Department, unless your case
officer specifically requests you to do so.


BRISBANE PROCESSING

Information regarding applications processed in Brisbane can be obtained by
sending a blank email to the following email address:
[email protected]


CONTACTING US

Email: Enquiries for the ASPC and BSPC need to be made using the
on-line enquiry form at:
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm

ASPC Telephone:
1300 364 613 (in Australia) for the cost of a local call; or
+61 1300 364 613 (outside Australia)

ASPC Contact Hours: (Australian Central Time):
0900 to 1600 Monday to Friday

Please note: due to the large volume of calls we receive, from time to time
you may experience lengthy delays before getting to speak to a customer
service officer.


LINKS

General Skilled Migration – What's New
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener.../whats-new.htm

Critical Skills List
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf

Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...-in-demand.htm
.



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