TeeTMI

DIAC announcement today

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...87-176-886.htm

State and territory nominated skilled visa subclasses 475, 487, 176 and 886
This information is for you if you have applied for subclass 475, 487 (Skilled Regional Sponsored) or 176, 886 (Skilled Sponsored) visas.

Through SkillSelect online, state and territory governments are now able to directly nominate people online who have expressed an interest in skilled migration. As a result the department is working to finalise the state and territory government nominated visa applications made before the availability of SkillSelect.

Processing for subclasses 475, 487, 176 and 886 visa applications
Where a state or territory government nomination has been approved, your visa application will be given priority processing group 3 status and will be allocated to a visa processing officer.

Nomination evidence
If you want to provide information relevant to your nomination, please use the following email address.
Email: [email protected]

Evidence may include:
- a completed Form 1100 State/Territory Nomination submitted to the department by the nominating state or territory government (this is our referred form of evidence) or
written correspondence confirming nomination from the state or territory government.

Eligible occupations:
Your nominated occupation must be on either of the following:
- Skilled Occupation List (in effect at time of visa application lodgement)
- current Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List.
Further information on the occupation lists is available on our website.
See: Skilled Occupation Lists

When will my visa application be considered?
If you have an approved nomination
Your visa will be processed in line with the current priority processing direction and migration program planning levels.
You can expect your application to be allocated to a visa processing officer by 31 March 2013.

If you do not have an approved nomination
Your application will be processed after 31 March 2013. We need to review each application and the information you have provided regarding your nomination.

If you have not been contacted by a visa processing officer about your application by 31 March 2013, you should do one of the following:
- ask your nominating state or territory government to send evidence of your nomination directly to the department
- send evidence of your nomination to us.
Email: [email protected]

Please do not contact us about the status of your application until after 31 March 2013 as we cannot verify your nomination status before this date.
Information on priority processing arrangements is available on our website.
See: Allocation Dates for General Skilled Migration Applications

mrsgreenstar76

Thanks for this information. It looks interesting, especially from a 475 applicant's perspective. Which page did it come from? (The first link didn't work).

TeeTMI

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...87-176-886.htm

Thanks for pointing it out unfortunately I can't update my first post nowl (I use scripts on the computer and it chops things sometimes!)

mrsgreenstar76

That's excellent - thank you!

reehan

Thanks for the info. Does this announcement also apply to 175 applicants who have recently provided evidence of state nomination to DIAC? My agent has submitted written state nomination from NSW to DIAC on Jan 23rd.

jen psd

Many thanks for the info but does this also apply to family sponsored 475 applicants?

TeeTMI

My understanding is that it is just the state sponsored priority 5 applicants at this stage and not family sponsored - that is what the statement says.



South Australia have provided information that they have sent emails (to the email address they had on file) to all of the people they consider they waiting in this category.

So if you are South Australia state sponsored between Sept 2007 and June 2010 and in Cat 5 and have not received an email from them you should maybe contact them - there are details on their web site on how to reach them.

Tee