hishaken

Heard lost of bad news about family sponsor class, will it be cancelled before July 2010?
hope not

Dorothy

Yes. Please bear in mind that this answer is at best 50% correct

aliah

are they gonna revoke this visa class or what???
any description???

hishaken

According to what immigration minister said in 8th Feb, offshore migrants especially who sponsor by family, have low employ rate than other migrants

aliah

But many of 176 family sponsored candidates are equally eligible for 175.i too had claimed 120 points while lodging my 176 visa application.this particular visa class became favourable for me(and many others) after 23rd September priority processing changes when 176 took precedence over 175.
anyways there are no clear updates concerning this particular case,are there any???
i too can change from 176 to 175 but can anyone comment whether currently pending cases will be affected anyways????

Pollyana

Rumour, conjecture and innuendo.......

I heard that DIAC is so fed up with everyone guessing at what they might or might not do in the future that they are thinking of cancelling skilled migration altogether.

aliah

very good
now another speculation to answer a rumour!kool

JoeBlogsOfOz

Ozzieland

I heard that DIAC are going to process all balance visas before 1st July 2010 so that they can have a new fresh start with fresh rules for all future skilled visas... wishful thinking well, for me at least