GSM Current Processing Priorities
Mar 6th 2010, 5:33 pm
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GSM Current Processing Priorities
You can get the latest priorities by sending an empty email to this address: 'aspc.processing at immi.gov.au' and you will recieve an automated reply. The following is the message I recieved back:
The Skilled Migration visa processing priorities
Under the Ministerial Direction, the following processing priorities (with highest priority listed first) apply:
1. Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the ENS and the RSMS.
2. Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government agency under a State Migration Plan agreed to by the Minister.
3. Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government agency and whose nominated occupation is on the Critical Skills list (CSL).
4. Applications from people who are neither nominated nor sponsored under Priority Groups 1,2 or 3 but whose nominated occupation is listed on the CSL.
5. Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government agency whose nominated occupation is not listed on the CSL
6. (i) Applications from people whose occupations are listed on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL); as well as
(ii) Applications from people who are sponsored by family and whose nominated occupation is not listed on the CSL.
7. All other applications are to be processed in the order in which they are received.
The complete list of occupations on the CSL is available on the department’s website:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf
Application Processing Times – GSM Applications
Information on application processing times is published on the department’s website at http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charter.../visas/8.0.htm
If your application is in any of priority groups 2, 3 or 4, it is estimated that your visa application will be finalised within 12 months of your lodgement date. Please note that processing times can be affected by circumstances beyond the department’s control.
If your application is in any of priority groups 5, 6 or 7 and you have applied for an offshore GSM visa or intend to apply for an offshore GSM visa, it is unlikely that your application will be finalised within 3 years of the date of the application.
If your application is in any of priority groups 5, 6 or 7 and you applied for an onshore GSM visa or intend to apply for an onshore GSM visa, it is unlikely that your application will be finalised within 2 years of the date of the application.
Please note that your nominated occupation is the occupation you nominated at the time you lodged your application and cannot be changed.
Application processing times are indicative only and are based on the current visa application rate, the current Priority Processing Direction, and the availability of places in the Migration Program.
Please do not contact the Department to request your application be exempted from the Minister’s Priority Processing Direction. Departmental officers must adhere to the Minister’s Direction and you will be contacted by the Department when your application is allocated to a case officer.
Processing priorities are subject to change. Any changes to these priorities or processing times will be updated on the Department’s website
at: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener.../whats-new.htm
The Skilled Migration visa processing priorities
Under the Ministerial Direction, the following processing priorities (with highest priority listed first) apply:
1. Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the ENS and the RSMS.
2. Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government agency under a State Migration Plan agreed to by the Minister.
3. Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government agency and whose nominated occupation is on the Critical Skills list (CSL).
4. Applications from people who are neither nominated nor sponsored under Priority Groups 1,2 or 3 but whose nominated occupation is listed on the CSL.
5. Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government agency whose nominated occupation is not listed on the CSL
6. (i) Applications from people whose occupations are listed on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL); as well as
(ii) Applications from people who are sponsored by family and whose nominated occupation is not listed on the CSL.
7. All other applications are to be processed in the order in which they are received.
The complete list of occupations on the CSL is available on the department’s website:
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf
Application Processing Times – GSM Applications
Information on application processing times is published on the department’s website at http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charter.../visas/8.0.htm
If your application is in any of priority groups 2, 3 or 4, it is estimated that your visa application will be finalised within 12 months of your lodgement date. Please note that processing times can be affected by circumstances beyond the department’s control.
If your application is in any of priority groups 5, 6 or 7 and you have applied for an offshore GSM visa or intend to apply for an offshore GSM visa, it is unlikely that your application will be finalised within 3 years of the date of the application.
If your application is in any of priority groups 5, 6 or 7 and you applied for an onshore GSM visa or intend to apply for an onshore GSM visa, it is unlikely that your application will be finalised within 2 years of the date of the application.
Please note that your nominated occupation is the occupation you nominated at the time you lodged your application and cannot be changed.
Application processing times are indicative only and are based on the current visa application rate, the current Priority Processing Direction, and the availability of places in the Migration Program.
Please do not contact the Department to request your application be exempted from the Minister’s Priority Processing Direction. Departmental officers must adhere to the Minister’s Direction and you will be contacted by the Department when your application is allocated to a case officer.
Processing priorities are subject to change. Any changes to these priorities or processing times will be updated on the Department’s website
at: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener.../whats-new.htm
