Thursday 22 July 2010

Australia processing priorities

For about the fourth time in 12 months, the Australian government have released new details of immigration "processing priorities".

This is the order in which applications under the Skilled Migration program will be processed. Previously applications were all processed in order of receipt but beginning in 2009 - they are processed in accordance with published and frequently changed "processing priorities".

This is now very important as it can make a huge difference in timeframes.

The latest processing priorities take into account the introduction of State Migration Plans under the new system from July 1st.

For full details, see

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/updated-priority-processing-arrangements.htm

The main beneficiaries would appear to be those who apply after July 1st 2010 on the new Skilled Occupation List, and especially those who are sponsored by a State government.

www.commonwealthimmigration.com

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