Articles on Australian Immigration by Ptlabs Consulting
New Processing Priorities for General Skilled Migration Visas
Date: 23 September 2009
From 23 September 2009, GSM processing priorities will be as follows, in decreasing priority:
- Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the ENS and the RSMS
- Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government and whose nominated occupation is listed on the Critical Skills List (CSL)
- Applications from people who are sponsored by family and whose nominated occupation is listed on the CSL
- Applications from people who are neither nominated nor sponsored but whose nominated occupation is listed on the CSL
- Applications from people who are nominated by a State/Territory government whose nominated occupation is not listed on the CSL
- (a) Applications from people whose occupations are listed on the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
and
(b) Applications from people who are sponsored by family and whose nominated occupation is not listed on the CSL.
- All other applications are to be processed in the order in which they are received.
More details:
Priority Processing FAQ 
and "Official" Estimated Processing Times
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