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Dear Client,

Thank you for your email in relation to your visa application under Australia's General Skilled Migration program.

All original enquiries will be replied to as quickly as possible. We remain committed to providing a timely and professional client service.

I note this is the duplicate of an enquiry that you have already lodged and that we have responded to. Your assistance in restricting enquiries by only sending them once would be very much appreciated.

For any further enquiries about the application you have lodged please refer to our website using the following link <http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm>

Yours sincerely,
General Skilled Migration
Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Dear Client,

Thank you for your email in relation to your visa application under Australia's General Skilled Migration program.

Nominated Occupation on the SkillED OCCUPATION List

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has set new priority processing arrangements for certain Skilled Migration visas. These arrangements take account of the changes to the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) that came into effect on 1 July 2010, as well as the revocation of the Migration Occupation in Demand List (MODL) and the Critical Skills List (CSL). The new arrangements are designed to better address the needs of industry by targeting skills in critical need across a number of sectors. The current priority processing Direction commenced on 14 July 2010. 

The priority processing arrangements apply to the following visas from 14 July 2010:
* Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS);
* Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS); and
* General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas except for:
- Skilled - Recognised Graduate Subclass 476;
- Skilled - Graduate Subclass 485;
- Skilled - Designated Area - Sponsored (Residence) Subclass 883 and
- Skilled - Regional Subclass 887.

Under the Ministerial Direction the following processing priorities (with the highest priority listed first) apply:
1. Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the ENS or 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 have nominated an occupation on the new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) - Schedule 3 in effect from 1 July 2010.
4. All other applications are to be processed in the order in which they are received.

The SOL identifies occupations that reflect the high value, nation building skills Australia needs. The complete list of occupations on the SOL is available on the department's website at <http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/sol/>

As your nominated occupation is on the SOL - Schedule 3 your application is included in priority group 3.  This includes both independent applicants and applicants sponsored by an Australian family member or nominated by a state or territory government (but not on a state migration plan).

Further information on the priority processing direction is available on the department's website at <http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/whats-new.htm>

Information on our current processing timeframes can be obtained by sending a blank email to aspc.processing@immi.gov.au aspc.processing@immi.gov.au>
This is an automated service providing processing information only. Please do not send any other enquiry or information to this email address.

Yours sincerely,
Rita S
General Skilled Migration
Department of Immigration and Citizenship