Due to the strong demand for places in the General Skilled Migration (GSM) program the department is unable to immediately allocate all GSM applications to a case officer for consideration. When an application is allocated to a case officer depends on a number of factors, including the Priority Group of the application and the visa subclass applied for.
If your application has been allocated to a case officer you should have received communication from your case officer.
The tables below list lodgement dates of applications that have been allocated to case officers. These tables were last updated on 17 February 2012 and will be updated fortnightly.
Priority processing
Applicants who lodged a GSM application before the following dates have been contacted by a case officer.
Visa Subclass | Priority Group 1 | Priority Group 2 | Priority Group 3 | Priority Group 4 | Priority Group 5 |
Skilled – Independent (Residence) subclass 885 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | 1 August 2008 |
Skilled – Independent (Residence) subclass 885 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | 1 August 2008 |
Skilled – Sponsored (Residence) subclass 886 | N/A | N/A | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | 1 August 2008 |
Skilled – Sponsored (Residence) subclass 886 | N/A | N/A | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | 1 August 2008 |
Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) subclass 487 | N/A | N/A | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | 1 August 2008 |
Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) subclass 487 | N/A | N/A | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | Within 4 weeks of lodgement | 1 August 2008 |
Priority exempt applications
Visa subclasses 485 and 476 are exempt from the current priority processing direction. Applications for these subclasses will be processed in the order in which they were received by the department.
Visa Subclass | Lodgement Method | Application Date |
Skilled – Graduate subclass 485 | online | 21 February 2011 |
paper | 19 February 2011 | |
Skilled – Recognised Graduate subclass 476 | online | 23 December 2011 |
paper | 23 December 2011 |
