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21 Jul 2010
Senator Chris Evans, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, has set new priority processing arrangements for certain skilled migration visas which are in account of the changes to the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) introduced on 1st July 2010 as well as the revocation of the Migration Occupation in Demand List (MODL) and the Critical Skills List (CSL). These changes are not applicable to criteria for the grant of a visa.
Priority Processing refers to the order in which the department considers skilled migration applications. As per Section 51 of the Migration Act 1958, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has the power to consider and finalise visa applications in order of priority that the Minister considers appropriate.
Priority processing arrangements are designed to complement other recent changes to skilled migration to support economic climate and the demand for particular skills in the Australian economy. This helps in fulfilling the needs of the industry like skills demands.
The new priority processing arrangements apply to the following visas:
Under the arrangements, processing priorities (with the highest priority listed first) are:
The following visa subclasses are exempt from priority processing:
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