Thank you for your email in relation to your visa application under Australia's General Skilled Migration program.
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, has set new priority processing arrangements for certain Skilled Migration visas. These 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 8 February 2010.
The following visa subclasses are exempt from priority processing:
* Skilled - Recognised Graduate Subclass 476;
* Skilled - Graduate Subclass 485
* Skilled - Designated Area - Sponsored (Residence) Subclass 883; and
* Skilled - Regional Subclass 887.
Applications for these visa subclasses will be processed in the order in which they are received.
Information on our current processing timeframes can be obtained by sending a blank email to: 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.
Once your application has been allocated to a case officer you will receive further instructions if we require any additional documents to process your application.
For online lodged applications - online checklists do not automatically update. It will be updated when your application is allocated to, and assessed by, a case officer.