Allocation table
The tables below list the earliest
lodgement dates for applications that have been allocated to case officers. You
can use this information to determine when your General Skilled Migration (GSM)
application will be allocated and to prepare your application for assessment.
This information was last updated on 4 November 2013.
Effective 1 July 2012, the
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection set priority processing
arrangements for certain skilled migration visas. Allocation dates outlined
below reflect these priority processing arrangements.
|
Visa Subclass
|
Priority Group 3
|
Priority Group 4
|
Priority Group 5
|
|
189 Skilled –
Independent
|
N/A
|
Within
10 weeks of lodgement
|
N/A
|
|
190 Skilled -
Nominated
|
Within 7 weeks of
lodgement
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
489 Skilled -
Regional
|
Within 7 weeks of
lodgement
|
Within
10 weeks of lodgement
|
N/A
|
|
175 Skilled –
Independent
|
N/A
|
All applications
allocated
|
14 August 2008
|
|
176 Skilled –
Sponsored
|
Within 8 weeks of
an approved nomination
|
All applications
allocated
|
Allocation not
commenced*
|
|
475 Skilled –
Regional Sponsored
|
Within 8 weeks of
an approved nomination
|
All applications
allocated
|
Allocation not
commenced*
|
|
496 Skilled –
Designated Area Sponsored
|
N/A
|
All applications
allocated
|
22 August 2007*
|
|
885 Skilled –
Independent
|
N/A
|
All applications
allocated
|
31 July 2011
|
|
886 Skilled –
Sponsored
(e-lodged)
|
Within 8 weeks of
an approved nomination
|
All applications
allocated
|
1 December 2009*
|
|
886 Skilled –
Sponsored (paper)
|
Within 8 weeks of
an approved nomination
|
All applications
allocated
|
30 April 2009*
|
|
487 Skilled –
Regional Sponsored
(e-lodged)
|
Within 8 weeks of
an approved nomination
|
All applications
allocated
|
1 December 2009*
|
|
487 Skilled –
Regional Sponsored (paper)
|
Within 8 weeks of
an approved nomination
|
All applications
allocated
|
15 June 2009*
|
Notes:
·
Applicants should not proceed with health and character
clearances where an '*' is listed in the Allocation tables above.
·
N/A- The visa subclass is not applicable for this
priority group.
·
Having your application ready for finalisation at this
pre-allocation stage, may expedite a decision.
Further information is available about
the priority processing groups and the order of processing
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