From 1 January 2009, the new Ministerial Direction gives priority
processing to applications strictly in the following order:
1. employer sponsorship; then
2. State or Territory Sponsorship; then
3. an occupation on the Critical Skill List (CSL); then
4. Business Skills; then
5. an occupation on the MODL; and then
6. All other applications
The ASPC is currently in the process of identifying and allocating all
State or Territory Sponsored applications. Once these are all completely
allocated, only then will cases with occupations on the CSL commence
allocation and not until after all CSL applications are allocated will we
be able to look at the remaining application priorities. Unfortunately,
we are unable to predict when your application will be assigned to a case
officer. Any further updates to our new processing priorities will be
posted on the DIAC website which we encourage you to review on a regular
basis.
The ASPC is currently in the process of identifying and allocating all
State or Territory Sponsored applications. Once these are all completely
allocated, only then will cases with occupations on the CSL commence
allocation and not until after all CSL applications are allocated will we
be able to look at the remaining application priorities.