On 8 February 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced the following changes to the General Skilled Migration program:
the outcomes of a review of the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
the replacement of the current Skilled Occupation List (SOL) in the second half of 2010
offshore GSM visas made before 1 September 2007 would be capped and ceased
priority processing arrangements
skills assessment requirements for GSM applicants nominating a trade occupation
The new SOL will come into effect from mid-2010 and
will apply to all applicants lodging visa applications made
on or after this date, except to GSM applicants who at
the date of announcement ( 8 February 2010):
If you are not nominated by a state or territory
government in accordance with an approved state
migration plan, or your nominated occupation is not on
the CSL and you have applied for an offshore GSM visa
or intend to apply for an offshore GSM visa, it is unlikely
that your application will be finalised within three years of
the date of the application.
If you are not nominated by a state or territory
government in accordance with an approved state
migration plan or your nominated occupation is not on
the CSL and you applied for an onshore GSM visa or
intend to apply for an onshore GSM visa, it is unlikely
that your visa will be finalised within two years of the
date of the application.
Your ‘nominated occupation’ is the occupation you
nominated at the time you lodged your application and it
cannot be changed.
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Under the ministerial direction, the following processing
priorities (with highest priority listed first) apply:
1. Applications from people who are employer
sponsored under the ENS and the RSMS.
2. Applications from people who are nominated by
a state/territory government agency under a state
migration plan agreed to by the minister.
3. Applications from people who are nominated by
a state/territory government agency and whose
nominated occupation is on the Critical Skills List
(CSL).
4. Applications from people who are neither nominated
nor sponsored in priority groups 1, 2 or 3, but whose
nominated occupation is listed on the CSL.
5. Applications from people who are nominated by a
state/territory government agency whose nominated
occupation is not listed on the CSL.
6. (i) Applications from people whose occupations are
listed on the Migration Occupations in Demand List
(MODL).
(ii) Aplications from people who are sponsored by
family and whose nominated occupation is not listed
on the CSL.
7. All other applications are to be processed in the order
in which they are received.
More information is available from the Critical Skills List
information sheet