Migration Help
1st July 2010, 03:35 PM
Capping and ceasing of specified offshore GSM applications lodged before 1 September 2007 – 1 July 2010
On 8 February 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced that applications for certain offshore skilled migration visas made before 1 September 2007 would be capped and ceased. The Minister has now set the maximum number of visas that can be granted for the specified visa classes in the 2009-10 financial year. As the cap has now been reached, applications subject to the capping decision have now ceased. As part of this process the relevant Visa Application Charge(s) will be returned to the applicant and information about the method of repayment will be available on this website shortly.
The following visa subclasses have been affected by this arrangement.
* Skill Matching (Subclass 134)
* Skilled – Independent (Subclass 136)
* Skilled – State/Territory-Nominated Independent (Subclass 137)
* Skilled – Australian Sponsored (Subclass 138)
* Skilled – Designated Area Sponsored (Subclass 139).
So, a cap has been set and all outstanding affected applications have been formally ceased. By his actions, presumably the Minister is confident the Bill will be passed.
MH
On 8 February 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced that applications for certain offshore skilled migration visas made before 1 September 2007 would be capped and ceased. The Minister has now set the maximum number of visas that can be granted for the specified visa classes in the 2009-10 financial year. As the cap has now been reached, applications subject to the capping decision have now ceased. As part of this process the relevant Visa Application Charge(s) will be returned to the applicant and information about the method of repayment will be available on this website shortly.
The following visa subclasses have been affected by this arrangement.
* Skill Matching (Subclass 134)
* Skilled – Independent (Subclass 136)
* Skilled – State/Territory-Nominated Independent (Subclass 137)
* Skilled – Australian Sponsored (Subclass 138)
* Skilled – Designated Area Sponsored (Subclass 139).
So, a cap has been set and all outstanding affected applications have been formally ceased. By his actions, presumably the Minister is confident the Bill will be passed.
MH