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Applications with nominated occupation on CLS: within 12 months of lodgement.

If 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 before the end of 2009, it is unlikely that your visa will be finalised before the end of 2012.

If your nominated occupation is not on the CSL and you applied for an onshore GSM visa or intend to apply for an onshore GSM before the end of 2009, it is unlikely that your visa will be finalised before the end of 2011.

Your ‘nominated occupation' is the occupation you nominated at the time you lodged your application and cannot be changed

Click here to see the list of occupations in the Critical Skills List (CSL) effective from 16 March 2009.

Please don't hesitate to check your chances even if your occupation isn't on the CSL (Critical Skills List) MODL (Migration Occupations in Demand List) or SOL (Skilled Occupations List). Your personal data will be examined individually and there might be other factors that will enable you to migrate. If you are married or have a partner, it's important to present her or him as your chances are examined as a couple and only one applicant is chosen as the main applicant.


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