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Australian Visas Processing Times

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Visas for migrating to Australia - as a skilled sponsored worker or business person

Applicant in Australia
at time application is lodged

Applicant outside Australia
at time application is lodged


Low Risk*

High Risk*

Low Risk

High Risk

Labour Agreement
Employer Nomination (ENS)
Regional Sponsored Migration
(RSMS)

5 months

7 months

5 months

7 months

Business Skills

9 months

15 months

9 months

15 months

* Low risk applies to nationals from countries which issue Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) eligible passports. A list of these can be found on the department's website. High risk countries are those which are not ETA eligible.

Visas for migrating to Australia as a skilled person

Applicant in Australia
at time application is lodged

Applicant outside Australia
at time application is lodged 1


Low Risk*

High Risk*

Low Risk

High Risk

General Skilled Migration (GSM) 2

6 months

6 months

12 months

15 months

Skilled – Regional Subclass 887 3

5 months

5 months

n/a

n/a

Skilled – Regional Sponsored Subclass 487

5 months

5 months

n/a

n/a

Skilled – Regional Sponsored Subclass 475

n/a

n/a

7 months

7 months

Skilled – Graduate Subclass 485

5 months

5 months

n/a

n/a

Skilled – Recognised Graduate Subclass 476

n/a

n/a

7 months

7 months

1 Applicants applying for an Offshore General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa can be either in or out of Australia at time of lodgement though must be offshore at time of grant.  Exceptions apply for holders of a Special category Visa (Subclass 444), who can be in or out of Australia at time of grant for an Offshore GSM visa.
2 This includes the following permanent GSM visas:

3 The Skilled – Regional (Subclass 887) visa is only available to holders of the following provisional GSM visas:

* Low risk applies to nationals from countries which issue Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) eligible passports. A list of these can be found on the department's website. High risk countries are those which are not ETA eligible.

Comment on this post

jim
March 05, 2010 19:48:03

Hi i have my tr with me . i need to apply for the pr and iam eligible ,to apply .but the problem is iam in australia and apply in australia . then after applying i have to go overseas ,will it effect my application weather it is allowed to go overseas and come when pr is granted . plz reply .

The 457 Visa Assistance Team
October 08, 2009 16:08:37

You will find the latest information about DIAC Australian Visa processing times on the News part of this website as per this link http://www.457assistance.com/article/visa-processing-times

bidur
October 08, 2009 15:28:10

hi i have been applied for regional migration visa subclass 475 on may 2009,and i have got a query about the duration that takes for the result as well as the new changes for this subclass, does the changes effect those applicants who already applied before may 2009? thank you

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