Changes to IELTS lodgement requirements
DIAC has announced its new arrangements for the provision of evidence for English language ability. Applicants for the following GSM subclasses have until the time of decision to provide evidence of their English language ability.
- Skilled – Independent (Residence) visa (subclass 885)
- Skilled – Sponsored (Residence) visa (subclass 886)
- Skilled – Independent (Migrant) visa (subclass 175)
- Skilled – Sponsored (Migrant) visa (subclass 176)
- Skilled – Provisional (Regional Sponsored) visa (subclass 475)
- Skilled – Provisional (Recognised Graduate) visa (subclass 476)
- Skilled – Provisional (Graduate) visa (subclass 485) (where the application was made on or after 27 October 2008).
Applicants should not delay in providing their evidence of English language ability. The department will not delay finalising applications where English language test results have not been provided at time of application. Applicants will have 28 days from the date of application to provide their English language results if they did not provide them at time of application. At this point in time, if evidence has not been provided the application will be refused.
There is no change in the requirements for Skilled – Provisional (Graduate) visa (subclass 485) where the application was made before 27 October 2008 or the Skilled Provisional (Regional Sponsored) visa (subclass 487). The applicant must either provide evidence of English language ability at time of application or provide evidence that they have made a booking to undertake an English language test
New Migration Agent Statistics
DIAC has released its Migration Agent Statistics for the quarter October – December 2009.
Some interesting information:
- There are now 4398 RMAs providing Australian migration advice; 4165 providing migration advice on a commercial basis.
- 536 agents became registered during 2009, an increase of 14% in comparison to the number registered a year earlier
- 305 agents became registered during the last six months and 200 have become registered since October 2009.
For further information, visit META News, or view DIAC’s full report by clicking on the link above.
Tags: DIAC Statistics, RMA
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:52 pm
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DIAC has announced changes to the time of lodgement of IELTS results for many skilled visas. Please visit META News to access the full story…..