zionking Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Hi Team, From priority processing group 5 thread, seems we are getting confirmations that 4200 places for the Family sponsored GSM quota has now been exhausted. http://www.iscah.com/Iscahnewsletter170.pdf If you are an agent, or work with agent, further confirmation will be greatly appreciated for everyone involved. Not entirely sure what's going on here, but this does sound too bad to be true (If there were such a phrase). Only plausible scenario of this is massive rush of family sponsored application just before 1st July, just like the one we saw for the ENS/RSM S http://www.dlegal.com.au/migration/employer-sponsored-work-visa-australia/210-rsms-employer-sponsored-regional-work-visa-austral/1549-ensrsms-employer-visa-processing-update-australia.html As a family sponsored applicant myself this is rather disappointing to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionking Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Oh and please in advance, no asking of possibilities, chances and "Do you think..." which we cannot possibly answer! (Yes I am clearly pissed at the news but that is not the point here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Hi Team, From priority processing group 5 thread, seems we are getting confirmations that 4200 places for the Family sponsored GSM quota has now been exhausted. http://www.iscah.com/Iscahnewsletter170.pdf If you are an agent, or work with agent, further confirmation will be greatly appreciated for everyone involved. Not entirely sure what's going on here, but this does sound too bad to be true (If there were such a phrase). Only plausible scenario of this is massive rush of family sponsored application just before 1st July, just like the one we saw for the ENS/RSM S http://www.dlegal.com.au/migration/employer-sponsored-work-visa-australia/210-rsms-employer-sponsored-regional-work-visa-austral/1549-ensrsms-employer-visa-processing-update-australia.html As a family sponsored applicant myself this is rather disappointing to say the least. If you follow the DIAC allocation page you will note that the Priority 4 Family Sponsored date keeps moving forward, these applicants together with those who were allocated to case officers before 1 July 2012 will make up the 4200+ already allocated. Not all of these will be approved and as other posters have commented the Family Sponsored "program for 2011/12 was 4100 but 11800 people were granted visas in Skilled Australian Sponsored (Family Sponsored). Expect little movement for Priority Group 5 Family Sponsored applicants this year but Priority Group 4 will kep moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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