RSMS timeline

[DR Moving to Oz]

Thank's RBP

Yes i'm still in sunny England. My first contact with the agent was 10th may this year

[jazzi87]

Hi guys anyone granted visa by Perth centre.

[slp]

hi RBP my time line identically same as u.guest what Melbourne is till in same processing date from 3month really frustrated

YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO THE MELBOURNE EMPLOYER NOMINATION SCHEME (ENS) AND REGIONAL SPONSORED MIGRATION SCHEME (RSMS) PROCESSING CENTRE. **This is an automated response. Please do not respond to this email**

The content of this auto response has been written from the perspective that the correspondent is the applicant and does not have either a Registered Migration Agent or Authorised Recipient involved in their case. If either of these parties are involved in your case we would generally expect that you make your enquiries through them.

LATEST UPDATE – 5 July 2012

Applications lodged with DIAC in the last weeks of June

The volume of applications lodged in the last weeks of June required staff to focus on receipting applications. For most of the thousands of applications received we still need to: enter the case into our systems; assess bridging visa eligibility; issue acknowledgement letters; and create case files. We expect that these tasks will take most of July 2012 to complete.

If you currently hold a visa and this visa will expire in July please ensure this is highlighted in an email to this mailbox. We will seek to ensure that your bridging visa is decided as quickly as possible.

For all other June applicants please wait until at least August to make any follow-up enquiry about your application. We cannot respond to progress enquiries for these applications before then.

Applications lodged with DIAC post-1 July 2012

From 1 July 2012 all applications must be made online. Applications can be e-lodged through our website: http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa/ens-rsms.htm

If you experience any difficulties with this process please ensure that you are familiar with the material at http://skillselect.govspace.gov.au/ This Contact Us button at the top of the page at this site links to a form via which any IT issues can be raised with DIAC. The Service Centre, on 131 881, are also assisting with any issues clients may be having with lodging applications.

NB: ENS and RSMS visas have been branded, and located on the DIAC website, within the SkillSelect group of Visas. Therefore any reference to making an enquiry about a Skillselect visa is inclusive of ENS and RSMS. This does not mean that clients need to use the actual SkillSelect system to lodge ENS and RSMS visas. SkillSelect would only be expected to be used where an employer wishes to nominate a person who they have identified through their expression of interest on the SkillSelect system.

In the short term there will be a time delay of up to 10 days on acknowledgement letters for e-lodged applications. You should however receive a automatic Transmission Record Number (TRN) and where applicable automatic confirmation of payment for the application.

If you’re current visa will lapse within 10 days of lodging your application through e-lodgement, you should highlight this in your email to this mailbox.

All attachments relating to e-lodged applications should be forwarded through the e-lodgement system. They should not be forwarded by mail to processing centres. The only documents mailed to processing centres should be where an original document is requested by the case officer.

 

VIC Processing Times as at 6 July 2012

To receive receipting information and acknowledgement letter: Six Weeks. Enquiries for applications less than six weeks from lodgement will not be responded to other than via this automated resonse.

If your situation is urgent (eg your visa is expiring in the next two weeks) please email using the email heading URGENT VISA EXPIRING ../ ../..

We are currently allocating applications for assessment in the following time frames,

Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 14 December 2011

Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 15 December 2011

Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 2 December 2011.

Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 16 December 2011.

The Perth Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 21 May 2012.

The Perth Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 4 January 2012.

Once your application is allocated for assessment, you will only be contacted if further information or documentation is required in order to make a decision on your application. Please be aware that the Department may make a decision on your application without requesting additional information or seeking further input from you.

If your enquiry is unrelated to ENS or RSMS, we are not in a position to help you further. You should consult the Department’s website and/or ring the Department’s general enquiry telephone number of 131 881.

If you have been provided with the details of this mailbox by this processing centre for a specific purpose, or your enquiry is of an urgent or sensitive nature, you should receive a reply to your email within 3 working days.

If you are making a present position enquiry regarding your application and no urgent circumstance exist and the application is within the above processing times, this automated e-mail response will be the only response you receive to your enquiry.

The responsibility of the processing centres is to process applications and to respond to enquires related to those applications. Therefore if you have not lodged an ENS or RSMS application you should not anticipate receiving a reply to your email beyond this automated response.

These processing times are a guide only and processing times will vary. The Department estimates that approximately 25% of cases will be finalised outside of these time frames for a variety of reasons. Officers do endeavour however to process applications as quickly as possible.

There are a range of factors impacting individual processing times which include, but are not limited to:

- the completeness of the application at time of lodgement;

- how quickly applicants respond to requests to provide documentation;

- complications in obtaining health clearances;

- if police checks haven’t been completed, as we would prefer, before the application is lodged they may take significant time to obtain; and

- checks with third parties to verify claims made in an application.

In terms of how long should it take to have your application finalised, the Department’s published service standards for the processing of ENS/RSMS applications state that we will finalise 75% of applications within 5 months to 8 months. Details of the Department’s Service Standards are at: http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/4.0.htm

 

Providing additional documentation by email in support of an application which has not been allocated to a case officer.

Please do not send this office any original documents or provide paper copies of documents already sent via e-mail unless asked to do so by a departmental officer.

If you have not been allocated a case officer yet, but have additional documents to provide, details of delivery methods are as follows:

Email vic.pse@immi.gov.au

Fax +61 3 9235 3206

PostDIAC Business Centre VIC (file ref CLF2010/XXX)

GPO Box 241

Melbourne, VIC 3001

Please ensure that when wrinting or contacting the department in relation to this application you quote your file number,client name and mark to the attention of your case officer if known othat your additional infomration can be quickly matched with your application.

Again so as to focus as much of our resources on processing cases

[RBP]

Hi Slp Yes it is so frustating but we can not do anything just waiting and waiting please keep in touch.Thanx

[blossom]

Thanks very much slp. That will have me not panicking until august at least lol. It does help to know what they are upto.

[rid1]

hi RBP

as a student visa, you can apply onshore 857 as long as u already graduate/finished the course on ur current student visa, but if u applied for another school provider and u have yet to finish the course then you have to be offshore.

thanx

[rid1]

thanks for ur reply Spectre..

[RBP]

Thanx Rid1

[Guest lora5487]

nomination and visa application lodged separately can not be DRC unless nomination has been approved in advance

 

yes, its true there is big influx due to july changes .usually perth is quicker than other centres..they are processing lodged in first week of January at the moment

 

 

My MA is sure she lodged both decision ready?

Neither one has been approved yet either?

Realy confused.

[rid1]

any one applying RSMS 119 gets medicare interim?

[Guest jacob88]

High risk and was holding student visa before

 

 

are you serious?

[Guest jacob88]

Thanks PKB84 , are you sure do you have any reference for ? Thanks

 

u can apply citizen after 5 years and it need to be included 1 years of PR visa....

[Guest jacob88]

Hi Slp Yes it is so frustating but we can not do anything just waiting and waiting please keep in touch.Thanx

 

the time frames aint move on yet.... sigh... I believe our lodged dates are too close ...... sigh

[Rgill2012]

Can any one tell me how much time take Indian police check

[sunny2012]

hi RBP my time line identically same as u.guest what Melbourne is till in same processing date from 3month really frustrated

YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO THE MELBOURNE EMPLOYER NOMINATION SCHEME (ENS) AND REGIONAL SPONSORED MIGRATION SCHEME (RSMS) PROCESSING CENTRE. **This is an automated response. Please do not respond to this email**

The content of this auto response has been written from the perspective that the correspondent is the applicant and does not have either a Registered Migration Agent or Authorised Recipient involved in their case. If either of these parties are involved in your case we would generally expect that you make your enquiries through them.

LATEST UPDATE – 5 July 2012

Applications lodged with DIAC in the last weeks of June

The volume of applications lodged in the last weeks of June required staff to focus on receipting applications. For most of the thousands of applications received we still need to: enter the case into our systems; assess bridging visa eligibility; issue acknowledgement letters; and create case files. We expect that these tasks will take most of July 2012 to complete.

If you currently hold a visa and this visa will expire in July please ensure this is highlighted in an email to this mailbox. We will seek to ensure that your bridging visa is decided as quickly as possible.

For all other June applicants please wait until at least August to make any follow-up enquiry about your application. We cannot respond to progress enquiries for these applications before then.

Applications lodged with DIAC post-1 July 2012

From 1 July 2012 all applications must be made online. Applications can be e-lodged through our website: http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa/ens-rsms.htm

If you experience any difficulties with this process please ensure that you are familiar with the material at http://skillselect.govspace.gov.au/ This Contact Us button at the top of the page at this site links to a form via which any IT issues can be raised with DIAC. The Service Centre, on 131 881, are also assisting with any issues clients may be having with lodging applications.

NB: ENS and RSMS visas have been branded, and located on the DIAC website, within the SkillSelect group of Visas. Therefore any reference to making an enquiry about a Skillselect visa is inclusive of ENS and RSMS. This does not mean that clients need to use the actual SkillSelect system to lodge ENS and RSMS visas. SkillSelect would only be expected to be used where an employer wishes to nominate a person who they have identified through their expression of interest on the SkillSelect system.

In the short term there will be a time delay of up to 10 days on acknowledgement letters for e-lodged applications. You should however receive a automatic Transmission Record Number (TRN) and where applicable automatic confirmation of payment for the application.

If you’re current visa will lapse within 10 days of lodging your application through e-lodgement, you should highlight this in your email to this mailbox.

All attachments relating to e-lodged applications should be forwarded through the e-lodgement system. They should not be forwarded by mail to processing centres. The only documents mailed to processing centres should be where an original document is requested by the case officer.

 

VIC Processing Times as at 6 July 2012

To receive receipting information and acknowledgement letter: Six Weeks. Enquiries for applications less than six weeks from lodgement will not be responded to other than via this automated resonse.

If your situation is urgent (eg your visa is expiring in the next two weeks) please email using the email heading URGENT VISA EXPIRING ../ ../..

We are currently allocating applications for assessment in the following time frames,

Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 14 December 2011

Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 15 December 2011

Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 2 December 2011.

Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 16 December 2011.

The Perth Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 21 May 2012.

The Perth Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 4 January 2012.

Once your application is allocated for assessment, you will only be contacted if further information or documentation is required in order to make a decision on your application. Please be aware that the Department may make a decision on your application without requesting additional information or seeking further input from you.

If your enquiry is unrelated to ENS or RSMS, we are not in a position to help you further. You should consult the Department’s website and/or ring the Department’s general enquiry telephone number of 131 881.

If you have been provided with the details of this mailbox by this processing centre for a specific purpose, or your enquiry is of an urgent or sensitive nature, you should receive a reply to your email within 3 working days.

If you are making a present position enquiry regarding your application and no urgent circumstance exist and the application is within the above processing times, this automated e-mail response will be the only response you receive to your enquiry.

The responsibility of the processing centres is to process applications and to respond to enquires related to those applications. Therefore if you have not lodged an ENS or RSMS application you should not anticipate receiving a reply to your email beyond this automated response.

These processing times are a guide only and processing times will vary. The Department estimates that approximately 25% of cases will be finalised outside of these time frames for a variety of reasons. Officers do endeavour however to process applications as quickly as possible.

There are a range of factors impacting individual processing times which include, but are not limited to:

- the completeness of the application at time of lodgement;

- how quickly applicants respond to requests to provide documentation;

- complications in obtaining health clearances;

- if police checks haven’t been completed, as we would prefer, before the application is lodged they may take significant time to obtain; and

- checks with third parties to verify claims made in an application.

In terms of how long should it take to have your application finalised, the Department’s published service standards for the processing of ENS/RSMS applications state that we will finalise 75% of applications within 5 months to 8 months. Details of the Department’s Service Standards are at: http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/4.0.htm

 

Providing additional documentation by email in support of an application which has not been allocated to a case officer.

Please do not send this office any original documents or provide paper copies of documents already sent via e-mail unless asked to do so by a departmental officer.

If you have not been allocated a case officer yet, but have additional documents to provide, details of delivery methods are as follows:

Email vic.pse@immi.gov.au

Fax +61 3 9235 3206

PostDIAC Business Centre VIC (file ref CLF2010/XXX)

GPO Box 241

Melbourne, VIC 3001

Please ensure that when wrinting or contacting the department in relation to this application you quote your file number,client name and mark to the attention of your case officer if known othat your additional infomration can be quickly matched with your application.

Again so as to focus as much of our resources on processing cases

 

 

Just confirming if i read it correctly. SIX WEEKS WAIT TIME JUST TO RECEIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER WHO LODGED RSMS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE?

[Guest Spectre]

So anyone talked with their migration agent that how long drc file will take to finalise these days ?

[mystikallz]

Just confirming if i read it correctly. SIX WEEKS WAIT TIME JUST TO RECEIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER WHO LODGED RSMS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE?

 

I have applyed RSMS 857 on 22nd June 2012 & still waiting for acknowledgement letter......... time frame given on immigration website is 18 calender days .....

 

• How long i have to wait for acnowledgement letter.

• My IELTS going to expire in Aug 12 - do i need to reappear , if my file opens after Aug.

• How long should i expect for visa grant.

 

Wishing good luck to everyone , May everyone succeed in this immigration race.

 

 

Thanks in advance

[sunny2012]

I have applyed RSMS 857 on 22nd June 2012 & still waiting for acknowledgement letter......... time frame given on immigration website is 18 calender days .....

 

• How long i have to wait for acnowledgement letter.

• My IELTS going to expire in Aug 12 - do i need to reappear , if my file opens after Aug.

• How long should i expect for visa grant.

Wishing good luck to everyone , May everyone succeed in this immigration race.

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

Hey Mate,

 

I guess alot of people are in the same boat of receiving ACK letter. My MA applied my visa on 29th June. Centre of Excellence Perth. I am waiting for it as well

 

I guess well have to wait Keep us updated.

[Guest crusty10003]

Hey my MA lodged my RSMS 119 as decision ready on the 26th June 2012 in Perth centre of excellence..He said normally he was getting decision ready applicaion back with a decision made within 2 to 3 month.But he told to expect things to take a little longer considering that there will be a major influx of applications before the 1st July.

 

I would imagine a bulk of these applications would not be DRC and wouldn't have a great effect on the processing of decision ready applications..

 

Just my opinion though but i am always right and never wrong..Well actually i was wrong back in 1999 once...

[yimojianhua]

Me... It just took about 3business days

[amit0079]

hi crusty we are both in same boat .i am also lodged 119 decision ready app on 26 th but i received ack letter.did u recived it yet? and my ma told me it would take 1-2 months.

[amit0079]

hi crusty we are both in same boat .i am also lodged 119 decision ready app on 26 th but i received ack letter.did u recived it yet? and my ma told me it would take 1-2 months.

[sunny2012]

hi crusty we are both in same boat .i am also lodged 119 decision ready app on 26 th but i received ack letter.did u recived it yet? and my ma told me it would take 1-2 months.

In which DIAC office did you apply amit? and When did you receive your ACK?

[Guest crusty10003]

Me... It just took about 3business days

 

Very good indeed! can i ask what occupation you applied under?

[sunny2012]

Hey my MA lodged my RSMS 119 as decision ready on the 26th June 2012 in Perth centre of excellence..He said normally he was getting decision ready applicaion back with a decision made within 2 to 3 month.But he told to expect things to take a little longer considering that there will be a major influx of applications before the 1st July.

 

I would imagine a bulk of these applications would not be DRC and wouldn't have a great effect on the processing of decision ready applications..

 

Just my opinion though but i am always right and never wrong..Well actually i was wrong back in 1999 once...

 

 

Hi Crusty have you received your ACK letter? I applied on 28th June at Perth Centre and still waiting for acknowledgement letter.