CSL ..... When does this change come into effect?

[D&S - Perth]

how does this work..... We applied for a 176 family sponsor visa on the CSL(not anymore) still on the MODL list.....

Application was lodged on 4th august 08. Should we panic? Or is the anouncement only from 16/03/09? When is the Oz

Financial year? Questions questions !!! All replys welcome.........

[mac 4]

how does this work..... We applied for a 176 family sponsor visa on the CSL(not anymore) still on the MODL list.....

Application was lodged on 4th august 08. Should we panic? Or is the anouncement only from 16/03/09? When is the Oz

Financial year? Questions questions !!! All replys welcome.........

I am in a panic as well, my husbands occupation is now no longer on the critical skilled list. Feel sick to my stomach . I am going to call today and will post any info I am given, Hang in there everyone.

[benp]

Hope this quote helps:

Hello,

I just wanted to drop you an email regarding the changes made to the Australian Migration process today by the Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Two changes have been announced;

The first is a cut in the total number of places available to the Australian Migration program from 133 500 down to 115 000. This will take effect immediately.

The Critical Skills List will change. This does not effect an application's points break down; it simply affects the priority processing of applications.

Total Number of Places Available

The reduction represents 14% of the total. However, to put this in perspective, the 2008/09 intake of approx. 133 500 was the largest intake the Australian Government had ever announced. The year before, the total intake of skilled migrants was approx. 108 540 under the skilled stream so the new current total of 115 000 still represents an increase in migrants compared to the previous yearly intake. In addition, it may be helpful to point out, that quotas do not affect someone's eligibility to apply for a visa and, as yet, these proposed changes have not affected any points calculation or eligibility to apply. They will however affect the amount of time an application requires to process.

Critical Skills List

In December 2008, the Minister announced that a new way of prioritising applications would take effect. The highest priority was given to people who had job offers in Australia and people who had successfully received sponsorship from a State or Territory. The second level of priority was given to people who occupations were on the Critical Skills List (which is different from the Occupation in Demand List). The Critical Skills List included many occupations including Health, IT and construction trades. It is this list which is being revised.

Here is a link to the new list:

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...kills-list.pdf

Most of the construction occupations have been removed. The result of this is not to affect the eligibility of an application, however it will affect the processing times of applications whose occupations are not on the CSL and who have not obtained State or Territory sponsorship.

In short, the changes announced today are likely to result in a longer wait for a visa for most applicants. At present it is difficult to say exactly how long as it will vary considerably depending on your precise circumstances. For applicants who have lodged applications already, please do not hesitate to contact me directly regarding these changes. For applicants who have not yet lodged, as always, we advise you to please provide us with the documents we need to lodge your application as soon as possible so that we secure your position within the Department of Immigration.

Finally, we note that some aspects of the media's reporting of this issue (and in fact the Minister's own website) contains inaccuracies about processing priorities of the Australian Migration Program. We would ask that you do not hesitate to contact us directly for information about Australia's skilled migration program at this time.

[Pierre&Wanda]

I am sitting in the same boat as you guys. It feels that my hart is ripped out of my chest. Mac 4 please give us some feedback from your telephone call.

Thanks.

[Darkwing]

Same here. Applied for 175, arrived at DIAC on 3 Dec 2007. Rejected by DIAC because of IELTS results outstanding and military clear out papers. (was hoping to have lodged with DIAC and added results later but was rejected straight away) Resubmitted on 20 June 2008. Now no longer on CSL but on MODL.

I have just e-mailed our migration consultant in Brisbane to see if he can cast and more light on this dark topic but it appears to be as it is...

[Goldie]

I'm devistated too. Feel sick to my stomach. It doesn't seem promising at all. The email I received from our old agent that I am still in contact with, says there will be no grants to visas other than those on the CSL, or state territory sponsored before July 2009 or longer. We lodged in August and did our meds straight away because we are in Australia. Those will now expire, so money down the drain. We have an exemption for the NSW school fees, which will expire at the end of this year and if we don't have a visa or get another exemption, we will be in #$#$ street. We had so much riding on getting that PR this year.

Really feeling for those sitting in the same boat as us right now. Not a good place to be.

Candice

[Arleneg75]

Out of curiosity, what professions do all of you belong to? I'm referring to those whose professions were taken off the list.

I thought that most people here were in IT and that has remained unaffected.

Luckily for me, Java specialist is still on the list but I am feeling really down for all of you that are affected.

[Nicki G]

I have been watching the ABC news on channel ABC. They said that it will be predominantly medical staff as well as IT proffessionals that are required. No longer builders, carpenters, bricklayers and plumbers. They will look at staff that are being sponsored by a company or the state, but inidivdual applications will be closely reviewed.

Nicki

[mac 4]

Just got off the phone with the processing center and seems like we are back to how we were before the CSL. Applications are still in the system but are going to be processed when they are got to. I asked about changing to a state sponsored visa and was told that a new application was needed as well as a new fee. Needless to say we will stay and wait for our application to be processed.

[Taegan]

Candice

Is there no way at all that you can get your company to sponsor you/hubby? We are in the same boat as you, but I went to my employer and asked on the off chance that they would - and they had no problem at all (plus they are paying for everything for the ENS visa and have refunded my 175 app expenses, which was an added lucky bonus).

If you don't ask (aka beg), you don't get!

[Goldie]

We originally gave the employer all the paperwork early last year. Told him how important it was for us to get it before our docs started expiring. He sat on the paperwork for 4 months and did nothing. We eventually decided to do it on our own and also in that time, my husband realised he was very unhappy in the job and didn't want to be tied to them.

We are looking at state sponsorship (although I now see they want a new fee.....not what I'd heard) or looking to see if we can get an ENS from one of the companies that he had verbal offers with a few months back, when we were looking at changing sponsors. I'm just feeling defeated and exhausted. Need to pick myself up and get pro active, but it's been a really nasty blow.

Thanks Teagan. If all else fails we might have to approach the employer again and sit it out here.

Candice

[Darkwing]

Hi

I have just read a posting by Dirk & Mandy which, for me, helps somewhat. They spoke to an agent this morning and this was the outcome. Read it here

Candice, I see you lodged in August last year. Give it a read

Cheers

Edited March 17, 2009 by Darkwing

[Goldie]

Thanks Darkwing

All so confusing. Our biggest worry is time and that our meds etc will start expiring. Not funny for a family of 5. Got a few things in the pipeline from today, but so scared we may do something that could turn around and bite us. Do we sit and wait and wait and wait............... or do we get proactive and try and get ourself out this mess?

Candice

[Darkwing]

Quite correct. It is a difficult decision indeed, especially in your situation being over there. The response I recieved from our agent was also unsure as to what the future holds.

Not much advice or foresight from me - I feel like a bumbling idiot. What I know is that there are thousands of others in our situation as well and we have to stay supportive and offer information wherever we can. That's where this forum is so amazing.

Strength and fortitude...

Cheers

[Dirk and Mandy]

Candice - we are in the same boat you in are in terms of our concern that our medicals and PCC will no longer be valid once a case officer is assigned, and it was one of the questions Dirk asked Brian this morning when he phoned the Adelaide Processing Centre. Brian advised us not to renew our PCCs or Meds just yet, but rather to wait for a case officer to be assigned who will then, if necessary, request that we redo them. However, as PCC's take about 6 weeks, and ours expires in June (i think), we are going to go ahead and renew our PCC's now - the R120 is hardly going to break the bank, and saves us a potential 6 odd week delay further down the line.

Another thing that might interest you (i am not sure if you are on CSL), but Brian said that should everything go smoothly, and visas are granted to August applicants now, we will have until the end of September to validate our visas!

[Pierre&Wanda]

Dirk and Mandy are you an the CSL list?

[Dirk and Mandy]

Yes we are, under "The Krugers"

I was referring to Pygmalions "CSL List" - Blond moment!

Edited March 18, 2009 by Dirk and Mandy

[Dirk and Mandy]

Oh my goodness! What a blond moment! Sorry Pierre and Wanda!!

[MayC]

Oh my goodness! What a blond moment! Sorry Pierre and Wanda!!

Mandy's a poepol...First C Sharp...now this...

[Dirk and Mandy]

Hello May! Nice to see you here!

[MayC]

Hello my Mandy (my friend...)

Just sent a mail to our over-priced Agent to confirm, but....do you know: when the visas are issued (for a family), are you able to travel to Australia (to validate the visa) seperately, or does the entire family have to go together?

I remember the previous forum, where only the dad travelled first and his wife followed as she was pregnant, but am not sure

[Dirk and Mandy]

May - With friends like you ...

I'm not 100% willing to put my foot in it again, but as far as i know for a 175, the entire family have to make the initial entry together.

The other family you are refering to were on a 457, and the initial entry rules are different there.

See you at riding later on!

[Pierre&Wanda]

Hello my Mandy (my friend...)

Just sent a mail to our over-priced Agent to confirm, but....do you know: when the visas are issued (for a family), are you able to travel to Australia (to validate the visa) seperately, or does the entire family have to go together?

I remember the previous forum, where only the dad travelled first and his wife followed as she was pregnant, but am not sure

Hi May

If I can give my 5 cents worth. I think that it does not matter that the whole family has go together but I know that the main member of the visa must go in first. There after it does not matter.

Cheers,

Pierre

[MayC]

Hi May

If I can give my 5 cents worth. I think that it does not matter that the whole family has go together but I know that the main member of the visa must go in first. There after it does not matter.

Cheers,

Pierre

Thanks Pierre - I received a reply back from my beloved agent, and he confirms (or so he says - will double check when visa issued) that only the main applicant has the option to enter Australia first, the rest of the family can follow, but everyone must obviously be in the country before the validation date expiry.