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No more sc 189 visa places available this financial year?
If you or your clients are waiting on a sc 189 decision, this financial year, then it looks like the wait will be a little longer. DIBP’s case officers are apparently informing applicants who call up their helpline that DIBP has stopped granting sc189 visa for this financial year because the quota for that visa subclass has been reached.
A reader of this blogsite wrote to us recently on the matter: “I'm a 189 visa applicant and I have a question. It's apparent that you're organization is the only place I can get accurate information on my question other than DIBP.
“Due to the lack (low number to none) of 189 visa grants in the past weeks there have been speculations that the overall visa grant limit for the 189 visa has been reached. On one of the expat forums where the Australian Skilled Migration Program is mainly discussed, a forum member posted that he had spoken to a DIBP official (probably a CO) and was told that "Visa issuance has stopped and no more grants are to be issued" and that "this period is just assessment of applications. If applications meet the acceptance criteria, finalization and Grants shall be issued in July" noted the writer.
Unfortunately there is nothing on DIBP’s website to indicate if the quota has been reached. The fact however is that visa numbers are capped and grants cease at some point around now as DIBP does distribute grants over the year.
It would undoubtedly make it easier for one and all if DIBP puts out a notice on its website when the quotas have been reached rather than leaving everyone guessing and jamming the helplines with connected queries.
As the writer put it a little bit of sense here would, “certainly bring down the tension if everyone, especially myself, had a definite response to this.”
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Thursday, 04 June 2015Anon, please go to www.mara.gov.au and search for a registered migration agents. You may consult with one of the registered migration agents.
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Sunday, 07 June 2015
Good evening, I'm Essam Ashour. Egyptian national, 27 years. I work function Schiff baker Do I find a job you have and science've got to train in Germany
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Saturday, 20 June 2015
I have lodged visa and submitted all documents including meds on 6th July, are there any chances of getting visa grant, because someone said they stopped visa grant for 2015 yr, skill is It Developer (software engineer)
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Good Morning,
I have lodged my EOI for management accountant about 20 days ago but the places were full so i would not get an invitation till july. But i am wondering when are they going to release the SOL list and and information on the annual ceilings? Please let me know if you any information
on this. Thank you very much for your time
Warm Regards