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Priority Processing
The new priority processing arrangements apply to the following visas:
1. Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS)
2. Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS)
3. Certain General Skilled Migration (GSM).
From 1 July 2011, processing priorities (with highest priority listed first) are:
1. Applications from people who are employer sponsored under the RSMS program or who have applied for a Skilled – Regional (subclass 887) visa
2. Applications from people who are applying under the ENS program
3. Applications from people who are nominated by a state or territory government agency for an occupation specified on that agency's state migration plan
4. Applications from people who have nominated an occupation on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) – Schedule 1 in effect from 1 July 2011
5. all other applications.
