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PRIMARY APPLICANT: Yudong LI
DATE OF BIRTH: 07/10/1984
TRANSACTION RECORD NUMBER: EGNUF9****
TRIM FILE REFERENCE: BCC2010/10****
PERMISSION REQUEST ID: 124053****
CLIENT ID: 6350911****
LODGEMENT DATE: 03 March 2010
Dear Mr LI
This email confirms receipt of an application by Yudong LI for a Skilled - Independent (VB 885) visa which was lodged on the above date.
There are two locations where General Skilled Migration visa applications are processed: Adelaide and Brisbane. The department will automatically direct the application to the appropriate processing centre.
If you lodged an online application for one of the following subclasses it will be processed at the Brisbane Skilled Processing Centre.
Skilled - Independent (subclass 885)
Skilled - Sponsored (subclass 886)
Skilled - Regional (subclass 887)
Skilled - Graduate (subclass 485)
Skilled - Regional Sponsored (subclass 487)
All other applications will be processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
PROCESSING INFORMATION
Visa processing times vary and are affected by a range of factors outside of the department’s control. Please note that as the department receives a large number of applications you will not be contacted immediately. For information on specific processing times please refer to: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/after-you-lodge.htm.
You will be contacted once your application is allocated to a case officer. Information concerning allocation timeframes is updated regularly and can be obtained by sending a blank email to: aspc.processing@immi.gov.au (for applications being processed in Adelaide) or gsmb.information@immi.gov.au (for applications being processed in Brisbane).
This is an automated service providing processing information only. Please do not send any other enquiry or information to this email address.
PRIORITY PROCESSING
Section 51 of the Migration Act 1958 gives the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship powers to consider and finalise visa applications in an order of priority that the Minister considers appropriate. This Direction applies to both new applications and those applications awaiting a decision.
The Priority Processing Direction gives priority to people who have particular skills or qualifications. This Direction responds to the changing needs of the Australian economy. For further information on how the current processing priorities will affect your application see the department’s website at http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/whats-new.htm.
The order in which your application will be assigned to a case officer will depend on its priority under the Priority Processing Direction. Please do not contact the department to request your application be exempt from the Priority Processing Direction. Case officers must adhere to the Direction.
If your application is not currently a priority under the Direction, you should expect significant delays before your application is allocated to a case officer.
Processing priorities are subject to change. Any changes to these priorities or processing times will be updated on the website. We recommend that you check this website regularly for updates.
YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS
If you have applied for an onshore GSM visa, you will have been granted a Bridging visa in association with this application, enabling you to remain in Australia while your application is processed.
If you have applied for an offshore GSM visa, you are not entitled to a Bridging visa.
DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS
If you have not already done so, you will need to provide the department with the documents listed below by attaching these documents to the eVisa browser:
- birth certificate or other evidence of age;
- copy of passport Personal Particulars/Photograph(bio-data) page;
- IELTS English Test Report Results;
- evidence of recent Australian qualifications - this includes transcript(s) and letter(s) of completion or evidence of recent work experience;
- form 80 - Personal Particulars for Character Assessment;
- form 1221 - Additional Personal Particulars Information;
- passport photograph;
- receipt for application for AFP check and your AFP check (if you have applied for an onshore GSM visa);
- evidence of arrangements to undergo a medical examination (if you have applied for an onshore GSM visa);
- satisfactory skills assessment for your nominated occupation. Please include all evidence of work experience you used to obtain this assessment. If you applied for an onshore GSM visa please also provide evidence of when you applied for your skills assessment
- overseas police clearances (if you have applied for an onshore GSM visa) - you must provide a police clearance certificate from each country where you have lived for a total of 12 months or more in the last 10 years. These 12 months are calculated cumulatively, not consecutively. The Character Requirements Penal Clearance Certificates form (formerly known as form 47P) provides country-specific instructions on how to obtain a police clearance and is available on the department’s website: http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/.
If you have applied for an offshore GSM visa, your case officer will contact you when you need to undertake health and character checks.
TIMEFRAME FOR RESPONSE
Where applicable you must provide all additional documents (identified above) within 28 days after the date of this email, otherwise your application may be decided without the additional information being taken into account.
PROVIDING DOCUMENTS
Electronic lodgement of applications provides an effective service for applicants to provide documents to the department. eVisa applicants should attach documents online at: https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/visas/attachment/start.do?attachType=VISA_APPLICATION&group=travel
The reference details for this application are: Primary Applicant’s name; Transaction Reference Number; and Permission Request ID. These details are located on the top left hand corner of the first page of this letter.
Reference details should be included as the first part of the subject line in any correspondence you send to the department. Including reference details in the subject line will help us to quickly locate your application.
Do not send us original documents unless we ask you for them. If you send copies of your documents they must be certified copies.
Please note that, while the department acknowledges the receipt of an application, the receipt of subsequent correspondence is not acknowledged.
CERTIFIED COPIES
For the purposes of the migration legislation, a document is to be certified in writing as a true copy of the original document by:
If the copy is certified in Australia:
- a Justice of the Peace; or
- a Commissioner for Declarations; or
- a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1958 (for example a nurse, medical practitioner, pharmacist or dentist); or
- a registered migration agent (whose registration is not suspended or subject to a caution).
If the copy is certified outside Australia:
- a person who is the equivalent of a Justice of the Peace or Commissioner for Declarations in that place; or
- a registered migration agent (whose registration is not suspended or subject to a caution).
Where applicable, the copies of both the original document and the translation must be certified as true copies.
Applicants are advised to retain in their records the original and certified copy of any document that is sent to the department, as we may request hard copies of these documents at a later date.
TRANSLATING YOUR DOCUMENTS
Original documents in languages other than English should be accompanied by an English translation. English translations must be official certified translations from a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters accredited translator. Translations provided by non-accredited translators outside Australia should be endorsed by the translator with their full name, address, telephone number, and details of their qualifications and experience in the language being translated.
CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
If your circumstances have changed since you made your visa application, and as a result an answer to a question on your visa application form or the information you have given to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship about your visa application is no longer correct, you must advise us in writing as soon as possible.
Examples of changes in circumstances include:
- changes to address and/or contact details;
- changes to employment, for example a new job;
- obtaining a new passport;
- new member of the family unit;
- you or a secondary applicant has become pregnant;
- discovery that information previously provided is incorrect.
You can provide this information to the GSM processing office by letter or email, together with any accompanying documents. If you are notifying the department of a change to your email address by sending an email from your new email address, you must include details of your previous email address, as evidence that you have authorised the change.
The following forms are useful for notifying the department of changes in circumstances and are available on the department’s website at http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms:
- form 929 Change of Address;
- form 1022 Notification of Changes in Circumstances;
- form 1023 Notification of Incorrect Answer(s);
- form 1193 Communication by Email.
PROGRESS OF THE APPLICATION
You can keep up to date with the progress of your visa application by using the Online Visa Enquiry service once your application is allocated to a case officer. You can use your Transaction Reference Number (TRN) to access this free 24 hour service through our website at http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa.
CONTACTING GSM PROCESSING OFFICES
After reading the information at the beginning of this letter on Skilled Migration priority processing arrangements and expected timeframes for the processing of applications, should you have any enquiry relating to your GSM application please use the online enquiry form available on our website at: http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm.
In Australia you can call 1300 364 613 and from outside Australia by calling +61 1300 364 613 between 9 am and 4 pm Monday to Friday.
For general enquiries you can call 13 18 81 between 9 am and 4 pm Monday to Friday.
ENTITLEMENTS TO MEDICARE
If you wish to know whether you are entitled to Medicare, please visit the following link:
http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/settle-in-australia/to-do-first/register-medicare.htm.
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
04 March 2010
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