Another year is nearly over — are you ready for the holiday season?
The first full year of recovery after COVID has been a busy one,and Australian migration is no exception. Most assessment bodies are taking a standard break of around one week, pushing through to their last working week before Christmas,Below isNewstars’ annual year-end roundup,Some state governments and agencies have not yet responded,so here is Part 1 for now!
Federal
Department of Home Affairs
State Government
ACT (Canberra)
The ACT Government has advised that its standard closure dates align with public holidays,and current nomination processing times remain approximately three weeks.
PS. The official website also mentions that a matrix invitation round will be issued on 25 December — watch this space.
State Government
Tasmania
The office will be closed from 25 December 2022 to 1 January 2023
(24 December falls on a Saturday, and 2 January is a public holiday, so no work is expected on those days either)
Tasmania is currently finalising the setup of its new gateway system, having previously committed to going live in December — again, watch this space.
Skills Assessment Body
VETASSESS
As we have previously reminded you, the last date to lodge a priority skills assessment this year was 1 December 2022, which has now passed.
Skills Assessment Body
CPA
The office will beclosed from 26 December 2022 to 2 January 2023(covering the 24th and 25th weekend as well). No skills assessments will be processed during this period — please factor these dates out of your planning.
Skills Assessment Body
ACS
The office will beclosed from 23 December 2022 to 16 January 2023. Due to a high volume of skills assessment applications,new applications lodged on or after 4 December 2022 will not begin processing until after 31 January 2023.
Skills Assessment Body
EA
The office will beclosed from 26 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 (covering the 24th and 25th weekend as well), and applications lodged between 5 December 2022 and 31 January 2023 may experience delays.
Skills Assessment Body
AITSL (Teaching-related)
The office will be on leave from 24 December 2022 and will resume on 3 January, so there will be some delay in processing skills assessments.
Newstars
Office Locations
Sydney —24 December 2022 to 2 January, resuming 3 January (staff on duty 28–30 December)
Melbourne —24 December 2022 to 2 January, resuming 3 January (staff on duty during the break)
Canberra —17 December 2022 to 2 January, resuming 3 January
Brisbane —24 December 2022 to 2 January, resuming 3 January
Hobart —24 December 2022 to 2 January, resuming 3 January
Adelaide —24 December 2022 to 2 January, resuming 3 January
China (Beijing / Guangzhou / Xiamen) —observing China’s New Year public holiday
If you need to lodge an application,
discuss your case options, or process any matters,
please get in touch as soon as possible!
Sydney
Melbourne
Canberra
Brisbane
Adelaide
Hobart
Beijing
Guangzhou
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