New centres of excellence opened

On 1 July 2008 the department of Immigration opened three (3) new centres of excellence to process:

•             Subclass 457 – Business (Long Stay)

•             Subclass 459 – Sponsored Business Visitor (Short Stay)

•             Subclass 422 – Medical Practitioner applications with Australian business sponsors.

 

These centres are designed to improve client services by reducing processing times and developing areas of staff expertise.

 

The centres of excellence are located in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. There will be a geographic split of responsibility for processing new applications. Where your application is processed will depend on where the sponsoring business is located. If the business has more than one location, the processing centre will depend on where the business’s head office is located.

 

Hopefully this will see the processing times for these visa classes improve.