General Skilled Migration - Visa Applications
System Outages and Maintenance
System outages
- Saturday 6 September 2008 from 12.00 pm to 2.30 pm AEST (GMT +10)
Applicants are encouraged to lodge all applications prior to these times.
Scheduled maintenance
- Wednesdays from 6.00 am to 8.00 am AEST (GMT + 10)
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
For further detailed information about system outages and maintenance either current or upcoming, please click on the following link.
See: System Outages and Maintenance
Important – General Skilled Migration eVisas form changes - from 9 August 2008
From 9 August 2008 the online application for this visa is changing to include additional questions on Health and Character. This will affect all online applications.
You may be required to complete the new Personal Particulars Form. If so, the form and the request to complete it will be automatically displayed on the page immediately after payment.
You are encouraged to complete your application with as much information as possible at time of lodgement. Applications with missing information may take longer to finalise.
Important – Third Party Authorisation
A number of clients are experiencing problems completing the email to authorise a third party from within the electronic General Skilled Migration visa application. This is a technical problem with the department’s systems and we are working towards resolving this issue.
The Third Party Authorisation allows the applicant to authorise a recipient for all written communications relating to the application that would otherwise have been sent to the applicant. Where the person entering the application is not known to the department and the link to ‘Complete email to Authorised third party’ is selected, a ‘Server 500’ error message is displayed.
Note: This error will not prevent the lodgement of the visa application.
Known users will not be experiencing this problem.
Example: Migration Agents
How to authorise a third party as an unknown user
Users who have experienced the above problem can download the Form 956 - Appointment of a migration agent or exempt agent or other authorised recipient. You will be required to complete the form, print it out, scan and save it as a document and attach it to the electronic General Skilled Migration visa application.
See:
Form 956
Attaching Documents to a General Skilled Migration Visa Application
How to become a known user
Information on how to become a known user is available in immi.gov.au
See:
eVisa Services
eVisa Services for Agents
We apologise for any inconvenience, and will advise further once we have rectified this fault.
Before you continue you should read all the information about your application.