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ACT Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) Guidelines
- Guidelines for ACT Government Certification Under the RSMS Subclass 119/857 Visa
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The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) Subclass 119/857 Visa enables Canberra employers to fill 'skilled' positions, on a permanent basis, with non-Australian citizens, where they have been unable to fill a vacancy from the local labour market or through their own training programs.
For more information about RSMS, including application forms, see Employer Sponsored Migration.
Important Notice — ACT Government processing
The Australian Government has made changes to the skilled migration visa regime, which are scheduled to commence from 1 July 2012.
Due to these changes, the ACT Government advises that 'complete' applications (hard copy) should be lodged with our office by 1 May 2012 in order to be processed before the changes come into effect.
Applications submitted after 1 May 2012 are unlikely to be processed before the changes commence. Applicants who are not processed before the changes commence will need to complete a new application under the new skilled migration visa regime from 1 July 2012.
