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The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website provides that:

Changes to the General Skilled Migration programme (GSM) will be introduced on 1 September 2007. People who have made an application for a skilled visa on or before 31 August 2007 will not be affected by the changes.

Changes will include:

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Welcome to this forum topic. For more information about the 'Skilled Occupation List' (SOL) published by the Department of Immigration, please see the following website:

http://www.immi.gov.au/al...

The SOL contains a list of occupations, details of the assessing body and the relative points that would be awarded in the points test.

For more information regarding your skills, please seek advice or assistance from the relevant assessing body or your migration agent.

-- VisaChoices team

Welcome to this forum topic. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website provides that:
For most General Skilled Migration visas, your application will be assessed against a points test. You can claim points under a range of different factors. The maximum points that can be claimed in any one factor reflects how sought after those characteristics are in the Australian labour market.

For more information about the points test, please visit the DIAC website at:
http://www.immi.gov.au/sk...

-- VisaChoices team