> Dear OO,
>
> In fact until June 1999 DIMIA did the skills assessments and visa
> processing and we, like many other migration agents, took a large
> number of cases to the IRT about this since DIMIA officials were
> making assessments of occupations which they did not have clear
> understanding of or failed to have full information of. No-one's
> fault, the system just made it hard for everyone. Then, at the same
> time, the IRT was replace by the MRT and the old system was replaced
> by PASA, ie pre-application skills assessment. Since then, while
> there are still anomalies, the process has been much fairer and now
> that the assessing bodies and the DIMIA processing centre have a body
> of corporate experience, it seems to work quite well.
>
> Although you do often need to go to the courts to correct an erroneous
> subclass 136 or 137 decision, ASPC supervisors will always listen to a
> clear case that a case officer has made an error, and will certainly
> correct the error if possible, without any appeal being necessary.
>
> Cheers,
>
> George Lombard
>
> www.austimmigration.com.au
GL,how do the agents go to cout when appeal is not possible in subclass
136 & 137? Again,don't they close the file after a decison is made???
Regards,
OO
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