Queensland Skilled Regional Sponsored (Provisional) Visa (Subclasses 475 and 487) - Eligible Skills List
It is intended the new list would not apply to GSM applicants who at 8 February 2010:
- held a subclass 485 (skilled graduate) visa or had a pending subclass 485 visa application and who apply for a permanent or provisional onshore GSM visa by 31 December 2012;
or
- at the date of the announcement had a pending GSM visa application.
It is also intended that transitional arrangements would apply to international students who on 8 February 2010 held a subclass 572 (vocational education and training sector), subclass 573 (higher education sector) or subclass 574 (postgraduate research sector) student visa.