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SM3.1 Ability to apply (18/05/2020)

See also Immigration Act 2009 ss 57, 94

A person may only apply for a resident visa under the Skilled Migrant Category if:

  1. they have been invited to apply under the Skilled Migrant Category, and either;
    1. they make an application (see R2.25) for a resident visa under the Skilled Migrant Category within four months of the date of the letter in which that invitation is made; or
    2. for those whose invitation to apply is dated between 1 November 2019 and 15 April 2020 inclusive, they make an application (see R2.25) for a resident visa under the Skilled Migrant Category within ten months of the date of the letter in which that invitation is made; and
  2. that invitation has not been revoked.

Effective 18/05/2020

PREVIOUS IMMIGRATION INSTRUCTIONS

SM3.1 Ability to apply (28/08/2017)

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