Great News for Perth RSMS Applicants
It will need a change to the legislation as currently at time of nomination decision Perth is NOT on the regional list … but —
The new Instrument applies to applications lodged from 17 November and will not be applied retrospectively.
Under the new Instrument [Legislative Instrument IMMI 17/059] the Perth metropolitan area is not considered regional for RSMS applications.
The RSMS applications in the Perth metropolitan area that we have on-hand and lodged before the 13 March 2017 with RCB certification will proceed to assessment.
Those RSMS applications lodged from 13 March 2017 onwards do not have RCB certification as the WA government’s RCB declined to provide certification. These applications will be finalised and as they cannot be approved without RCB certification, will be offered the option to withdraw or be refused.
The department will be sending an e-newsletter shortly with this information.