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📣 New Visa Processing Time
The visa processing priority specified in Ministerial Direction 119 is now implemented and fully reflected in the calculations on SmartVisaGuide. The two key updates are:
📌 Important: The implementation required reallocation of underlying sample size/composition (from direction 105 to 119) , so it will take up to a month or so, for the August grants to come in as per the new direction, and for the visa processing times shown on SmartVisaGuide to stabilize and meaningfully reflect the underlying patterns.
Resources
- Read more here: https://smartvisaguide.com/posts/16740
- Direction 119: https://smartvisaguide.com/posts/16710
- Direction 105: https://smartvisaguide.com/frequently-asked-questions/what-is-ministerial-direction-105-visa-processing-priority
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