On 25th June 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, has determined that for the following visa categories, a ‘cap’ is now in place concerning the number of visas that can be granted for each class;

These are:

• Skill Matching (Migrant) (Class BR) visas: 245;
• Skilled - Independant (Migrant) (Class BN) visas: 2506; and
• Skilled - Australian - sponsored (Migrant) (Class BQ) visas; 546

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