Online services are being adopted by most organizations and firms as key to a faster processing. Australia visa online services too utilize the medium to cut back on redundancy, repetition and clerical errors. The immigration policy at Australia aims to selectively filter the available talent pool based on skill-set, language, education and age. The intricacies of the selection process make it a bit complicated which Skillselect manages successfully through a single window concept. The online services require the applicants to place an online EOI Expression of Intent along with all the necessary details on education, profession and skills.

The input is instantly utilized by the centralized server to disburse the information to its different users. Unlike the earlier days when the applicant had to post the application to the central office in Australia, the online application is now instantly made available to central server for further processing. Any deficiency on the procedural requirements can be instantly identified and informed to the applicant. Australia visa online services instantly place the key Demographic / Biometric information on the centralized server for intelligence purpose. Simultaneously, the key information on age, education, professional experience and financial stability is passed on to the review committee for assessment purpose.

The immigration policy requires the applicant to attain a minimum of 60 points to become eligible for immigration. First, the points-based assessment of the application is done for allotting points and subsequently a merit list is prepared. Skillselect places the merit list online for the employers / state authorities to make their selection on the available talent pool. It is advisable that the applicants should keep a watch on the online merit list as the same remains active for a period of two years only. After a period of two years the applicants are required to again place an online application via Skillselect based on the most present details.

Skillselect successfully weaves-in the complications of the immigration policy through a simplistic online procedure. The technological advancements make it possible to utilize processed information on different accounts. The same information is readily available to the immigration, intelligence and government authorities. The online services are also being utilized by Skillselect to disseminate the recent policy updation / amendments to the consultancy firms, Embassies and the immigrant population. For instance, the recent reduction on the minimum pass marks from 65 to 60 was instantly informed to all concerned. This resulted in a faster amendment to the existing applications for the immigration purpose. The consultancies could also inform the applicants about the policy change and accordingly place their applications.

The online services are also being utilized by Skillselect to find synergies with the domestic manpower requirements. The software on immigration is made to take timely input from the industry demands on manpower requirements at different segments. This helps Skillselect to make dynamic changes on the SOL list Skilled Occupation List so that the applicants too are well informed of the available job opportunities in Australia.