Several services may be affected, including ImmiAccount and LegendCom
The Department’s website contains the following announcement:
We will be doing systems maintenance on some of our online systems between 8am and 8pm on Saturday 8 December 2018 (AEDT).
You will still be able to access most of our online services while we do the maintenance, but you might experience some brief service interruptions.
If you see the error message Service Temporarily Unavailable when you access an affected service during these hours, please log out and wait for a few minutes before trying the service again.
Please contact us only if you still experience issues after 24 hours.
These services might be affected:
* ImmiAccount
* eLodgement (online visa and citizenship applications)
* My Health Declarations (MHD)
* eMedical
* Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO)
* LEGEND.com
* Australian Trusted Trader
* Employment Suitability Clearances (ESC)
* Detention Visitor Application
* APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC)
* Humanitarian Entrants Management System (HEMS)
* Adult Migrant English Program Reporting and Management System (ARMS)
* Education Provider Report (eBIT)
* the visa pricing estimator
* departmental websites
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Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio is a Registered Migration Agent (MARN 1461003). He is the owner of Target Migration in Sydney. He can be reached at sergio@targetmigration.com.au