Rich990 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 After a LOT of planning, finally lodged my S189 visa today!! Now the anxious wait begins!! My timeline: 13 Jan: Applied for Unabridge birth certificates for my wife and I, and marriage certificate. 24 Feb: Wife's unabridged birth certificate ready 9 April: PTE Test 11 April: PTE results 20 April: Applied for Skills Assessment - Accountant (General) 29 May: Received positive Skills Assessment 29 May: Submitted EOI with 75 points 01 Aug: My unabridged birth certificate readyntogether with unabridged marraige certificate 03 Aug: EOI updated to 80 points as I now had 8 years qualifying experience 09 Aug: Received invitation to apply!! 15 Aug: Applied for PCC's 16 Aug: Wife received new passport 20 Aug: Received PCC - forgot wife's maiden name so asked them to amend that 25 Aug: Received updated PCC 13 Sep: Medical Exam 20 Sep: Received Medical clearance 20 Sep: Applied and paid 21 Sep: Finished uploading all documents, we should be decision ready at this point! Hoping that we're decision ready and that as soon as a Case Officer is assigned, that we get a direct grant. Anyone else who's applied, feel free to jump on-board. NAME VISA APPLICATION DATE VISA CO CONTACT ADDITIONAL DOCS REQUESTED VISA GRANTED Rich990 21/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetchyWombat Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 I applied in SC189 after receiving an invite in August (EOI with 75 points/ANZSCO code 263111) . My spouse and I did medicals and got PCCs up-front and submitted a (hopefully) decision ready application. Here is to a quick turn-around! On 9/21/2017 at 8:03 AM, Rich990 said: NAME VISA APPLICATION DATE VISA CO CONTACT ADDITIONAL DOCS REQUESTED VISA GRANTED Rich990 21/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC TetchyWombat 19/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich990 Posted September 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Good stuff, any contact from a case officer? I find myself checking the immi account a couple times a day! Even though I know that i'll get an automated mail if there is any movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisH Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 11 hours ago, Rich990 said: I find myself checking the immi account a couple times a day You are not likely to get an update after 9am ZA time if that helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetchyWombat Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, Rich990 said: Good stuff, any contact from a case officer? I find myself checking the immi account a couple times a day! Even though I know that i'll get an automated mail if there is any movement. No contact yet (and if things go my way, maybe a direct grant and no contact?). It is hard not to obsess about the visa (I do watch the updates for SC190 on myimmitracker.com). I figure it will be about another month before our cohort begins seeing significant movement. It is also easy for me to bullsh*t myself into thinking I'm going to be in the top quantile - those getting grants in 30-days (and by definition, the odds of this are low). There is plenty of wisdom going around this forum about the virtue of patience, and not wishing away your days (especially in relation to leaving your old life behind if that is expected to be painful), but eish, easier said than done. Edited September 27, 2017 by TetchyWombat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdriaanSanta Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 All I can say is, welcome to the club guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameausi Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Hi mates, Thanks for staring this thread. I lodged my sc190 application on the 4th September and uploaded all the required documents. So far no CO contact yet and the status is still received. so I'm hoping and praying for a direct grant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich990 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Welcome @Jameausi, good luck! Here's to direct grants all round! Did you guys use agents? I'm going it on my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samie Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 We were in the same position in April this year...exciting times knowing it's out of your hands, there begins the silent waiting room. I just hope you won't have to wait for long. Goodluck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameausi Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 @Rich990, thanks a lot! I didn't use an agent. Waiting for thedirect grant impatiently. . I hope it comes soon coz this waiting is a torture. All the best to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich990 Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 NAME VISA APPLICATION DATE VISA CO CONTACT ADDITIONAL DOCS REQUESTED VISA GRANTED Rich990 21/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC TetchyWombat 19/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC Jameausi 04/09/2017 190 TBC TBC TBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clauderoy Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Can we add visa's lodged in August to this thread? There wasn't one for August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich990 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Yep, go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelanie Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Hey! We also lodged our application on 7 September 2017. Medicals are done and cleared, and all the documents that we have are uploaded. Now we just have to wait!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetchyWombat Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 (edited) Welcome Lelanie. NAME VISA APPLICATION DATE VISA CO CONTACT ADDITIONAL DOCS REQUESTED VISA GRANTED Rich990 21/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC TetchyWombat 19/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC Jameausi 04/09/2017 190 TBC TBC TBC Lelanie 07/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC Edited October 8, 2017 by TetchyWombat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelanie Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Oops sorry! We applied for 189. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetchyWombat Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Lelanie said: Oops sorry! We applied for 189. No worries. Updated my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jameausi Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi mates, I just want you to know that the CO contacted me on the 5th of October for additional information. So it took 31 days for the contact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich990 Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 23 hours ago, Jameausi said: Hi mates, I just want you to know that the CO contacted me on the 5th of October for additional information. So it took 31 days for the contact. Awesome news, congrats! Did they ask for anything additional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelanie Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 So, exciting news! Finally got an e-mail from a CO this morning!!! Less exciting news, they requested additional information......... They requested additional evidence of employment for my husband, which we will hopefully be able to get from the HR department at work on Monday. Strangely, they requested a police clearance certificate for our 7 year old daughter?!?! I have replied to the e-mail to query this, so fingers crossed that it is a mistake! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetchyWombat Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 (edited) NAME VISA APPLICATION DATE VISA CO CONTACT ADDITIONAL DOCS REQUESTED VISA GRANTED Rich990 21/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC TetchyWombat 19/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC Jameausi 04/09/2017 190 05/10/2017 05/10/2017 TBC Lelanie 07/09/2017 189 12/10/2017 12/10/2017 TBC Edited October 12, 2017 by TetchyWombat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clauderoy Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Please can you add ours to the table... Visa application data - 24 August 2017 VISA - 189 CO Contact - None Additonal Docs Requested - None Visa Granted - 26 September 2017 Thank you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamTam Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 @Clauderoy congrats!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich990 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) Congrats on the direct grant @Clauderoy !!!! 15 hours ago, TetchyWombat said: NAME VISA APPLICATION DATE VISA CO CONTACT ADDITIONAL DOCS REQUESTED VISA GRANTED Rich990 21/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC TetchyWombat 19/09/2017 189 TBC TBC TBC Jameausi 04/09/2017 190 05/10/2017 05/10/2017 TBC Lelanie 07/09/2017 189 12/10/2017 12/10/2017 TBC ClaudeRoy 24/08/2017 189 N/A N/A 26/09/2017 Edited October 13, 2017 by Rich990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clauderoy Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 59 minutes ago, Rich990 said: Congrats on the direct grant @Clauderoy !!!! Thank you @Rich990 @Leroy we are going to Australia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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