LOL Posted December 23, 2017 Report Share Posted December 23, 2017 On 22/12/2017 at 11:55 AM, Anusha said: @LOL, Thx for the reassurance! Just checked and it confirmed that documents don't have to be certified for the 489 visa. Good luck everyone for the festive season, may it be a blessed,peaceful one with your loved ones! I am sure it will might be the last one for many of us in SA ! Pleasure Anusha The last thing you need at this point in your application process is to waste time certifying documents unnecessarily when you could be lodging! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anusha Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Hi everyone. Quick update from our side, medicals were completed on 21st Dec, health status is no further action required. We submitted and paid for our visa today ! Whoop whoop! Uploading a mountain of docs ! Noticed for the kids (12&14) they requested character, proof of address, study etc. Was that necessary or is it a reccommended generic checklist for dependants? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ta2Bryan Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 20 hours ago, Anusha said: Hi everyone. Quick update from our side, medicals were completed on 21st Dec, health status is no further action required. We submitted and paid for our visa today ! Whoop whoop! Uploading a mountain of docs ! Noticed for the kids (12&14) they requested character, proof of address, study etc. Was that necessary or is it a reccommended generic checklist for dependants? Congratulations on getting this far and good luck for a speedy response. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anusha Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Ta2Bryan said: Congratulations on getting this far and good luck for a speedy response. Thx so much! Did u also have to complete the character and proof of address for ur kids? Or must I just ignore it. It is in orange I. E recommended not compulsory (red) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ta2Bryan Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 9:56 PM, Anusha said: Thx so much! Did u also have to complete the character and proof of address for ur kids? Or must I just ignore it. It is in orange I. E recommended not compulsory (red) ? We have an agent helping us so she has filled in the majority of the repetitive paperwork, but I cannot recall ever having to supply any proof of residence or character references for the kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renebo Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hi all, Was just wondering what all of your progress are? We submitted our visa on 4/12 and a bit later pcc for UK and Sa, our medicals was cleared. We also added form 80. Now we wait. Hope to hear from you all. Rene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
March2 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hi all Compliments of the season. We are still waiting for an invitation to apply and I am super stressed. If I don’t get an ITA by next month, it’s over for us as I turn 45 on 2 March. Trying to stay positive. Have applied for 189 on 65 points, 190 NSW on 65+5 and 489 Tasmania on 65+10. Praying and hoping for an invite soon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurie26 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Well we have lodged an application for our 190 visa on Thursday :-) submitted everything we could think of including medicals and police clearances. Now we wait to either get our grant or have a CO contact us. I'm praying you get an invitation to apply soon!! I'm sure its coming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOL Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 4 hours ago, laurie26 said: Well we have lodged an application for our 190 visa on Thursday :-) submitted everything we could think of including medicals and police clearances. Now we wait to either get our grant or have a CO contact us. I'm praying you get an invitation to apply soon!! I'm sure its coming. Hey @laurie26 Find and fill in form 80 as well! There is a good chance you will be asked for it and if it is completed then you stand to receive a direct grant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurie26 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Hi @LOL We submitted forms 80 and 1221 :-) Hopefully they don't need any more documentation. We submitted everything we could think of lol our application says received next to it so now we are waiting for it to say in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunet Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hi Everyone, All of the best for 2018! May this be a good year for a new chapter for all of us. We have lodged our application on 11/12. We have contacted moving companies for quotes in the interim, just to feel as if we are doing something while we wait. Good luck to everyone waiting for approvals or invites!! ☺ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ta2Bryan Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 3:30 PM, laurie26 said: Well we have lodged an application for our 190 visa on Thursday :-) submitted everything we could think of including medicals and police clearances. Now we wait to either get our grant or have a CO contact us. I'm praying you get an invitation to apply soon!! I'm sure its coming. Best of Luck! 1 hour ago, Sunet said: Hi Everyone, All of the best for 2018! May this be a good year for a new chapter for all of us. We have lodged our application on 11/12. We have contacted moving companies for quotes in the interim, just to feel as if we are doing something while we wait. Good luck to everyone waiting for approvals or invites!! ☺ Good luck! We submitted 20 Dec and the waiting is already killing me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renebo Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 On 06/01/2018 at 1:30 PM, laurie26 said: Well we have lodged an application for our 190 visa on Thursday :-) submitted everything we could think of including medicals and police clearances. Now we wait to either get our grant or have a CO contact us. I'm praying you get an invitation to apply soon!! I'm sure its coming. Hi Laurie What do you mean by you are hoping to get an invitation to apply soon? if you applied for the visa, wouldn't the next step be the visa grant? thanks Rene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntaglia Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi everyone and happy new year! Hopefully this will be our year! I'm still in limbo and very frustrated. No news from NSW on the 190 - the 12 weeks window ends 29 Jan, so I'm hopeful that we will hear soon. On the 457 visa I suspect the agents may be twiddling their thumbs; they were supposed to lodge an application for priority processing around the 14th of December but they never sent confirmation and now I can't get them to respond to my emails, so who knows. Very frustrating, and more importantly I'm running out of time, I'm hosting a workshop in Sydney on 5 Feb! Not that I plan to have officially moved by then but I would very much want the visa to be done by then - there are short term interventions that we can do to get me there legally but they're hassle and the visa should have been approved by now. Sigh. Anyway, we'll wait and keep the faith. Good luck to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntaglia Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 OK here is the updated table - it's awesome to see how the application column gets filled in! (Not jealous at all, nope, not me...) Name Date applied Visa Points Invite for sponsorship Applied for sponsorship Sponsorship received Visa invite Days to invite Visa lodged CO contact Grant Tntaglia 25/10 189 / 190 NSW 65/70 NSW 3/11 3/11 Renebo 190 VIC 5/9 28/11 28/11 84 4/12 Sunet 29/06 190 NSW 6/10 6/10 14/11 14/11 138 11/12 Anusha 26/10 489 75 22/11 27 2/1/18 Ta2Bryan 1/11 189/190 8/11 7 21/12 Laurie26 190 20/10 13/11 13/11 4/1/18 LOL 31/10 189/190 NSW 60/65 3/11 6/11 13/11 13/11 13 15/11 March2 16/11 189 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTtoAus Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 27 minutes ago, Tntaglia said: Hi everyone and happy new year! Hopefully this will be our year! I'm still in limbo and very frustrated. No news from NSW on the 190 - the 12 weeks window ends 29 Jan, so I'm hopeful that we will hear soon. On the 457 visa I suspect the agents may be twiddling their thumbs; they were supposed to lodge an application for priority processing around the 14th of December but they never sent confirmation and now I can't get them to respond to my emails, so who knows. Very frustrating, and more importantly I'm running out of time, I'm hosting a workshop in Sydney on 5 Feb! Not that I plan to have officially moved by then but I would very much want the visa to be done by then - there are short term interventions that we can do to get me there legally but they're hassle and the visa should have been approved by now. Sigh. Anyway, we'll wait and keep the faith. Good luck to everyone! Hi, sorry for high-jacking the thread, but @Tntaglia, can you give me more info on the short term interventions that you can look into until the visa comes through? I am also working through my new employers migration lawyers, but it is a terrible time of years to get answers out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntaglia Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 15 minutes ago, CTtoAus said: Hi, sorry for high-jacking the thread, but @Tntaglia, can you give me more info on the short term interventions that you can look into until the visa comes through? I am also working through my new employers migration lawyers, but it is a terrible time of years to get answers out of them. Not a hijack at all! Basically I have two options: First, I have a currently valid business visitor visa from the conference that I attended in Sydney in October. It is still valid until October next year, multiple entry, so I have the option of going on that one. But it's risky since immigration could then think that I'm trying to work on a visitor visa (since I already have a work visa application going). So I'm trying to figure out what hoops I can jump through to make sure that risk is covered - for example I could have my current employer write another letter saying that they're paying for my trip and I'm not getting any remuneration for it and it's for a business meeting (which is all entirely true). I'm just not sure about how this would work. Second option is to apply for a 400 skilled short term work visa. It takes 12-19 days to approve, so if I apply in the next few days I should have it in time for the trip (could even be much sooner, since my 600 visa was supposed to take 29 days and took 3). But that's risky too, because if the 457 magically gets approved the day before the 400 gets approved, the 400 supercedes the 457 and then we don't have a 457 anymore which would be disastrous. I mean I think it's unlikely, there has to be a way to cancel the 400 application if the 457 comes through. But the risk exists. The advantage of the 400 application is that you can do it yourself as far as I can tell on immiaccount, similar to a normal visitor visa. So at the moment I'm considering just emailing the immigration offices and asking them what to do. I REALLY want to be in Sydney for that workshop; I can do it over telecon but presenting to a potential client at 2am is not going to be my best work... I will let you know if I get answers. I need to figure out what to do to ensure my 457 visa is not jeopardised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntaglia Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 And of course it turns out it is not possible to email the immigration department. There's an online form that you can complete but it just ends up with a link to the information on the web - I can't figure out how to type in my question. And there's a phone number you can dial but only if you're in Australia; if you're outside Oz they recommend that you contact the immigration office in your country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamTam Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 @Tntaglia which migration agent did you use? Are you alright with naming them here so that other forumites can avoid the same hassles. It is very frustrating when your life starts to revolve around waiting for a visa. Good luck - I hope you hear something soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTtoAus Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 That all sounds terribly complicated. This is definitely where one needs a good migration lawyer! I hope you manage to figure something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tntaglia Posted January 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 @TamTamIt's an immigration service provided by E&Y - I'm not sure how that works, but they're who my new employer chose to use. So yeah, avoid if you can. I think I'm going to ask the agent that I chose for my 189/190 application for advice on this one, at least they generally respond! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurie26 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 @Tntaglia I don't blame you for not wanting to do a presentation at 2am, I hope it all gets sorted out for you ASAP. @renebo I was wishing someone luck on getting their invitation to apply :-) we lodged our application on the 4 of January, it says received next to it so now we wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anusha Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi Laurie, I noticed you completed the form 80. Just checking whether you did one form per person or was it 1 for the household? I am main applicant, with hubby and 2 kids(12 &14) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anusha Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 @Tntaglia - good luck on ur short term visa plan! Doing the presentation remotely will not be ideal! Fingers crossed the agent gets back to u soon xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurie26 Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi :-) Both my husband and I each filled in our own form 80s and 1221s. I think they are only for people over 18 years of age but I could be mistaken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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