Chum of mine in the forces is thinking about emigrating but would very much like to get his visa in advance of his discharge date so that he knows what he is doing before he leaves the Services. Chum has asked me to see if anyone on here has applied significantly in advance (18 months/2 years) of their discharge date and had their visas approved. He has done a search and understands the need to provide formal confirmation of exit date as part of the process.
Kinda makes sense to me as chum is a very sensible chap that would much prefer to know one way or another early on so he can plan his future.
Grateful if you could help him with this one....
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Take care all, remember these are just my opinions and I will still love you if you don't agree!
we applied 15months before end and had no problems . Aplied Dec 06 got interview May 07 and offered a job to start March 08 but delayed til June to allow child to finish exams only downside is we have no failed due to findings of medical just revealed this wee so we have 3 months left in army and have to decide what to do so advise chum to have a back up plan just in case
Hubby was in the RN for 23 yrs prior to our move to Oz, we did the tra part about a year before he was due to leave the Navy, then we sat on it until October last year and started the visa ball rolling. If I remember rightly the visa process was about 6 months, I think we got the visa in the March (136 skilled independent - electrician). He was due to leave the RN in August this year but got out 3 months early due to having an Australian job offer (Premature discharge within 3 months of completing 22 years service). So he left the RN in May and arrived in Perth in June. We didn`t want to risk applying for the visa too far in advance as we were warned that it could depend on the case officer (as luck would have it they accepted the letter from his CO confirming TX date).
