Chris&Mel

After everything, CO going on holiday and the nightmare year we've had an email just arrived with the magic words VISA GRANTED!!! OMG, we're going to the other side of the world :biggrin:

Great news, I reckon you let the new year in with a proper celebration:biglaugh:

Hey Chris&Mel,

 

Have you calmed down any yet or are you still floating!!

 

Made any decisions about flights etc?

 

Karen

Not calmed down yet, its been hectic since the visa was granted as were not expecting it to be granted this early.

We have have done nothing but decorate since as we need to get the house on the market, got some builders in this week to do some minor jobs and then we will take it from there.

Hi everybody,

My wife's employer submitted our 857 nomination, last week. We are ready to submit our visa application now too but are considering waiting for until the nomination is approved. Anyone with any experience on whether submitting in stages like that adds a heap of time onto the total processing time?

It didnt seem to slow mine application down at all. I didnt however wait until the nomination was approved, my nomination and visa were approved/granted on the same day.

My visa was RSMS 119.

Morning!!

 

We have good news this morning, WE FINALLY HAVE A CO!!! They have our meds, PCC, form 80 anyone have any idea how long it will take before they make a decision??

Wow, not long now...i sent my form 80's 26th October, sent my meds via e health 10th November and got my visa 16th November!!!!!

hopefully just another week and you'll get it

Hi all,

I want to ask, can you send your medicals using the ehealth system even if your application is paper based for 119 RSMS?

 

Thanks,

 

Sandie

Hello Sandie, my medicals were in Manchester and i filled all the paper forms in for the same reasons you suggest for my 119 visa.

However the medical team submitted our medicals via the e-health even though i didnt have a TRN number etc from the nomination as my nomination was approved at the same time as my visa. They emailed Canberra to get the required information so they could be uploaded onto the system etc.

Hello fellow PIO members,

We got our 119 RSMS granted this morning…..timeline below

SA Nomination lodged Mar 11

Stage 1 Nomination certified June 11

DIAC nomination lodged at Melbourne COE Jun 11

Application lodged; 12th Oct 11

Medicals requested; 26th Oct 11

Medicals submitted; 10th Nov 11

Nomination and Visa Approved; 16th Nov 11

Wowwww….still can’t believe it….we just need to sell the house now. :laugh::laugh:

We got another letter this morning, with all the right people on it, and all spelt correctly! Think I'm going to frame it :wink:

Did you inform them of their mistakes or did they realise themselves? Im thinking maybe i should inform them.....

No, for the first 6 weeks or so I bounced up every morning expecting to find an email from them, so you're not going mad! Even now I still check my emails every morning before doing anything else!!

 

There was actually an email this morning, but not one I wanted!! There was a mistake on the acknowledgement letter, my OH's daughter was included as a migrating dependant even though she isn't coming with us, so they renewed the acknowledgement letter, but as well as removing my step-daughter, they removed me aswell......... :cry::cry:

:biglaugh: Sorry for laughing Pinkcera......only i have just received my acknowledgement email from DIAC and they have messed up on the people included. They have included my OH's son who is not migrating with us but have left our youngest son off altogether.

Im not bothering getting in touch with them about it though as im sure they will realise their mistake when they start processing the application.

Hey, must be a common mistake....seems like it anyway.

Hello everyone this is my timeline;

SA RSMS RCB apllied: Apr 2011

SA RCB CERTIFIED: 8th June 2011

Melbourne COE received nomination: 14th June 2011

Police checks completed: Sep 2011

About to submit application (without DIAC nomination approval, none DRC)