Harpersgirl

My son-in-law is waiting on this visa. 

Lodged May 2020- Hopeful for grant soon. Also coming to Perth

Hello,

My son-in-law is waiting on a 491 Family Sponsored (General Electrician) visa which was submitted in May 2020. He has since passed a BSc in Business & Finance and is about to complete an MSc in Data Science- all whilst continuing to work as a sparky and having been in the trade 13 years. He is keen to gain some working experience in the financial sector and is considering changing his occupation but obviously does not want to jeopardize his visa!

Has anyone had any experience of changing their occupation whilst waiting for a visa to be granted?

Hey Lisbeth, 

I’m sorry to read of your situation. I totally get the anxiety and concern you will be feeling. 

For our case, In the first instance I contacted our Federal MP’s office by phone and put our story to his office. We live in Perth, WA. I followed this up with an email and received virtually immediate responses not only from his assistant but a phone call from the MP himself. 

I sent the email from our business address and attached our citizenship photo and a photo of my daughter and her family dressed to the nines to highlight  that we are “respectable”  

I think in hindsight that it was important to keep prodding both VACCU and the MP. Both my daughter and I phoned and emailed  Immi & VACCU, despite being told it would get us nowhere.

However, I do feel the deciding factor was having us here as Australian citizens pleading her case. 

I wish you the very best of luck... 

Just in case anyone else is in a situation similar to ours I thought I would post a follow-up.

After emailing VACCU and our local fed MP's office YESTERDAY, my daughter's visitor's visa was approved this morning.

3 minutes ago, wrussell said:

For immigration purposes, convictions are never spent.

Yes, quite.

Well, it's been a while since I posted in here but once a pom in oz always a pom in oz eh!

I'm hoping someone can give me some hope for my daughter's subclass 600 for a surprise visit to bring her baby twins to meet the rest of the family over Xmas. Flights are booked for 27th December and her partners and the babies visa's are all approved.

Unfortunately, yesterday she was told that her application has been passed on to VACCU and they are now terrified that they will not get it back in time. She has a spent conviction from when she was resident here two years ago which we assume is the reason for VACCU. At that time she was being processed for a 457 but due to the terrible time she had living here decided to head back to the UK to settle. Immi were fully aware of this however the 457 appears to have been left on her records which may also cause some confusion.

She has passed on police checks for both Aus and UK and character references to support her application. Does anyone have any suggestions of how they can proceed or is able to give me hope that I will see my grandchildren....