elizawilliam

Hello! Taken a while to update as we are in Bali at the moment but we got our visa on September 18th! Our co was SV and we originally applied on April 4th, cant remember other dates off hand (our dates are wrong on the spreadsheet as it says we applied in May, cant change it now as it all appears in Indonesian). We used a migration agent, unsure if that made any difference to timing. Good luck to others waiting, we arrive in Darwin on the 23rd September.

Thanks John and Eliza.

 

We are a bit poor on the old forward planning, always intended to get wills but same old story, costs and time etc. We both have very small pensions my husband started his recently with his company and I understand as a spouse I automatically inherit it upon his death so I am not named in it. I haven't paid into mine since before we were together, again due to circumstances.

 

We don't have 2 x Australian stat decs because we don't know anyone in Oz, well only some distant family who don't know us as a couple. It does say if ts not possible to have 2 Oz stat decs to get someone from your own country.

 

Eliza, we moved into Helston in 1st Sept 2010 lol. However I grew up here so was coming home.

Hi - just to add we had no wills or stat decs from Australians and we have had no problems/requests for them.

Hi. Sounds good but I'm no expert! Same situation as you (married with four children been together for years) but we used a migration agent and they made us find a piece of evidence for every month from the past two years - which seems a bit much. We included no photos or joint invites (don't keep invites) and our migration agent said no need for photos. Ironically, we moved from Helston in September 2010 having lived their for five years! Our stats are as follows:

Application submitted on 05/04/2012

Request for meds and police check 12/04/2012 (It seemed to be a long wait whereas others hear back within a few days)

Medical done on 10/05/2012

CO confirmed nothing else needed and visa grant would be mid September

(Case officer is SV)

Has anyone else used a migration agent???

Hi, we are using a migration agent. I don't think in retrospect we needed to but didn't know that at the time we started this process! Here are our stats. I am the Aussie and we have been married for 8 years with two kids.

Application submitted on 05/04/2012

Request for meds and police check today 12/04/2012

Our case officer is also SV - she seems to have quite a work load!