Big Bob

Honestly I wouldnt worry about it - they took so long to get back to you. Personally I dont think the states communicate with each other much. You paid to be sponsored, so ACT got their money so their happy. Either tell them if you decide to go with SA for sponsorship, that you no longer need your sponsorship, or dont tell them and will run out after 3 months.

I dont think there is a rule that you cant apply to more than one state for sponsorship. Generally people just apply to one.

It now up to you which state you choose, Not going with ACT will have no bearing on your 176 visa application.

Even when you have your visa granted living in the state that has sponsored you is a moral obligation.

how weirds. i first applied for sponsorship to adelaide but they were taking soooo long and my 45th birthday was looming so i then aaplied to ACT and told them i had appklied already to SA. ACT approved my SS application about 11 days before my 45th Birthday so i put my 176 visa application into DIAC with sponsorship from ACT, then blow me 2 days before my 45th birthday SA also approved me!!!! I had to decline SA as didn't want to withdraw my DIAC application at such a late stage. Really happy to be goiung to ACT - seems to have it all apart from beach on doorstep. Hope this helps

lebourvellec/judith501

I do thank you both for the clarification especially you lebourvellec...:hug:...I am clear as a crystal...I know what to do now...:biggrin: Appreciate that...

regards

Bob

With WA you have 3 months to apply for your visa after you have received SS nomination. Once you apply for your visa you update WA with TRN number, and they confirm the SS to DIAC.

 

If you dont apply for your visa within the 3 months the SS expires and you would need to re-apply.

 

Is this not the same case with ACT?

 

If you go with SA, I would just contact ACT and say that you no longer require SS from them.

Hi lebourvellect

Case is exactly same as you mentioned but if you remember I am scared to tell ACT of same reason as per my previous post...I signed that declaration which said have I applied to any other state...and I said no...after 2 months I did applied to SA and never updated them... I just need to know if that will have any bad impact on my SA 176 application...

thanks

Bob

Hi All

I applied for ACT state sponsorship in May 2011.. They have sponsored me this month after three months ...While I was waiting for ACT application outcome I got my new skill assessment from ACS and luckily that code was in SA SMP list... So just as a backup option (whatever) I applied for SA state sponsorship and am expecting an outcome of it this week...I did all this just to make sure I have sponsorship from at least 1 state before quotas get filled up as my past experience with SS was bad (I got rejected from Victoria after 6 months of waiting- no demand;sure waste of time).

I am waiting for SA SS outcome as personally I prefer to go to Adelaide over Canberra as Canberra has job complications( security clearance issues).

I am not sure what do I do with ACT sponsorship if I get approved from SA?

Is there any need to tell ACT CM Department that I wanna withdraw or something?

I am scared to tell them as they asked in application form "Have ya applied for SS in any other state which at that time I answered "no" but later on i did and never updated them.

Is their any need to update ACT or they gonna update DIAC or something?I am not sure what to do at this point. I am kinda worried and need help.

thanks in advance

regards

Bob

VISA granted !!!! Awesome times !!

 

So much to do, so many things to plan ....

Pete

Oh MY MY ! Your timeline is like a bullet pal...:notworthy:...Awesome...All the best for your new life!

Main 176 App 9/8/11> CO 15/8/11> PCC 19/8/11> Meds 22/8/11> Granted 29/8/11

Simply unbelievable..

regards

Bob

Do you want to join me here? Just copy and paste and fill in your info it will give us an idea of how long the process takes! Good luck everyone......

Hey Canberra and all...

Someone missing here :wink:....Just a day or two and will join your thread right away..Getting warmed up and preparing my docs... :cute:...All the best for your 176

regards

Big Bob

You have 1000 words - 200 in each section and you can add on another 4 sections to the original one given (just click the 'add more' button on that page).

 

Pop in any resources you have used, ie websites and magazines etc (the actual urls and names of things).

 

Try and speak specifically about SA rather than just Australia in general - all of Australia has better prospects for us, and would be better for our future children imho, but SA has the specific climate we like (not humid), is one of the most family friendly places (we gave examples of this that we have found during our research) and talked about specific job stuff in terms of why SA appealed there, as well as other lifestyle stuff like specific food and wine things.

 

We had approval last week, less than 3 weeks after we lodged, so obviously it was ok

 

It was really hard to keep under the word limit we found, Word and the word count function was our friend!

OMG!

I never knew that you can add more to that SA section...:elvis:... I was trying to cut it short...and short finally chiseled it to fit in.... I feel awful at this time...

regards

Bob