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Hi,

In my opinion you have got it.From what I have read/heard after you send in the visa application they check it and then reply asking you for what else they require. You have done that so now its just a matter of waiting. I think they diarise every application 5 months from when they receive them. Every CO is different,I was lucky to get my visa granted after 3 and half months. Again its my opinion that spouse visas only fail on something badly wrong medically or a a really bad criminal record. If I was you I would start planning for Australia.

My case officer is DP. He seems to process spouse visas in 4 months. I think it helped that my spouse visa was very straight forward. 15 years in a de facto relationship,as long as I passed medical and character checks then there was no need to wait to grant visa.

Good luck with your visa

My visa was pretty straight forward.In a de facto relationship for 17 years,so as long as my medical and criminal records were fine I was confident. I say if all your application is in and they don't require any more info then after 3 months has passed its worth asking for an update. By the way my CO has initials DP

Visa approved 15th of september. Three and a half months. Partner(Migrant) subclass 100. No 2 year temporary needed. I was going to wait until 4 months had passed before contacting CO but my missus said why wait. So glad I did as its an amazing feeling to finally have it confirmed. In Oz for chrissie.

No, not everyone does. It depends on the case officer. Everyone should receive confirmation of receipt of application from their case officer roughly 1-2 weeks after submission. You may also receive a futher email giving an estimated date of approval. We did not. After about 3 months we decided to email our CO to see if he could provide any update on the standard 5-6 months and he kindly provided us with a rough estimate ("hope to approve in the 2nd half of August"). As it turned out we got it slightly earlier than this.

Hi,I noticed the initials of your CO were the same as mine. So its good news for me that you got your visa in 4 months. I am 3 months in so hopefully only another month to go. I have provided everything they have asked for and no further contact in the last month.:smile: