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Hopefully it sounds like you'll be hearing very soon, it seems like the closer you get to a decision being made, the slower time passes. Good luck. :biggrin:

Have you had any news yet PrinceW? I submitted in October also but has now been granted, it's interesting to see how varied the timelines are.

Visa granted today :jiggy: Medicals were uploaded by Medibank clinic in Melbourne on 16th Dec and a week or so later their status changed on the evisa site to "No health examination is required for this person... etc". Christmas and New Year came and went with no news, so yesterday I sent a polite email to our CO just to nudge them in the general direction of our now complete application, that seemed to work as this morning the grant email arrived. The whole process has taken 97 days from the submission of the nomination and 80 from submission of application. Good luck and fingers crossed to everyone else. Timeline has been Employer Nomination submitted - 2 October 2013 Visa Application submitted - 19 Oct Acknowledgement letter received - 22 Oct Nomination approval - 3 Dec Request for medical examination by CO - 3 Dec Medicals booked - 9 & 11 Dec 2013 Medicals uploaded to DIBP - 16 Dec Medicals Cleared - 23 Dec Visa granted - 7 Jan 2014

Hi, We applied for 186 via employer nomination stream in mid October. Received an email from CO on 3rd Dec requesting medical/health info and have just had medicals earlier in the week. It appears from other posts that applications are looked at on an individual basis, but I suppose it also depends on the workload of the case officers. One things for sure, it is a frustrating process :arghh:

Hi Alan I'm a secondary applicant for this visa but doing all the donkey work. The employer submitted all the documentation needed for nomination of both visas, so I never dealt with any financial information at my end. In answer to your second question, not for 457 but yes for PR I've no doubt about it oiling the wheels!

Hi ausHWC I agree with most of the replies so far, the 457 application is relatively straightforward. I applied without a migration agent and have recently submitted for PR without any requests for further information (so far). I researched what info was needed and collated everything before making the application and submitting the documents. It was a bit time consuming but if you go on to apply for a permanent residency visa in the future at least you already know what to expect.

Yes form 80 was sent at the same time as the application, in fact I even sent in form 1221 just in case! Timelines appear to be different for everyone, even those applying for the same visa, I suppose that just reflects everyone's individual circumstances. Good luck with your application, best to get it in asap as no doubt there'll be a break and delay over Christmas. :jiggy:

Hi all :chatterbox: I know there are numerous threads devoted to this visa, but I thought I'd start a new one to share experiences and timelines as I can appreciate the frustration of trawling through lots of threads to find that snippet of information. I am a secondary applicant on my partner's visa and have applied for both the 457 that we are currently on and the 186 permanent residency visa that's just been submitted. Our visa was applied for without the use of a migration agent and so was not decision ready. However, I did submit all the required documents at the same time as the application, with the exception of the medicals due to their time limitation and expecting nomination to take longer than it did. Most of the documents were gathered, photocopied and certified before the nomination submission except the Aus police checks which were sought just after. I visited my local pharmacy so many times for certification of documents that I'm now on first name terms with them! :goofy: It would be great to hear other people's experiences. My timeline so far- Employer Nomination submitted - 2 October 2013 Visa Application submitted - 19 Oct Acknowledgement letter received - 22 Oct Nomination approval - 3 Dec Request for medical examination by CO - 3 Dec Medicals booked - 9 & 11 Dec 2013