fattony

Hi All,

186 approval today(family of four from UK) Employer and employee noms...this forum has been a fantastic source of information and a great source of hope some info as below...

Employer and Employee nomination where submitted together in melbourne office..my MA indicated that this saves time as both are then allocated to the same case officer.

We submitted all police clearances UK and Aussie ,along with all our medicals and also form 80 was completed and all uploaded 19/09/13

been a long wait ...good luck to all stilll awaiting a grant i understand your concern and wish all a positive outcome.

Hy everyone got my visa approved

Nominations applied 5 june

Visa applied 6 june

Nominations approved 18 dec

Visa approved 23 dec applied from melb

Got approval from paramatta dnt know why

Its going to be great new years and Christmas hurry

Good luck every one

Now that's what I call Xmas present ..congrats great way to kick off 2014

Parramatta are having a good day! MA just called to say......the visa has been granted. I can't believe how happy & relieved I am!! What an amazing Christmas & wedding present!

 

We applied on 29 Aug DR transition stream through Parramatta. With all police/medicals at time of application. It has been a long and hard process for a variety of reasons and when I have calmed down I will put a post on here with some tips that I would do differently if I was doing it again. In the meantime, best of luck to everyone, and I hope you can relax & enjoy the festive season.

At last , over the moon for you Isabel ...I think that's made your Xmas

Hi all,

 

So after passively watching the thread since March, I thought I'd post my experience.

 

I filed my application for me and my partner on the 28th of June 2013 through an MA. I'm an IT consultant working for a large global software company, so this was the ENS 186 stream. The application was DR, and I heard nothing for months. I chased my MA last month (end of November) only to keep being told they hadn't heard anything and expect at least 6 months. However, I thought I'd give calling DIBP a call on Friday, and Lo! and behold, they said my application was FINALISED on the 17th of October. They would not divulge if it was approved or rejected. After a few hours of nail biting, unanswered phone calls and general mild annoyance (a mild understatement), my MA got back to me and said that a VEVO check had revealed that, yes, our PR was approved on the 17th of October. The only thing they could say about why I hadn't heard was that it was a technical glitch.

 

Anyway, I am over the moon, even if the way of finding out was a bit anticlimactic. I recommend to anyone who is waiting and have just been going through their migration agent to call DIBP directly. Just have your passport number ready and they should be able to tell you the progress.

 

Good luck to all those who are waiting!

 

Stream : ENS Subclass 186 - Decision Ready

Application date: 28/6/2013

CO Assigned : No idea.

Nomination approved : No idea.

Visa approved and granted : 17/10/2013

Actual knowledge of approved Visa: 13/12/2013

 

Ivar

Congrats Ivar what a nice Xmas present

can I ask which DIPB office ?

I'm keeping an eye on this thread as I'm submitting my application next week - but I'm just wondering why people become so anxious when the estimated time given on the website is 6 months?

Having spent nearly 14k so far on a family DR visa via an MA and realise that different offices are vastly different processing times can be very frustating ...I hope you dont

endure a communicationless 6+ months as some have done ...as another member has pointed out DR apps are very expensive and the clear message from DIAC is that they are treated

as a priority ..which at Vic does not seem to ring true

I have seen other fortunate individuals granted 186 ens which is great ..but you should understand that until you have the grant you are effectively in limbo .

Hi Tony

 

Mine's in Parramatta, but the CO seems to have gone AWOL and the MA is refusing to chase because he thinks it could delay the application further.....aAaagghh!!!??!?

 

I feel like giving up. This is the most frustrating process ever.

agree totally but all we can do is wait like little mushrooms !

I ask my MA but he said there is no time frame , and he said no one file had opened who applied after may

Hi,

you are absolutely right all the approvals seem to be parramatta , I haven't seen anyone reference the Vic immi in quite a while

my time line

186 ens Transition stream DR via MA @ Vic immi

Employer nom 19/09/13

Employee nom 19/09/13

no "co" allocated to date , no comms

Best wishes to all who are waiting

yip ...very frustrating not waiting quite as long as you ..but.... DR through transition stream Employer and employees nominations

loaded on 19/09/13 via MA all medicals police clearances ,form 80 the kitchen sink etc etc ...still no news !

As far as I'm aware HAP ID is only required if your offshore , Medibank send the medical directly to DIAC and they link that to your app my app was DR and that's how it worked with my Medicals recently

I hope you get good news soon Isabel ..it's a very very frustrating process !

Has your MA said anything Tony? Mine said they emailed DIBP but they have a 10 day response time for emails. It's been 7 days now, not sure what happens if it gets to 10 days with no response - send another email they ignore!?!?[/quote

 

Only the following email reply to my MA ....

 

"Standard processing times are outlined on our website at the link below: http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/8.0.htm "

DR Transitition stream, Employer and Employee nomination

submitted to Vic office 19/09/13 along with all medicals police clearances etc

not a word to date !

Hi All,

just thought I'd pop my timeline in. here also ...

DR app via MA, family of four (UK) employer and employee nomination both submitted on 19/09/13 @ Vic office

all Medicals ,police clearances and form 80 front loaded ...

MA queried DR progress to DIAC and response .... as below not helpful

"Standard processing times are outlined on our website at the link below:

http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/8.0.htm"

good luck to everyone who has been unfortunate enough to use the Vic office