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Hi Toni. Jobs are scarse at the moment as I am sure you have gathered after the mining down turn. But try http://employment.byron.com.au/jobs/qld-central-coast-jobs and select the type of job you are looking for.

Try http://employment.byron.com.au/ anything placed in local newspapers end up here as well. Good luck and persevere. It took me 67 applications.

Hi Ginz, if you are working with a RMA (registered migration agent) it should be a DRC (Decision ready checklist) if they are doing a good job of it. DRC means they have a checklist (which you can obtain off the internet) and the DIAC sees the ticks, all documents your RMA submitted. But if you are high risk, the DIAC might want to follow up on some of your documents for either authenticity, references etc which might involve them emailing or phoning your country of origin. This of course might take time. If you are non DRC chances are good they have not even started with yours yet, the waiting list is long.

Hi Ginz. Our 457 application was all electronically and supporting documents attached. However our PR RSMS had to contain hard copies and certified of required documents. I started with a RMA (registered migration agent) at great cost. Then a colleague got his approved without an agent as a DRC (decision ready checklist) within months. Usually DRC can only be done my agents but my colleague and some previous posts on this thread got it as a DRC by doing it themselves. So I went solo, without an agent. One cannot get PR (according to my knowledge) with an e application. Your whole application must be posted/courier to the DIAC. A non-DRC takes much longer! The DIAC decides whether yours is DRC or not.

Hi Kudarat. There are various reasons one could be approved and not the other applicant. Each application is considered individually. You and/or the other guy might not comply with the DIAC's various conditions. More documentation would be requested or the application denied. The DIAC are transparent with reasons with actions they take. The restaurant also has to apply to act as sponsor and the DIAC might feel that a limited amount of applicants are required for work at the restaurant.

Our container should arrive in Brisbane 4 Feb 2013 on the MSC Susanna. How long would it take to clear customs if the container is: 1. quarantined 2. not being quarantined 3. transport from Brisbane to Mackay or closeby (Townsville, Cairns, Rockhampton, Gladstone) Any indication, from your experiences, once your container arrived in terms of a timeline for delivery at your house? All our costs included service delivery at our doorstep. Thanks!

Well that's a new record - hope you sent your CO a box of chocolates! Just shows once in a while there is a person in DIAC that changes the usual processing expectations!

Congrats Nicolac34! Was it through an agent?

Dunken that sounds great! The very very best wishes!

Hi Albury You have ended up on the non-DRC pile! (not considered Decision Ready Certified, usually for RMA (registered Migration Agents) but now and again a DIY applicant slips through). We were in the the same boat (like the pun!) and sent an email (few lines) that the implications of waiting 6 months (at that time) would have serious consequences. I was told that it was not considered serious enough. Then I sent a 4 page email and 6 attached documents with proof to have my application expidited. It was granted and took only 4 months. Listening to some colleagues, friends and acquintances, many who have waited years for visa or permits and somethat had to go back to country of origin only to return, we consider ourselves very very fortunate!

Hi lifeardtrip We submitted our nomination and visa simulteneously on 22 Oct. Within 2 weeks my employer were notified it was approved. That is phase 1 & 2 of the process done. After submitting some outstanding paperwork by 22 Feb we had our RSMS visa. But there was a fair amount of frenzied activity in between to get thing sorted and approved. Phase 1 is about the buiness, not you. Phase 2 is about the business wanting to employ you, not much you can do about that. You part is phase 3 when you submit all your supporting documents.

Always sent it either coutier or registered post with tracking facilities and have to sign as proof of receipt. DHL for international was good (amazing tracking on internet - quiet extensive!). Auspost within Australia with registered post also good. Australian Air Services for fast courier within Australia good.

Could I share mine with you! For my RSMS application I sent in my South African PCC (police clearance certificate) and my wife's Queensland certificate. Only to be told I needed an Australian one and my wife a South African one (SA takes months!). I sent in a Queensland one to be told it has to be AFP (Australian Federal Police). I applied and yes that got lost (within the DIAC system)! I re-applied only to be told it was the wrong code (AFP made a mistake)! I re-applied and eventually got it. Now I sit with 4 different copies of PCC! My wife's PCC took qucker after a contact in SA used his "influence" to attain it quicker!

I have looked everywhere and came to the same conclusion! Some on this thread are willing to take the chance, and if caught argue "same job description same region!" But not with a family! Mine will end Feb 22 2014! I might pull the plug Dec 2013, if I decide to move?

Thats good news Veenameena! Your agent has influence! Always comes in handy! Soon now, the light at the end of the tunnel is tangible! Exciting times!