PollyGirl

Mollie I think that if the property is rented for 2 years capital gains tax comes in to force.. I had a nightmare agent who was 'let go'.. now got another one .. she's ok but still does not send on information.. one of my neighbour's alerts me... and has done so quite often. I want to hold on to my little house for as long as I can ... my situation is different came here to join my partner and still have good and bad days, where I get home sick.. have driven to the airport a couple of times. It's early days... but always imagined retiring in it... don't know whether I could afford anywhere here, not on our wages. Keep your options open .....

Congratulations Pollygirl thats great news. Hope all goes well in OZ.

Thank you it felt like a lifetime apart from my OH, but was worth the wait. Good luck to all those still waiting x

Well got my Spouse visa granted last Monday and flew out Tuesday night and arrived in Brisbane Thursday morning and so glad to see my OH after over 5 months separation, its been a real worry, I hate flying especially on my own and the flight wasn't the best. Jet lag been a joke, but slept better last night. I still have to pinch myself to believe I am here. I feel that I am living in a dream, but know it will take time to settle. OH is back to work now, and gives me a chance to have a nap. Good luck to all those still waiting, it is worth the wait!!!!:biggrin:

Hello ... I posted this 2 years ago and wanted to give an update.

 

We had our Migration Review Tribunal hearing in Sydney on June 7 (almost exactly 2 years after we lodged the application). It was all over in about 20 minutes and we found out a few days later that we were successful, thank goodness.

 

This has been a very long and expensive process (probably $10,000 all up, taking lawyer's fees and travel costs into account) and, even though we're happy that we had a successful appeal, I'm still pretty angry that we had to go through this rigmarole just because my husband is cursed with ulcerative colitis.

 

Anyway, if anyone has any questions about the MRT process, feel free to PM me. We still have a bit more of a wait ahead of us as this just got us past the health requirement and now the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C. has to complete the processing of the visa application - plus we have to redo the FBI and medical as they've now expired. So it will be > 3 years just to get a spouse visa - crazy!

Well done to you both for sticking it out, it worked out in the end!!! The world as truely gone mad, good luck for the future and your return to Oz !!!:biggrin:

Application sent by agent Jan 5th, acknowledged Jan 12th

Visa issued today!, 20th June.

Waited until a few weeks after submitting for medical to be done.

Our CO was VF.

 

Hope this is useful to those waiting.

Amazing news Chris, gives hopes to the rest of us waiting !!! Congratulations and let us know how you get on :biggrin:

Hey guys where is that thread? Can't find it. Visa granted today it was called.

Dave could you add me. I applied jan 20th spouse PR in London and MT is my CO and told end of june( earliest).

Cheers!!

Amazing!!! Congratulations, so that was under the 5 month window???? Well done :jiggy:

I don't think anyone claims to have insider knowledge. People just report what their COs have said.

Absolutely, I have a migration agent who I contact on a regular basis, she is going to re-contact my CO the end of June to check if I am still on for the date the CO gave me originally, but has warned me that this date has shifted backwards. Fact not Fiction !

Strangely I got told that the Partner Visas numbers had reached there limit for 2012, they were not being capped but that the processing time was being delayed and that outstanding visas would take longer than anticipated. This was via my migration officer who had enquired whether my visa could be processed quicker, and this is when my CO relayed the above message to her about 2 weeks ago.:mad:

I know! It's driving me nuts, everything depends on this visa. Think I'm starting to annoy people with how much I go on about it :laugh:

Ditto it sends you mad literally !!!!!!:wacko:

Hi PollyGirl,

 

No migration service, we did it ourselves, which is probably why it took about six months to compile! We had planned to submit jan 2012! Lol! 21st July not far off, you must be getting excited/nervous??

To be honest had to find all the paperwork etc and I sorted it out and chased up results from the medical myself, and pushed when I needed information from the CO which I thought was what the migration agent was going to do, and why we had instructed a migration service. Naively we were told originally that the visa would take 3-4 months, which once money had exchanged hands, went immeadiately to 5+ months. But we are at least in the system. The hardest thing for us is that my OH is already in Oz and I had to stay behind. :arghh: Still got lots to sort out and the house needs sorting ready to let, fingers crossed for July x

Wee have MT, who has siad end of June at the very earliest. I thinnk we submitted 20th Jan this year.

Good glad they are all singing off the same hymn sheet, We submitted end of Feb, told end of July

Yes, Pollygirl. We have MC. Can't really comment on her feedback etc yet, as still waiting for police checks to send her, so will probably contact her more then.

Glad to hear someone else has one MC, was thinking we were the only ones ! Will keep updating when have more news.

LOL so were we!!! Keep updating,did you use a migration service?? Fingers crossed we have been given a date around the 21st of July for my visa to be granted !

Has anyone got MC as there CO??

Do you know the reason for the delays Polly? We are really lucky that we are both in the UK and will be moving over together (husband has dual nationality). Well, hopefully, as long as they grant me a visa! I don't think I could cope with the uncertainty like you and some others do on here. Hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer.

Too many visa's to process I suppose, Spouse visa's weren't to be capped, but who knows. The wait is killing us!!! Keeping busy, but it feels like a lifetime away :grumpy1

I thought 309/100 visas weren't supposed to have a 'cap' on them. Sounds like there will be a flood of approvals in July then.

Since I have applied the goal posts have shifted several times, the timescale is more like 6 months than 5! I was told 3-4 when I first applied. Just got to hope that things improve and they issue the visas asap!!! Was told July, but can't see it to be honest!

Spoke to my migration agent today, a bit worried as I have booked my flight for the first week of August, my CO said that she hoped to grant my Spouse Visa on or around the 21st July, 5 months from application and I hoped by leaving it an extra 2 weeks, it would cover me. But due to changes on the 1st July, could result in delays in VISA's. I will have been apart from my OH 6 months by the time I fly back to OZ, so a delay would be a nightmare!!!! As anyone else been told of delays?? :confused:

Well it was a week ago since I booked my flight for August, got freight companies coming end of next week, to quote. Spent last weekend clearing loft, still got to decide do I take the Xmas tree or not?? Trying to keep everything to a minimum. Got to get a skip to clear the house, redecorate and rent this place till the market picks up. Roll on August. Thanks for all your comments, please let my visa come back on time, pretty please CO. Thinking of everyone on their waiting VISA :hug: Cant wait to get back to my OH, these next couple of months going to be hard x

Did something that I said I wasn't going to do......... Spouse Visa is due to be granted the end of July, OH is already in Oz, was fed up and missing him so much. So I have booked my ticket to Brisbane for the first week of August, worst comes to worse can reschedule the flight for later in month or fly out on a holiday visa. Fingers crossed that the visa comes on time. Good luck to all those in the same boat :hug:

I'm pretty sure that you can go in to a different AHPRA office to prove identity as they can bring up your record on computer/ contact the original AHPRA office that dealt with your registration.

Cheers will do xx

Aw PollyGirl, can you not fly out earlier and then go offshore when it's visa granting time? I feel for you, I can't imagine being away from my df, hopefully time will fly by and you can make the most of the UK whilst you're here...is there anything that you'd like to do before you go?

No unfortuntately I can't, my contract had a clause in it which meant that I had to give 3 months notice and due to not having a clear VISA date couldn't start that process until my CO gave a all clear with everything. Nightmare, as if I had tried to break the contact, it may have caused problems for me having a reference for future employment in OZ. I wish people realised how stressful this VISA process is :em4600: counting down now

Well I got my email today with the letter for nurse registration, and when I arrive to go to APHRA Office to prove identity. Relieved, but still got to find work, maybe I will sleep now been a real stressful time. Feel for all those still waiting, hang in there!!!! Don't know if I can go to the Brisbane Office instead of where I sent my application, hopefully xx

Dear All, I have my nursing registration letter now, but have to wait now for my spouse visa, have been told it will be at the earliest 21 July, so have resigned myself to this, that will be 5 months, and 6 months since I have seen my husband. But feel lucky that my circumstances are different to some as my OH is not in the armed forces, and know we will see each other again, but miss him so much:em4600: x

Agh

got a response from our CO today saying visa won't be granted till late June at the earliest. We submitted it late January's this means that his 3 month tourist visa expires end of may and so hub will have to leave country and then will have to do it again end of June or early July when visa isgranted. So depressed and fed up. Financially we are in such a hole!!

hope other posters aren't doing it so tough.

Hello Playghirl,

I have had the same problem, I was told originally that my visa should be granted 3-4 months from application date,as the CO was processing quicker. However, that date changed and in the last week, apparently the processing time as in fact increased due to a rise in demand and capping. Therefore, my visa is now close to the 6 month mark, which also means I haven't seen my husband for 6 months!!! Feel for you both as it is a stressful time, and I must say this last week as been a nightmare, but have to refocus on the end of July beginnning of August and just keep going. Good Luck!!!!

Any January applicants with updates?? We are going mad.. About 3 months now for us. We in Oz and OH tourist visa will expire 26th may... Don't know what to do!

Just a word of warning got my application in for Feb 2012, just got an email to say that due to the amount being processed, the earlier date of July, as now been put back to August!!! Very upset right now, as had everything planned. Everything medical, police check, paperwork already done, dont require anything else!!!!! So frustrated that means I wont have seen my husband for over 6 months!!!

Pollygirl I might be asking the obvious here so forgive me but do they tell you prior to it being approved the date that they are actually going to grant it so you can leave the country?

Just thought I would update you, have recieved a email via my Migration Agent, our CO as given me a date of 21/7/12 as the date or shortly after date for when my visa should be granted. So keeping my fingers crossed. That will be 5 months from start to finish, but being very cautious, as would love to now book the flight, but holding on for more information.