Slartibartfast
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@ibic2006 I waited until my nomination was approved before applying for the visa in case the nomination was rejected as my company are disorganised and if it was rejected I would have lost the application fee too. But it does mean the process takes a lot longer, as the visa application takes as long to get to the front of the queue as a nomination /visa together, if you see what I mean. Seeing as how the nomination was lodged late September, I would guess that even if you submit your visa application asap that's too big a gap for them both to be processed together. So either wait for nomination then submit, or submit visa now and you'll get it processed about a month or so earlier than if you wait. Depends if you have faith that your employer has done it all right!
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I use https://www.witopia.net/ for iplayer, and download programmes to avoid streaming delays etc. You do need a pretty hefty internet download limit though - I have used Internode for almost 4 years and am now on their 1000GB limit - as hard as my son tried to reach that limit, he's not hit it yet! Sky go have just started blocking access from VPNs though, I have everything crossed that BBC don't do the same, I can't face an exclusive diet of Aus tv!
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Wow, that is a long time... What documents were requested?
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The salary packaging might not be a problem, as it only reduces her taxable income, not the gross income, and that (gross income) should be evidenced in the employment contract and any deductions should be able to be referenced in the salary packaging documentation. However I think 186 visas now have a market rate salary requirement, rather than a minimum salary requirement, so your wife should be being paid the market rate for her job, which should be the same as or more than the current minimum rate for her 457 and the same as non-sponsored people doing the same job in her organisation. I've had a quick look and you might be ok though - it's about $55k here : http://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=Program_Administrator%2c_Non-Profit_Organization/Salary Check this carefully with your wife's company's MA or HR department - and you might want to wait until the nomination is definitely approved before applying for your visa, as that way you won't be wasting your money if the nomination is rejected. It will take longer, but you won't be wasting your money.
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There is a new document!! - see my signature
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Fantastic. Here's the shortened link for people's signatures (top right, Settings, then left hand column, edit my signature) https://goo.gl/SM8j0A
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Are you in a situation where you can take a look at what's going to be submitted or, even better, save your employers' time and do it for them? I did it for my company, put together a covering letter from my boss summarising all the evidence requested and what was attached, basically a one stop shop for the CO, with loads of numbered attachments for them to check the evidence. Once it was submitted (I had to get an extra 28 days as time was running out when I came back to the office off a long term project and saw the muddled rubbish the office manager was about to upload) we got nomination approval within a day or so (although the email was missed by my boss and I was on vacation...)
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You need to grant access to edit that, it's still locked.
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Your Employer's MA or responsible person will be emailed with the outcome of the nomination process and of course they can check their Immi account. If you have any doubt as to the capability of the person dealing with it within your company then gently remind them to check, I was delayed 6 weeks as the person in my firm missed the email. :mad:
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I've clicked through from the spreadsheet to request whoever has locked it to release it. We can either wait for a response or ONE person can save a copy of the document, make it editable by all, and then share the new, updated URL for the sheet.
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So your employer will get notified of the nomination outcome first, March or April, if you are very lucky they will pick up your visa application at the same time, but there doesn't seem to be a standard. You might never know when you get a CO, you might just get the much awaited grant email...
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Moving cities, same company & job....will 457 still be valid?
Slartibartfast replied to Matt Cahill's topic in Visa Chat
Have you been officially made redundant - has the paperwork been done? I've heard of people in similar situations agreeing to go on unpaid leave for a short period while the new job is sorted, that way there's no break in employment, but you'd have to evidence the unpaid leave in a letter or something from your employer as your salary might look too low when you apply for your 186. -
March, maybe April. Do you have nomination already or were both applications submitted in October?
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The 186 direct entry route is better, it's just that lots of employers don't go straight to permanent residency as you can theoretically leave straight away, as with a 457 you belong to them. You'll need to submit marriage certificate anyway when you apply, so it should all add up, same passport number etc.
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But allocating could be very different from actually processing. They were "allocating early July" from about the end of October I think, early Nov, and we got our grant from a 1st July application on 31st Dec.
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Click Settings at the top right of the screen, then under My Settings on the left side column click Edit Signature.
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It varies completely. When my company was asked for extra docs for nomination, they said to me that there was no rush (I basically had to submit all supporting documentation as the ex-business manager had just sent the form...) and they wouldn't look at the file for 28 days. But for my visa I was telephoned and asked to re-upload a corrupted pdf, the email which came at about the same time gave me 7 days to reply, I replied in about 180 seconds, literally, and got my visa about 10 mins later.
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We did ours just after we lodged, your Immi account should have a tab for health checks, if you click through it will generate your HAP IDs for all applicants and let you book your medicals. I would definitely do it before your application is due to come to the top of the pile, otherwise you've a pretty much guaranteed 28 day wait after your CO asks you do do medicals, you do them, results go back, and the CO picks up your file 28 days later.
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I've just tried and I couldn't get it to work, so rather then mess about and break the spreadsheet, can someone else have a go?
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The reciprocal agreement won't pay for you to be repatriated if you are badly injured, just for medically essential treatment in Australia. You really should think about travel insurance - we used Go Walkabout for initial cover when we came over on our visa before registering for Medicare, they seem to offer long term cover http://www.go-walkabout.co.uk/ A rental would be extremely difficult to arrange from overseas I would think, can your family find something locally, someone who wants housesitting while they are away abroad, or a personally agreed lease without an agent getting involved? See if you can negotiate a rate for long stay from a holiday let - if they're not constantly cleaning for new arrivals they might be willing to be flexible. Or try AirBNB, see if someone has a granny flat, or if you just want a private room an bathroom as a base as you'll be with your family most of the time. I hope this helps - good luck!
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The only guide we can give is from the progress of others on this forum, which can be seen in the google document in my signature. If you're direct entry you should hear soon as they seem to be processed quicker than Transition stream.
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You're probably best off starting your own thread - by EA do you mean Engineers Australia? A title like "Engineers Australia assessment - what's needed for 186?" might get you the responses you need.
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186 direct entry_university lecturer
Slartibartfast replied to unique5787's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Would your spouse have to have been on your employer's 186 nomination in order to be included in your visa? Check this with HR, or ring Immi. Presumably your spouse doesn't already have PR or is an Aus citizen? Maybe HR can amend their nomination to include your wife? Congratulations by the way! -
186 direct entry_university lecturer
Slartibartfast replied to unique5787's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
186 Direct entry visas are currently taking about 5 months to be approved. If your nomination and visa are submitted close together then they are likely to be processed together. But that relies on your nomination definitely being successful, because if your nomination is rejected then you have lost the money you paid for your visa. If you wait until nomination has been approved then you will be looking at another wait for your visa, but it would hopefully not be another 5 months. Processing has been incredibly slow lately - May 2015 applications were processed in about 3 months, July applications took over 6 months, and it must speed up, surely!