Slartibartfast
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Try this : http://myaccessaustralia.com/salary-186-ens-187-rsms-visa-permanent-residency/
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The salary must be market rate, there's no minimum any more, from what I've read, so you need to show that other, Australian, employees are paid the same as you. Look under the Employer tab here http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/186-
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I think yes, it's indicating that they have issues with your application and are inviting you to comment before they reject it formally. @Sweetu had one. Do you have an MA? If not, find a good one if you don;t know what's happening. Info re letter here : https://www.y-axis.com/services/australia-natural-justice-cover-letter/ but I am NOT recommending those agents, they just have posted about it.
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They will only contact you if they need to clarify something or want extra documents uploaded. If it's all ok you just get that magical GRANT email.
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Unfortunately there's no concrete answer. Maybe, as from my reading of this thread over the last six months, some people have had their subsequently lodged visa processed at the same time as their nomination, but equally some have not... I guess you'll have your answer in the next few weeks!
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I didn't, and it wasn't requested. LR country, transition stream.
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I'm the same, my husband wanted to come, we came for a temporary "long holiday" but have enjoyed the experience and then would have been gutted not to get PR and be booted out. I think it's because you're out of control - if you want to go back home then that's fine, but it's not if someone is making the decision for you. If the worst comes to the worst, could you wait and go transfer stream after you've been on 457 for 2 years? But surely your MA wouldn't have lodged your visa application without being as sure as possible that all is in order?
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She doesn't sound like she has much tact. But I guess we're at the end of January now, mid July applications are still untouched, so by the end of February they'll be thinking about starting on mid August, if they keep working at the same sloooooow pace, so March isn't all that unlikely. Just have faith that it will come, check your documents are all in order - certified or whatever you need, and hopefully you'll get that amazing email before you completely lose the will to love!
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Oh that's good, I recall you saying you didn't think you had a long enough period of assessment for VETASSESS. At least your MA is talking with your CO, hopefully they will agree what is finally needed and you can be granted your visa without much more hassle. Do you have nomination sorted yet, or is it still all up in the air? This is such a stressful time...
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Did you get your skills assessment sorted in the end?
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I didn't supply it, I read online that it's only by request : http://renumigrationservices.com/?p=240. I certainly couldn't face itemising every element of our previous lives - travel, holidays etc, without really, REALLY having to!
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I wouldn't have thought it would make much difference whether you get married or not before you get PR, but it's probably best not overloading the CO with info - they seem to struggle with the basics sometimes... But it'll take a while to plan a wedding won't it? Surely you'll be sorted in a couple of months (I know, I know, I've been there, I have said surely so many times but even looking on the pessimistic side it's gotta happen for you...), so plan an Autumn wedding!
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I am soooooo pleased for you! From experience, you'll spend the rest of today grinning like a lunatic and doing Kermit the frog impressions, waving your arms around and going :jiggy: Oh, and texting/emailing the people who you have been whinging at for all these months to say it's now safe to open their inbox! Enjoy!
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But why are they asking you for your licence, they should be dealing with your boss for the nomination... Bizarre, but hopefully yes your visa application will jump onto the swift moving coat tails of your nomination and be rubber stamped asap. Go Peppa!
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Then ask your MA for the number, we're not allowed to post it on here.
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How do you know your case is with WA? If you've got correspondence from them then the direct line should be on that. Forum rules mean we cannot share direct line numbers, sorry.
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I did it myself, and it was pretty straightforward. Certainly cheaper! The stories on here about (a small minority of) MAs who have messed up are infuriating, and I would expect (hope?) that a CO who sees a few issues with a self-submitted application is just going to pick up the phone and sort it out when the case comes to the top of the pile, and you don't have the delays say if CO opens file, sees something is missing, CO contacts MA, MA faffs around a bit, is busy with other people, then passes request on to client, clients gets docs, sends to MA who then uploads it. Of course if you have any unusual aspects to your application though, say health issues, estranged family not on the application, change of company name or whatever, then it might be worth at least getting an MA's advice. We were straightforward, so had no issues.
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OK @aber261. Here goes! I finalised my company's nomination of me because it appeared that the business manager just sent in the nomination form with no supporting documents... Unsurprisingly they were then (4 months later) sent a letter requesting about 6 categories of information, including a load of info about the training benchmark, commitment to training existing employees etc etc, Luckily I was back from a project and in the office so I could get it all together and submit it since the useless business manager had left anyway. The nomination was approved 2 days after I submitted 35 pages of evidence and attachments. Phew! Did your company get a specific request in the terms you've quoted above? Or is it a checklist from somewhere? I didn't prepare my nomination from scratch (if I had done I would have had PR at least 6 months earlier) so haven't looked at any guidelines for submission. I prepared a letter (eventually 5 pages!) from my boss, with the requests headlined and then the answer in a paragraph and referring to attachments eg. Request : Evidence of full time employment in Australia for 2 years in a 3 year period immediately preceding the nomination in the nominated occupation. MY NAME has been employed as a XX XX professional (ANZSCO job title) and actively performing the duties of that occupation full time since July 2012. Please find attached the following documents : • My Initials 1 : PAYG Payment summaries for 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 • My Initials 2 : Payslip dated 26/03/2015 showing YTD earnings and confirming current employment. • MI3 : For completeness, copies of leave records, indicating that xx did not take any periods of absence from employment which she was not entitled to. I have put a few responses in your query above (my responses are underlined) and these are to the best of my knowledge. My response to Immi was (very) probably overwordy, I wanted to make everything crystal clear to minimise further delays, as we were already on the back foot for basically not having provided anything at all, so I wanted to keep them sweet. The letter therefore stepped them through our responses and summed up the contents of the attachments, which they could refer to for proof. I hope this helps you! Good luck!
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Presumably your TRN refers to your Visa application, not the nomination application - they are unable to discuss the nomination with you. Are you sure your MA has uploaded the contract?
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The website says 15 working days, ours came after 2 weeks.
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Maybe if you start a thread on this board titled "Agreement stream 186,anyone with experience?" or something then people who have gone through the Agreement stream will see it. The only people here are those waiting for or recently received visas, and it's clear that there aren't any in your situation.
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You have to lodge your application within 6 months of nomination grant, according to this : http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/186-
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You will be asked for a new one, to cover the crime spree you embarked on in June... :shocked: They're easier to do now, your referee doesn't have to sign anything and it's all submitted online.
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You should post your own thread on the forum, titled "Permanent visa with health waiver - ASD dependant" or something, that should get you more responses than in here as there won't be many who have come across this issue.
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Do you currently have a health waiver, ie a visa granted despite health issues? If you do, from what I've read, all that sentence means is that you might not be able to claim that waiver long term, as the dept might consider the health issue might be too costly long term, although it was prepared to accept it in the shorter term of the 457. There is also no health waiver available for direct entry 186, just transition stream (according to this https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Heal/overview-of-the-health-requirement/visas-that-have-a-health-waiver-provision) so you must have held a 457 for 2 years before applying for a 186 with sponsorship from the same employer. You should get this query answered by a reputable migration agent too, to avoid wasting money in case your visa cannot be granted with an acceptable waiver.