Dogorman65

I'm going to try and work those dates out, now I believe the employer put in for nomination n 5th Sept, and we put our stuff in on the 7th Sept. From recollection the nomination was acknowledged on the 24th Oct, and our side about the 15th Nov.

 

What I would say is the the acknowledged for our side of the application wasn't, or didn't appear to be, an automated one.It provided details of the bridging visa (in case our 457 was running out) and also informed us that we had submitted a valid application. I understand that this means someone has looked at the paperwork just to ascertain that all the necessary documents are there ready for someone to just make a decision. The we herd nothing until the decision email, which it stated it had been granted.

That is great TP, you dont need to be to be too precise. I have a good idea. Thanks very much for that

I'm pleased to be able to let you all know that things are moving in the Parramatta office as we were granted our visa yesterday.

 

We went through the direct entry stream. The employer lodged their application the begging of Sept, we put our stuff in two days after that. We got an acknowledgment email for each part around mid October/early Nov. The heard nothing until the visa grant email came through. We were not made aware we had a case officer, and apart from the acknowledgment of a valid application we heard nothing in between submitting out visa and the grant.

 

We are a non-DRC application, however we submitted all the documents as per the DRC list.

 

Our application was done without an agent, so if there are any questions I can answer based on my experience with the process without an agent I am very happy to try and do that. The thing I can't comment on is anything to do with the skills assessment as this was not required due to being on the exempt list.

 

Hopefully other peoples are on their way soon!

Hey TP,

Congratualations! You must be on cloud nine.

What date specifically did you send your application, and when did you get an acknowledgement on the application?

I am DRC and have a very similar timeline. Both Nom/App Lodged on the 13th of September with electronic verification of receipt on that day, acknowledgement on the 20th of November.

Hopefully I shouldn't be too far behind!

Cheers

Hey guys,

Does anyone know how long a break the Immigration department take at Christmas time? Is it a case that everything gets put on hold for a 2-3 week period?

Cheers

Hey guys,

Can anyone tell me how you get notified if a Case Officer is assigned? Is there just a change in status on the online portal? Or do they sent out a letter/email?

My MA has the login to my online application portal and they get all correspondence sent to them, so I am trying to work out how the best way I can get notified.

Thanks for all your help.

Hi longwaitahead,

Did these other people happen to mention their submission dates? Cheers

Hey guys,

Does anyone know what the process is if the Nomination and Application are submitted together, submitted as DRC, and submitted online.

My MA said that they got an instant confirmation when they submitted online. Does this mean anything? Or does is it just the online system verifying the submission?

Why I ask:

I asked my MA to keep me updated on any correspondence. It was submitted exactly two months ago but they have not said anything to me yet.

If I was meant to get a "Nomination Received" or "Nomination Approval" in that time, I can go back and kick their ass about it. I have to go through these guys because my company uses them, and as result they are pretty complacent about providing a good customer service.

Cheers