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Thanks for the info, We have friends we can stay with while job hunting in October, So we can use their address to start with. Will follow Boomerang's suggestion, and settle most of these things during our recce trip. For the TFN, are you actually taxable from the moment you take up the TFN, or would we only be taxed on income from October onwards ? Cheers,

Hi, We have our Visa sorted and we are planning to land in Sydney by October this year. :cool: First we'll be visiting Sydney in May for some recce and groundwork. In May the whole Family is going together to activate our visa's, In October I might be going ahead for job hunting, wife n kid joining 2 months later. Should we request for a TFN and medicare registration in May, Or should we only do this in October ? Any other accounts / registrations we could do in May to save us trouble later ? Thanks.

Got a call from our agent today... VISA GRANTED !! Yipiee ! We received our invite early December, Filed around 10th of December. So excited ! Now we can finally plan ahead ! Cheers !

I looked into ACT earlier, They were requesting for proof of vacancies / jobs available in ACT to file for ACT SS. For ACT, most software / tester / engineering jobs seems related to the military (Security Clearance required) or the government, meaning you need Citizenship to apply. But it's worth a try if you can provide the required proof of vacancies. ACT sounds like a nice are to stay. Surely VIC will see a lot of applications for SS, and I expect it depends also on the industry you are in. They will likely favour ICT / PC software experience over embedded systems experience ? Best of luck ! Cheers,

Yeah, I guess we all can relate to how hard the waiting game can be... but as long as you had no reply, you have to be positive. The quota's for this year might be (almost) met for most occupations by now. But I understand by June/ July time frame they will announce the 2013-2014 quota's ? As you have skills in the Software line of work, chances are your category will be on the list for 189 application 2nd half of this year ? Good luck on the Vic SS. Cheers,

Hi, Our Vis SS wasn't successful, we decided not to apply for ACT. Then we managed to go trough on our 189 visa without State Sponsorship. We did our medicals about a week ago, almost there now... Cheers,

Hi, every case might be different, pending if you are from a HR (High Risk) country, etc... I filed and paid the fee around Dec 10 and our CO requested us to do medical and pcc about a week ago.

It might take a few weeks to get a CO Assigned. Then, you won't hear from your CO unless they need extra docs or request to proceed with PCC and Medicals. Hang in there, you should see your application move soon now ! Cheers,

Hi, Same in Singapore, They will only entertain PCC requests if you have a letter from your CO asking for it. They won't even issue a clearance report to foreigners, seems they will mail it directly to Diac instead. Not sure why. I just booked our medicals. Clinic said no need to fast. Can anybody who done medicals recently confirm this ? no need to fast in the morning when going for medicals check ? Thanks.

We received message from our CO to go ahead with Medicals and Police Clearance ! Yippiee ! we can take the last few hurdles in the coming weeks Cheers,

Hi, I also lodged my application early December. Hope to hear from our CO soon. Just wanted to 'up' this thread. Shouldn't be long now... Cheers,

No. Wait for CO to be assigned. Your CO will ask you to do Medicals and PPC. Be patient, Xmas & New year might slow things a bit, but you'll get there soon. Cheers,

I have a similar problem, I get :"This service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." Same error comes up for the past few days. Is it only available during certain times of day (night) ? Anyone can confirm if this link is working ? Thanks.

Hi, Congrats on your invite ! I started a December invite thread early December. there is more info from fellow Dec invitees there. Link : http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/169678-december-invites-christmas-could-come-early.html (I hope I linked that up right. ) Now you have your invite, you can lodge your application with Diac, there should be a checklist of the docs you need to submit on Diac website ? I'm not sure as I used an agent to file my application. Should be a matter of months before you get your visa now. Best of luck !

With only 0.5 short in writing, it might be worth to file an appeal and have the writing score re-assessed. If you have enough points to spare, be happy with 7's