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Finally ..........VISA GRANT!!!! :-) decided to look before I went to bed and there it was! Hot off the press! Flights booked 29th Dec!! Happy days! :biggrin:

We got a CO on 30/10 and the initial assessment took place by 7/11. I think your agent is just trying to manage your expectations....which isn't a bad thing.

Yeah I think you're right. Are you also Team 4 Adelaide?

Hi, could do with anyone's thoughts on this please? Everything was moving along great. CO allocated....email asking for kids birth certificate with parents names on it, that's it.........uploaded same day 7/11........then nothing. Rightly or wrongly we thought we would hear pretty quickly after the 7th and my wife now has a job to start in January in Perth, so we are really needing to book flights, container, etc. i'm thinking we book flights for 29/12, get the removal people in and just go for it as I'm sure we will hear something shortly but the OH is saying we shouldn't book anything until we get the visa. Arghhhhhh!!! P.s. Ive emailed Team 4 twice in the last week and got no response. I've rang them as well and been told all documents are there and the average turn around time is 6 MONTHS!

Well done Deeacz!!! It's all happening this morning......we got an email from Team 4 Adelaide and all they've asked for is a more detailed copy of the kids birth certificates. So close! ;-)

From accepting our nomination to getting our visa invite took 5 days but that included a weekend. Ours was a 190 visa though and so the visa invitations for a 189 are different.

Just rang the Adelaide number Deeacz put on a PP thread last week. We were allocated a CO 30/10 and she says that all the documents we were asked for appear to be there so the CO will be in touch soon.

Congratulations! how did you find out?

Thats because I'm trying to get out of here before the year is up! :-) Everything uploaded and playing the waiting game for a CO.

We had our Medicals today in Manchester and when we got back, the police clearances were sitting on the doormat. Just logged on to upload them and the kids Medicals have already been uploaded by the hospital. All taking shape.....

Yeah we can keep this post up to date so we'll be able to see how we are both progressing.

We lodged ours on the 25/9. Medicals booked for 8/10 and PCC due back in the next week. Busy with get things docs certified and will upload them next week.

Thanks Tomate, unfortunately I've had someone (nurse) on a 457 who had to get there colour copies certified after submission but as usual it probably depends on how you CO is feeling that day! congrats on getting your Visa!

Hi, are there any nurses or midwives who have recently been granted their 189/190 visa, who can confirm that DIAC accept colour copies of documents rather than certified black & white copies? Thanks, Gordon

We got married last year at The BlueWater Grill at Applecross. You pay Melville Council to use the lawned area in front of the restaurant and had the reception on the terrace of the restaurant. We only had about 30 people at the wedding (20 adults and 10 children) and I was amazed how much cheaper it was than the wineries. We obviously researched loads of places in Perth first and found they all wanted minimum 50 or 60 people. PM me if you would like pics or telephone numbers of celebrant, photographer, etc. I'm not saying it was cheap but i'am Scottish so let's just say I'm canny with my money! :-) The day was absolutely perfect.