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Has any one applied for subclass 143 from subclass 173 in last 6 months? I have applied for 173 to 143 in October, received acknowledgment and request for AOS and Police check in November, submitted documents in January. Since then I have not heard from Department of immigration. I had sent them a general enquiry but received an automatic reply. Can anyone tell me what is the usual waiting period?
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Rental properties depend on the state, suburb and the type of property you want to rent. I rented a property after inspecting several houses through realestate.com.au. I selected and applied for 2/3 houses , rented the offer I got first. I am not sure which state you will be living in. I have some fare idea about Victoria. I first did a homework for renting like: my budget, requirement and suburb. Then I looked for that range through realestate.com.au. You can also visit domain.com.au but almost the houses are commmon in both the websites. There are several websites but I found these two more useful. As my budget was not very high, I had to compromise on the suburb and the type of house. I also chose to live near public transport as I do not use my cars for going to the CBD. There is no issue for international people for the rental application being approved. No track is required. You can provide your international documents as well. I have stated the steps I followed. Hope this helps you.
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Hi everyone! I arrived in Australia in mid 2014 with subclass 173. I applied for 143 in October. A week later I received acknowledgment letter with AOS and AFP request. I submitted my AOS and AFP documents in beginning Feb 2015. I received an email from DIBP stating they are currently working on July applications. Does that mean it may take another 4-5 months to get 143 finalised? Does 143 from 173 take so much time? Has anyone applied recently or around my time? Any experience of 173 to 143 shared will be appreciated.
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Hi all, I will be now applying from 173 to 143 visa. I just want to confirm that: I need to fill up form 47PT and form 40. Submit one passport size photo, certified copy of passport and first visa charge $325. Please correct me if I am wrong. I will appreciate if anyone can throw some light on the processing time of 173 to 143.
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Thanks summerdaisy. I am trying for jobs but in most of the places like banks and govt positions, they are asking for permanent residents or citizens. I have seen in the website that subclass 173 has work rights. As currently DIBP is giving electronic visa, they are keeping all details online on a system called VEVO where employers can see all applicants work rights. Anyway thanks again.
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Has anyone used VEVO? How do we see our work right ( for subclass 173) on DIAC website? On DIAC website in CPV subclas 173 under Visa Holders, under what this visa lets you do, it is mentioned , you have work and study right under this visa. However, in vevo form you do not see any work right . It is difficult to apply for jobs if you do not have work right mentioned in vevo as the employers check your vevo online to confirm your work right in Australia. Does any one have any information about this? Is anyone working in Australia in CPV 173?
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Hi Steve2 I will share my experience with you. I had applied January'13 end, filled up all required forms and certified copies of all documents. Posted through my son in Australia. My son's credit card was debited in Feb end. I waited for the acknowledgment and started chasing them March beginning, March end I received acknowledgment. I simply forgot about the visa. I spent maximum time in Australia. Received request for medical in May, had some issues with passport, sorted it out and sent medical and PCC. Immediately received pre-grant letter and 2nd VAC request. I already had money ready in Australia. My son made the Bank cheque and posted it. I received my visa after 8 days. Yours is 143, so it may take 2/3 months extra. If you have applied in June'14 , you will receive acknowledgment in September/october....if not then September end , you can send enquiry through web. You will also receive request for PCC, medical and AOS which you need to do after 10 months.It is always better to do get medical done once the CO requests and AOS after the medical. Medical takes one day as these days it is E-medical that the doctors upload instantly. Wait for few days ....if there is any issue DIBP will inform you immediately. Then go for AOS....if the proper process of AOS is followed I do not think it will take much time. Once these are done , you will receive 2nd VAC request. As soon as they receive your 2nd VAC payment your visa will be granted. you can expect for all these at least 20 months from your application or 18 months from acknowledgement date, that is my experience. Until Nov/Dec'15. it is always better to expect late than being impatient. I expected my visa to come in November and I got it in July. Hope this helps you. If you want to know about anything please feel free to ask. I had couple of issues and I have communicated with DIBP number of times.
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Thank you very much Steve2. I wish you good luck.
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Hi All, My visa subclass 173 is granted. Thanks to all of you for your kind support.
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Yes you can if your son/daughter is an Australian citizen or permanent resident. They can sponsor your for a long stay visa of 3 years (if you have travelled to Australia before) and you can stay there maximum 1 year at a time in 18 months. it is most probably visitor visa subclass 600 now. check this link http://www.immi.gov.au/legislation/amendments/2012/121124/lc24112012-02.htm. While filling up the form, you need to choose length of stay as 12 months. I have this visa but I had applied when it was 676. Now 676 is 600 but they have no where mentioned that this provision has been discontinued. So you need to check with your local High Commission.
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Usually DIAC is concerned primarily about major illnesses like Tuberculosis, HIV, Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Heart disease or any other major illness. If anyone has these illnesses, he/she will know it before going for medical.In eHealth medical, the tests done are ....Blood test, Urine test, Blood pressure , height, eight, eye power and chest Xray. You are supposed to register online on DIAC website with your HAP ID, fill up an eForm online before going for medical and declare if you have any illness or surgery history. So if anyone is clear about everything then there is a least chance of any issue. DIAC is mainly concerned about the expenditure that will incur on the migrant after migration. As for me , I do periodic check up of my health and I know my health condition, hence , I was not all that worried about medical. Fisher1 is correct, one can get a premedical check up done if he/she has any doubt. Once you do medical for DIAC the doctor or nursing home is not supposed to disclose the result to you unless you have some one known there. If anyone wants to know which all tests the panel doctors do then download this PDF file... https://www.dropbox.com/s/5kerpwis2gu2hnb/panel-doctors-instructions.pdf . I hope this will help many. This is the detailed instructions for panel doctors so we know in detail how the medical is done.
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Hi Barry, I have done offshore eHealth medial couple of times for various visas. You are never communicated or notified about the results if it is a paper application like contributory parent visa. You can see the medical status (whether DIAC has received it or not) if you apply online. About the result, you are communicated only if there is any issue. Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Hi Priya my visa application was 173 not 173 to 143.
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Thanks Petina. Since application lodging in end of Jan 2013, it took exactly 17 months to get the 2nd VAC request.
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Hi all, I received 2nd VAC and pre-grant letter couple of days back. I sent an Australian Bank Cheque to DIBP. Auspost delivered it yesterday. Can anyone tell me how many days does it take to grant the visa after DIBP receives the Bank Cheque?