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Hi Guys I have a small question about overseas police check if someone can answer. I and my wife applied for 186 in april and our overseas police check at that time was only 3 months old . The application is still in progress and may take a few months before it gets finalized. As the police checks are apparently valid for 12 months so is there any chances of visa officer requesting for a new police check even we never left australia since then and the existing one is still valid and still have 8 or nine months validity on it? Because while here in Australia getting the police check done from my country is very difficult. So we should better start working on it now if there is a possibility of requesting another police check by DIBP.

Hi Bolo Congratulations mate ... Can I ask are you from a low risk or a high risk country? And do they call employer or visit before approving PR? Cheers

Congrats mate .... you are lucky . It depends sometime its a same CO deciding both nomination and visa application. I jave a feeling you will get 187 by tomorrow or maximum this week . Good luck and keep updating us. I applied my stand alone nomination on 15th of December and still no news . I applied my visa last month as it was expiring on 15th pf march so couldn't really do a decision ready one . Any ways I still haven't heard about nomination. Cheers

Any updates mates after easter ..... ???

Sure mate .. its nsw.pse@immi.gov.au

Lucky You ..... How much time it took you to get your PR? I mean ur 187 timeline ? I'm still waiting on my nomination which my employer lodged in December 2012 . I lodged my visa application this month as my student visa was expiring. Let's see how I go . My application is a complete decisions ready checklist but it all depends on nomination . They will not even look into it if something gose wrong with nomination.

Thanks Blossom. . One more question ... I have been living in Australia since may 2010 but on a student visa and never went offshore since then . Dose that matter? I mean will my student visa time be counted too?

Hi Dose anybody know when the citizenship count down time starts? Like when we apply a permanent resident visa and get a bridging visa dose that one year starts from the bridging visa grant date if later on we get the permanent residency. Or it will start from the grant date of permanent residence? CHEERS

Hi I sent a blank email to immigration on Wednesday. They have some system issues with Decision Ready applications. It says At the moment our system is not readily identifying applications declared as*“Decision Ready”*by a registered migration agent. As an interim measure we suggest that you send an email to the relevant processing office mailbox advising that the application is decision ready with the TRN number highlighted in the subject line. *Please ensure that the application is decision ready. So contact your MA for this if you lodged a decision ready application.

LOLS :biggrin: I recon it's gonna take more then 6 months to get my nomination approval only. One month ago they told me they haven't even touched my application. But everyone in this forum is on the same boat so pretty relaxing as I'm not the only one in this waiting world.

Hi Guys My employer lodge my RSMS 187 nomination in December 2012 with approved RCB. Since then my application is in progress status . I was waiting for the nomination and planing to lodge a ready .My visa expiring this month so I have to now lodge my application to get a bridging visa. Dose anybody have any idea how much time a stand alone nomination normally takes? My employer contracted immigration and they said they are still working on Paper based application.