Wanji

For me it took two or three days.

Awesome!! Thats ridiculously fast!

So I quit my job today. Best feeling ever haha!

probably will fly to Perth at the end of October!

I'm from the Netherlands. I also didn't have to show them my birth certificate. Only had to get a chest X-ray taken and upload a copy of my passport. After this I got my visa!

Thanks

Got my conformation email. Visa has been granted. Now I have to quit my job and hopefully I'll be able to leave for Australia in late October. Exciting times ahead!!

I send them a scanned copy of my passport. Just hope they will give me the damn visa already. Jealous of all those people who got their visa in 24 hours haha

So I got the chest x-ray taken yesterday. This morning I got an email that I have to provide a certified copy of my passport. Will a scanned copy be ok? Seems like a lot of trouble just to have to get it certified....

So I've applied on the 23rd. This morning I got an email saying I had to provide additional information. Have to get a chest x-Ray taken. Probably because I lived in Uganda for a bit 5 years ago. Hopefully everything will be fine!

I didn't provide those in late May, so it must just be on rare occasions where they request it.

Awesome, thank you! Would be quite a hassle to get it translated in English etc. Now nothing stands in the way of me applying :chatterbox:

Maybe the rules recently changed?

This is what's mentioned on the website;

• Certified copies of the biographical pages of the current passports or travel documents of all people included in the application (these are the pages with the holder's photo and personal details and the issue/expiry dates).
  
• A certified copy of your birth certificate showing both parents' names. If you do not have a birth certificate and are unable to get one, you must provide a certified copy of the identification pages of at least one of the following documents:
  
  • family book showing both parents' names
    
  • identification document issued by the government
    
  • court-issued documents that verify your identity.
    

   

   

  [*]If your name has changed: a certified copy of evidence of the name change.

  [*]Two recent passport-sized photographs (45 m x 35 mm).

   

  • These photographs should be of the head and shoulders only against a plain background
    
  • Print the name of the person on the back of each photograph.
    

   

   

  [*]If you have served in the armed forces of any country: certified copies of military service record or discharge papers.

  [*]Evidence of sufficient funds: certified copy of a bank statement showing you have access to funds of at least AUD 5000

   

Hello!

I was just looking at the WHV requirements on the website of the Australian government.

do you really have to provide a certified copy of your birth certificate?

Keep up the good work and updating this thread. Interesting read!

Im thinking about coming out next month. Looking forward to see some updates as well.