vickyplum
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The second doggie looks like a Staffie to me.
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He is just lovely! Such a cutie.
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Your first question - no idea - when I applied, I was given my CO's email address on the acknowledgement / request for medicals etc letter. Second question - I think it was September 2014 and I'm trying to find a thread or post to back this up! EDIT: seems like it was 1 August 2014 when the processing time increased. Details for all visas here: http://www.uk.embassy.gov.au/lhlh/immi_processing_times.html
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second sentence - it took 8 months & 3 weeks
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Yep I had KP (but my visa is granted now). He (she?) was pretty responsive whenever I got in touch with my silly questions...
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I had them but my visa was granted in May, so probably doesn't help...!
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once the visa is granted, you don't need to do anything else. You will be given a date which is the latest point you must enter Australia to validate the visa (it can just be a holiday, you don't have to stay) or you can fly the day after you get the visa approval letter.
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I'd be avoiding Egypt but not for Ebola reasons! See the FCO advice on travelling there: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt It's fine to travel when you're waiting for your visa to be processed, but exercising the usual caution is advised when choosing your destination
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mine was listed on the third page of the grant letter, under "grant details" - or you could log into VEVO and check there instead (or just ask your CO).
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CONGRATULATIONS (and about bleedin' time too!) :cool:
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Must be time for Mr MtT's visa lottery number to be drawn surely? Have you pestered them again lately?...
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also, partner visas aren't subject to capping/limits: https://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/capping-and-queuing.htm
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before mine was granted, I could still see it wasn't as systematic as we like to believe. and it doesn't mean that I didn't spend a good amount my 8 months 15 days waiting time, wondering/worrying if it would be granted or not
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My personal theory is that we are looking for pattern in how the visas are processed/granted - when there may be no pattern. ie, I was convinced I'd get mine granted, the day after another PIO member got theirs granted - because we applied a day apart. But this didn't happen! I also got my visa granted before someone else who had applied before me. Also, you'd think ours would be granted, five days after someone else (Person A), if we applied five days after Person A. But it doesn't seem to work like that either! I have no idea what the process is or how things get done, but I suspect it's not "machine like" as we imagine it should be... Plus every application is different. That's what I think anyway. :wub:
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thanks @Yak! I was thinking you must have moved to Australia already. Nice to hear from you :-)
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It's quite common not to hear for quite a few weeks - I waited nearly a month for my acknowledgement email. But I knew the application had been received, as the money was taken off my credit card, very quickly!
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Thanks. It feels great but a bit odd too! We'll be doing a validation trip in Aug/Sep and will make the big move early 2015.
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MovingtoTasmania kindly explains how to do this at the bottom of page 889 of this thread.
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Yes happy with the 309 - we have only lived together just over 2 years (together 4 in total) so it would have been nice to get the 100 but I am happy either way! To be honest, I'm /we are not entirely sure what we will do. I suspect there will be a validation trip in September/October and the move will take place in January/February. I would want to move far enough in advance of Xmas so that the jobs/rental market doesn't slow down, as presumably it does like in all cities around the festive period -- OR to move early 2015 when things are hopefully speeding up again. So in my mind (although pending discussions over the weekend!), validation to take place in the next six -- or less months, use the trip to look at suburbs (Sydney) and to put out feelers re. jobs etc, try to look at things from a different point of view, rather than being "just" a holiday maker, and then come back here. Our tenancy agreement ends February 2015 so while not essential to tie in with that, seems to make sense to use that as an end date. But TBC! I'll be on the forum asking a whole different set of questions now :cute:
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I got my visa, I got my visa, da da da dah! Granted today (after a polite "could you possibly give any indication of grant date" email) and it was emailed to me 30 mins later! 309 temporary visa, must validate by 2 December! Now what to do next?!?!
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I hope not... I thought I'd get it last week, but it doesn't seem to flow in much of a pattern... Will try not to activate this thread again until it's good news. *sits on hands*...
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I am waiting impatiently for mine! Where is it?! *taps foot*
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Some people have received their visas after 8 months, some slightly longer. There doesn't seem to be much of a pattern from what I've seen so far (posted on here). When your CO gets in touch they will give you the current processing time - I think it's still 8-9 months. Keep positive!
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So happy for you Yak - congratulations! Lots to do now... Keep us updated with your goings on Did you receive the grant by post or email? Now where's mine damn it?!
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Hi & welcome! I think that the CO will request additional information when they send out the standard email, but I am not 100% sure that they will not ask for further information, later down the line. I haven't been asked for any at all, so I don't have any experience of it. To get in touch with the CO, I just replied to the email they initially sent me. I was never asked to use a different address and it helps with record keeping, to maintain the same email chain. I pester my CO from time to time but to be honest it doesn't make a difference - it will take as long as it takes, regardless of what we hope for or want