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congrats on your visa - I can't wait to have same peace of mind!! We are thinking of waiting out our visa in Oz as well , can I ask how long did DIAC give you to go offshore to validate your visa? Cheers!

Thank you Moving to Australia, it is a HUGE relief. We have 3 small children, moving without income and a valid visa has been stressful. Congratulations on your Visa

Lozza, we asked our CO for an update and she said our visa would be approved. She advised us that our visa would be approved and if we can give her dates when we could be out of the country. I recommend you contact your CO around the 8 month mark. Good luck with your visa. I remember feeling it would never happen and now it's here.

Good luck everyone.

Wooohooooo!! Our Visa has been granted. Off to NZ tomorrow for 3 days to activate it. So excited finally we have it. So excited!!!

We have moved to Australia already. When our visa is about to be granted does anyone know what will happen? I remember reading something about it but I can't find the original post (after 2 hours I give up). From what I remember they email us to let us know we need to leave the country. Do they give us a certain time to exit the country or do we leave the country and then advise them when out? We still have another couple of months to go but with 3 kids under 3 we need to plan. :err:

Hi Guys,

Good news. I GOT THE VISA THIS MORNING!!!!Still can't believe it :-)). I' am so so so happy. After 8 months and 17 days but hey who's counting... . I'm really glad I have discovered this forum it really helps to cope with this agonizing waiting.

 

Fingers crossed for everyone else who's still waiting.

Mary xxx

A big congratulations to you Mary!!!! Wow that must feel so fantastic. I second this forum helps making this process bearable. I hope to know how that feels in the next 3 months. Where are you planning to move to?

Hey Owliswise (nice name hehehe)

 

My CO is DP and yes he has been really good; we have not disturbed him either; just checked with him after my meds and he confirmed that they were fine.. where you going for your meds? Mine was at Cardiff Spire and the doc was brilliant... didn't feel a thing during my blood test :-)

I have not seen my man since Christmas and the wait is becoming unbearable now.. hoping for an early June grant..

Enjoy Thailand with your missus (to be) and then when you return it'll be nearly time for our grants... Good luck xx

Hi Dia2499 Not sure if you remember me. I applied a couple of weeks before you. It was so nice to see you posting. We are in Australia now and trying to set up. Without the visa has presented challenges. It is hard to believe that the visa could be approved as soon as the end of next month....although I think it will be May. Our Case officer left in December and we were reassigned so I prey that wont affect our application at all. The end of next month I intent to email the CO and just check up to make sure all is ok and we haven't fallen through the cracks.

How are you holding up?

At last we have been assigned a CO!!! Our CO is DP :ssign19: Need to do medicals in 3 months and that's it... So happy that no extra documents required!! Was eagerly waiting to update my signature with 'CO assigned' ... hehehehe.. :biggrin:

 

 

Good luck to all!! :hug:

Woooohoooooo that is fantastic news!!! Hubby has already done his medical as we have to head for the land of oz as he's been made redundant. Long story. I look forward to hearing how you get on.

Good luck to you. xx

visa arrived 31st October- 12 days before 8 month mark!

 

Me (Aussie) & BF (English) took months to collate all our evidence, been together 4 years, such a long expensive process but it is defintely worth it!!

 

Our case officer was DP, and we had abit of a scare due to him being absent and the police check got lost- therefore he only received it Wednesday, but thankfully visa was granted straight away!

 

Visa received at embassy 12th March and granted 31st october!

 

Looking forward to getting a proper summer come february!

That is such good news. I am so envious. :-) What part of Australia are you moving to? Home for me is Brisbane. Good Luck.

Ohhhhh that's awesome news bearinmind.. I think we'll be next then... hopefully sometime next week!! So the CO is happy with all your docs and you just need to provide medical.. Good luck.. xxx

I have my fingers crossed you hear something really soon.

Yes It's so nice to know all that hard work means we got it right.... a big surprise I was convinced we would have forgotten something. I think we enclosed everything we could find....i think there was a kitchen sink in there too :biggrin: I look forward to hearing that you have received you CO soon. xxxxxxx

We have our CO today. Woohooo:biggrin: We have TS and all we need to provide is a medical in due course. Processing time is the normal 8-9 months. Since we are already over a month down the path 7-8 months left :laugh:

Thanks so much for the update madoabnot.. we are still waiting for our CO (money taken 9th October).. hopefully soon now.. Good luck with everything.. :-)

Madoabnot gives us hope. We are still waiting too. I hope you hear soon Dia2499. XX

Hey Guys we may all wait together - our application for partner 309/100 was received by London on the 13 September and still no CO assigned. I called last week and they said they really are very busy and count 9 mths on from the 13th Sept and work towards that date. Patience really is a virtue! My partner is Australian and we have been together heading on 3 years. He is starting his teaching in March next year. I know it might be June by the time we get our visa so our plan is he is going out mid feb and i will follow him mid april on a tourist visa. It is so nice to hear others are in the waiting game also!

Wow that makes me feel better knowing that it is everyone in the same boat. I would love to know when you do hear something. It's such a laborious project you just want to hear straight away.

Happy little Vegemite, Wow 4 months in. I know that will be us in no time. I am so glad there are people here I can talk to about how this all feels. Thank you :hug:

Thank you dia2499 and Snifter. I'll keep you up dated dia2499 a big good luck to you too, I heard they had a lot of applications as the prices went up the beginning of September I think. It's so hard to keep calm when you put so much into the application. We spend so much to time checking the inbox and spam filter. 1 month down only another 8 to go. :-) lilacdreamer congrats on getting your application in.

Hi All, we sent our partner visa application in on the 23rd of September, the money was taken on the 24th. We have heard nothing from them nearly a month later. Is this normal? Should we be worried? I know they have the application but not hearing anything in nearly a month is worrying us.

Hi Everyone

We are just about to lodge our spouse visa application. My husband has just been given his notice after 20 years working for the same company he will be made redundant in November. We have been made an offer on our house after 2 days on the market and my house in Australia lease runs out all within a few weeks. It is the perfect time to move with our 3 children under 3. The only issue we have is now is the visa takes 8-9 months. I can work but I would have to work 3 jobs to earn the same as my husband and I am breastfeeding (I don't want to give this up).

I have phoned the consulate and they say sometimes under special circumstances applications can be moved ahead, but it is very very rare. Has anyone heard of this and have any knowledge of the process and do we qualify? The woman didn't know as she is not a CO. I am frightened of what this will mean for our family if we have to wait the 9 months.

Thank you :-)