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Ok, thanks @paulhand Was hoping to avoid the costs, but I guess it's the best we can do at the moment.

Looking for some advice. We have a relative staying with us (British Citizen), but lives in South Africa. She came into Australia on an ETA which is now nearing expiry. She is unable to return back to South Africa due to the travel restrictions. What should we be doing to extend her stay lawfully?

I don't think you have to worry about changes to the SOL this time around. Only a couple of additions, no removals. http://www.immi.gov.au/News/Pages/changes-csol-sol.aspx

Nope. That isn't conservative at the moment. You can see in my timeline it basically took 12 weeks for me to get my results.

It took 28 days after the initial request for more documents PCC and Medicals for me to get my grant. So you get 28 days to supply the documents and then they check them after 28 days expires. That's my experience of how it works.

@dangargoyle You can setup your signature by clicking "Settings" in the top right corner when logged in. Then you will see a "Edit signature" link under "My Settings" on the left hand side. Good luck!

Seems to vary massively from what I can tell. Some poor folk like @Dannielle24 have submitted everything upfront and have been waiting months without even knowing if they've got a Case Office. I'm in a similar situation to you @dangargoyle. My CO requested PCC and Medicals on 20 May. My PCC was uploaded 2 June and my medicals were uploaded 9 June. Now we wait. Apparently, the CO only looks at the documents after the 28 day deadline. So I don't expect to hear anything until 17 June earliest which is roughly 28 days from when the CO requested the documents.

I completed my Medicals on 31 May. I phoned the hospital today to find out when they would be uploaded to ImmiAccount. Apparently, they have already been uploaded on 6 June. I can't see this when I login to ImmiAccount. Is this normal or does it take a few days for them to show up? Or should I be worried that something has gone linked up properly?

I expect that we'll be getting news of any changes by mid-June, but this is purely my guess. They can't really bring changes into effect without giving a bit of a heads up to all of the migration agents and potential applicants. But then again, they can! If there isn't any rush, wait a couple of days. If you get some news, then maybe you can start planning a bit earlier.

Generally, the update comes into effect 1 July every year. So it looks like 1 July 2014. http://www.governmentskills.com.au/news/29-cross-sector/152-skilled-occupation-list-sol However, I think that any changes will be announced a bit before then, but they will take effect from 1 July. My 2 cents: At this stage, unless the processing time for CPA is very quick, holding off until you hear about any changes makes sense. Otherwise you won't get an EOI submitted in time.