mjmayo1

What MaggieMay said, they should only contact the applicant or discuss with them. As the sponsor you are not on the application, its not a joint application, its for one person only and that is who they deal with. You are simply sponsoring them, you filled out your forms for that aspect, job done.

I just thought i'd add that I was the sponsor, and I was the one dealing with the CO, not my OH, who was the applicant. I emailed our CO at the 8 month mark to advise that my OH had limited access to his emails, and as we had passed the 8 month mark, would she mind emailing me when it came time to make the decision regarding our visa application. I had no response to that email, and 2 weeks later i emailed again as my OH has a disabled brother and as our wedding is getting closer we wondered if it was possible to have an update on the visa so we can make travel plans for my OH's brother to come to Oz. 54 mins later, we had the visa grant (although not from the email address of our CO!). And, it was sent to me, not my OH who was the applicant (it actually then took me 4 hours to reach him on the phone to tell him the news haha!!). That was really the only contact i had with the CO, apart from me asking if she had everything she need once the medical had been completed.

Coxy, fingers crossed for you!!! I keep checking in the hopes that your visa has come through!!! My OH arrives in Melbourne on 3rd November, so bloody excited and just can't wait!!! :-)

Congrats @mjmayo1 bet your so happy

So happy...it's just such a relief, can get rid of that doubt and just focus on the wedding now! 6 months and 13 days til we get married!!

Thanks Mjmayo, i really hope you get yours today VF is so lovely xxx

WE GOT OUR VISA!!!!!! I burst into tears I was so excited, such a relief!!!!

I emailed earlier as my OH has a disabled brother, and we really want to get onto making plans so he can hopefully come out to Oz for our wedding in April. 54 mins after I emailed, visa grant email came through!!! Happy days!!!

Thanks Mjmayo, i really hope you get yours today VF is so lovely xxx

Thanks, I hope we get it today too! We've not had overly good experiences with her, but if you think she's lovely hopefully that means we have a chance of getting it today!!

Ohhhh I would like the answer to that too......

 

Alavington, mymajo and rosannsmith have you heard anything your the last I know off for Jan?.. I am hoping u all have yours and in the excitement forgot to tell us lol

Still waiting!! :-( 8 months and 11 days now! :-( like barleysuga we also have VF, fingers crossed she's on a roll and will give us our grant tomorrow!

Barleysuga, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Still no grants today??

Still waiting....

ha ha, yes it must be its Labour day in Oz so very likely its shut, maybe tomorrow then:laugh:

Im in Victoria and we didn't have a public holiday, I think just NSW and QLD, so I'd be surprised if Australia House was closed....fingers crossed for tomorrow!!!

Please please please that would be awesome, i have started packing already - need to ditch some more clothes as i can't fit everything in :cry:

I have to stop myself from checking my emails every 10mins...I'm impatient at the best of times haha!!

VF, and i submitted on 31st Jan. I am not worried but would be lovely to get, we are 3 weeks away from flying and would save us having to fly out to New Zealand.

We're VF as well, applied Jan 29...the wait is killing me!! Fingers crossed we both hear today!

I'm (im)patiently waiting still! I emailed the contact centre on Monday to try and find out if I need to change the address on my application (we've moved into temp accommodation prior to the big move) and am hoping to hear back today. Maybe this will act as the prod needed to give me the grant!

I emailed my CO on Monday also, my partner (the applicant) has limited access to his emails at the moment, so i asked the CO if she could please also include me on any emails (wishful thinking that we'll hear sooner rather than later!). I still haven't had a response, and i'm convincing myself that no news is good news...

Visa granted this morning whahooo!!!

Congrats!!!! We logged on Jan 29th, so i now have everything crossed that there's only 2 more weeks to go!!! :-)

no we haven't with the wedding and move just couldn't afford to. So I want the next 3-4 months to go very quick lol

Oh, how horrible, i'm so sorry...i'm extremely lucky that I was in a position where I was able to visit my other half during our wait. Here's hoping the next 3-4 months speed by for you!

Good luck @ajg73 !!!

same as me. will be 14 months apart by the time I get back to aus. It is really hard. I bet your glad your near the end now

Have you seen each other in the 14months? I'm extremely glad we're near the end, it's the only thing keeping both of us going at the moment! Prior to my recent trip it had been 6.5 months since i saw him, and leaving him the prior time had been so much harder...at least this time around we knew we only had about 8-9 weeks til we'd hear something, and he'll be on a plane as soon as the visa comes through!

Wedding planning has also kicked up into full gear, so that's helping pass the days!:smile:

Thanks Coxy...we're coming up on 14months apart now, so it's definitely tough. I did just get back from 2.5 weeks in England with him though, so that was lovely! :-)

Good luck for news this week ajg..we're 2-ish weeks behind you, so i'll cross my fingers extra hard for you!

Hi all!

First time poster, long time reader. So, firstly, thanks to all those who have posted over the last few months, it's helped keep me sane to know that there are so many going through the same process!

Figured it was time I posted on here given my fiance and I should hopefully be nearing the end of our wait. Our details are:

Visa (subclass 300) acknowledged as received: Jan 29th 2014

Case Officer assigned (VF): March 3rd 2014

Police checks and Medicals done: end of April

So, we're currently at the 7.5 month mark (roughly). Am expecting it to come through towards the end of October, but of course hoping it comes through sooner! My fiance and I have been apart this whole time, and it's tough!

Good luck to those who are expecting a visa grant to come through any day now!! :-)