baguette

Hi!

anyone here from the Sydney City Council? I sat the test mid September and was approved end of September, but I haven't had any news with regards to the citizenship ceremony. I was hoping for Australia Day, but given it's mid Jan already, I think it's unlikely... Has anyone from the Sydney city council got their invites? Next ceremony's on feb 19th.

cheers!

Congratulations!! Did it still say processing until finalised? Appears it's just me waiting from April now boo hoo

It says finalised with status updated today August 1st. Then there's a letter createdhyperlink and there's no "in progress"

On the line where I've got my 1st and last name, it says granted

MA has sent us the grant letter we're PR now YEAH!!!!!!!!

@sikofbrit, you'll get there soon!

Wooohoooo I'm waiting for the grant letter, but our status is finalised on immi account and it says "print the grant letter" (hyperlink does not work yet). Cannot add more docs and says Granted for hubby and me, so I think this is it (called our MA and they will send said letter in 1 hour) so timeline is in my signature but it seems that PR: granted Aug 1st 2014 is in order YOUHOU!!!

Thanks

@sikofbrit I lodged through NSW Parramatta, but the CO seems to be in VIC Melbourne as the footer of the documents our MA has forwarded us suggests! Where's your CO?

@sikofbrit… I know what it feels like. we're a couple from a low risk country and we're just wondering what's going on!

Lodged on April 10th,

had a CO approved our nomination on July 24th and a request for the medicals…

we cleared medicals on the 28th… I know that DIBP has our medicals with them… but no news!

ARGH!

Updating my timeline!!

TRT with MA, low risk country

Visa nomination + application submitted: 10/04/2014

Visa Nomination granted: 24/07/2014

Medicals: 28/07/2014

lodged in Parramatta but CO seems to be in Melbourne!

Congratulations to Chelsea, Team Crouch and smb243!

Bit depressed... we lodged nomination and application back in April 10th and haven't heard a thing from immigration. Status is still "in progress"... Has anyone lodged around the same time and received no news?

I guess it's pretty random... and "end of April applications being processed for ENS" might be an indication at the national level rather than at a state level... It looks like QLD offices are quicker/have less to deal with. My MA lodged everything in Parramatta too and it seems slower?

Anyway, this is pure speculation. The wait is annoying, but at least, we're nearly there... It's the 97th day so it helps to think that the worst is behind

No still on progress. But my fren applied same ens from same company 20 days after me get approved. Why is that .

I applied on April 10th and still haven't got any news. Wrote to NSW.pse and was given the same automated response as to late April 2014 applications for ENS being processed...

Congratulations Cethen! Do you know which office granted you the PR? And from which state are you applying? thanks!

The days of waiting are over! It finally came! I am a day late in posting about it, as I was in the international terminal at LAX waiting for a flight back to Oz. I can't believe how good it felt to get the message that I was through. Thank you to everyone on this board, reading your messages and timelines helped keep me sane and kept me from worrying over my own! Congrats as well to Karen79, as it looks like we applied and received news on the same days!

 

To those still waiting, stay patient, your day will come and it is very worth it!

 

My timeline

Visa and Nomination lodged Submitted decision ready: 16 April, 2014

Type: Transition Scheme

Visa and Nomination Approved: 14 July, 2014

Nationality: American

Migration Assistant Used

Wah!!! Congrats Menuk, that was pretty fast!!!

Hey baguette, isn't it the opposite for form 80, now 10 years of travel instead of 30 previously? The form we just completed asks for 10 years unless applying for refugee/humanitarian visa! Please don't tell me we downloaded an old form (..

Hi paisleylass, I filled the 10 year form you mentioned first but am afraid this has changed as I had to redo that part subsquently on the new form (see below, copy pasted from my form 80). I'm afraid you might be using an old form...

18 Your address history for the last 30 yearsInclude:

• addresses inside and outside Australia

• places you resided for study/work

• refugee camps

• any other place you have resided such as share houses, university residences and temporary accommodation.

19 Have you travelled to any country other than Australia in the last 30 years?Include:

• work or study outside your usual country of residence

• holiday/leisure trips

• business

• military deployment

• visits back to your own country.

@familyoffive

We filled our form 80 back in mid March, but by the time we lodged (April 10th) the layout of form 80s had changed (they now ask for 30 years of travelling history as opposed to 10 years before) so this might be the reason why? Anyway I also come from a low risk country (France) and my MA reckoned that filing form 80 was necessary...!

Hi all,

 

Well finnally got an email from our case officer, it came through at 7.00pm but has the time on it 8.30am so not sure what happens there? I have been having trouble logging in since firefox updated the other day and now have to do it on daughters windows computer.

 

The email requested form 80 for daughter, police checks for me and her??? Not sure if computer issues but the form 80 had already been done and seems to have disappeared and the police checks were both already upload and showing on there. So uploaded them all again, see what happens now.

 

So for all you guys wondering about the form 80 the answer is yes, we are from a low risk country (UK) and have had to do it.

 

The time line is

16th March application

19th june case officer

 

Tina x

woohoo, that's cool paisleylass!! glad to see that application from March are processed :-) Australia police check come pretty quickly!!! We did our form 80s early March but the format was subsequently changed along with the requirements (30years of travelling history and addresses!!)

paisleylass, I see you've lodged your application and you're getting your medicals done? Have you had a CO assigned?

I've lodged everything (form 80 and police checks from France, UK and Australia - and yes, police clearance in the UK is a bloody rip off!!!) on April 10th apart from medicals and I'm seeing on immi website that once youve lodged your application, you have to wait to have a CO assigned before booking your medicals. Here's from immi website:

source: http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/health-requirements/arranging-health-exam.htm (when to arrange your health examination)

[h=3]I have already lodged my Australian visa application[/h]

hi guys , well i have lodged an application for ens186 on 13th of may through agent and i did my medicals on 19th . I was just wondering how could i check my visa progress online . i know i can create an immi account and bring my application into the same but my agent said you coudnt do that . is there any possible way to check progress ? thanks very much .

Oz2be, I'm going through an agent and providing you have your application number/reference, you should be able to import your application after you create your own immi account...

May I ask you how you how you got your medicals done so early? I lodged on April 10th, and weren't given any HapID to attend the medicals yet... Was under the impression that one had to wait around 10 weeks before being asked medicals by the CO?

Update - PR Granted today! SO HAPPY!

 

My timelines are:

 

ENS 186 direct entry - Application/nomination submitted 10th February with Police checks - no medical

Nomination approved and medicals requested 31st March

Medicals 14th April

Medicals uploaded to DIBP 22nd APril

PR Granted same day - 22nd April

 

so in total exactly 10 weeks.

 

Thrilled, and good luck to those waiting

Congratulations Laura! :-)

Congrats. Seems now process time is about 10 weeks to low risk country applicants, but not so quick as to high risk country applicants. Thanks for sharing. I thought there would be no update this week, fortunately your great news is encouraging.

I thought coming from a high or low risk country made no difference for 186 visas (as indicated here: https://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/visas/8.0.htm)..? (Am French, so if it's quicker, then great!)

Would anyone know whether the queue's longer for TRT or Direct Entry (if they're treated separately?)

Thanks!

Hi all!

Congratulations to those who got their PR and thanks for posting your timelines!

Nomination and applications submitted April 10th (yesterday) with everything but the medical examinations.

Doing it with MA and it is decision ready - though I don't know whether this means much?

I was advised that processing times were around 3 to 4 months, but the wait is already killing me! Took one month to get all the documents sorted (police certificates from all the countries, IELTS exams, birth certificates and translations) and now crossing fingers this'll be dealt with quickly! Process was a bit delayed since they've changed Form 80s and want the past 30 years of address history and travel history.

Good luck to those waiting!