snmp

Hi,

We are looking for a qualified carpenter to join our building maintenance company in Cairns.  Already having your right to work would be preferred, however, we won't rule out employer sponsorship for the right person.

Thanks,

Sarina

We had my Citizenship ceremony last week, just over 4 months from start to finish!

Good luck to everyone in the midst of/starting their application!  

26 minutes ago, rammygirl said:

Regarding citizenship. Just apply ASAP processing times vary some are being granted within 6 months.  My son applied in February from ACT and has been approved and waiting for a ceremony date. Yes some have been waiting a while but unless you apply you are not in the queue. 
It doesn’t stop you from applying for an RRV if you need one. 

Agree with this, apply as soon as possible.  I applied in April and have my ceremony this month.

On 02/07/2021 at 08:00, snmp said:

Hi all,

Finally got round to applying for citizenship (was eligible Feb 2019!!!), timeline below:

Application submitted: 14/04/21

Appointment email received: 15/06/21

Interview & Test: 01/07/21

Approved: 01/07/21 (told I would receive letter in post to confirm approval in approx 3 weeks)

Ceremony: TBC (advised wait time is currently 6-8months)

Well that happened alot quicker than expected!  Received invite for ceremony this morning, ceremony date 24/08/21 

I did with a DUI, was asked for further information about it, replied with when it happened (xyrs ago), what I received (x fine and y ban), and explained that I hadn't been in any trouble since then etc.

Good luck!

On 02/07/2021 at 10:29, username303 said:

Congrats! Did you have to provide additional documents besides the basic ones they ask for during the application? Also, where did you apply from?

I was only asked for my photo ID (drivers licence/passport).  Applied in Cairns.

Hi all,

Finally got round to applying for citizenship (was eligible Feb 2019!!!), timeline below:

Application submitted: 14/04/21

Appointment email received: 15/06/21

Interview & Test: 01/07/21

Approved: 01/07/21 (told I would receive letter in post to confirm approval in approx 3 weeks)

Ceremony: TBC (advised wait time is currently 6-8months)

Hi all,

I am about to submit my application for citizenship.  I have all the docs under the Required heading.  The Form 1195 comes under the Recommended heading.

Does this mean that I don't need to submit a Form 1195?

TIA!

Thanks for your responses, I logged onto my Immi and they had changed it to trips in the last 10 years, so should be all good!  Hopefully!

Hi all,

I started my citizenship application as I thought I had qualified (entered Feb 2015 on Temp Partner Visa) but wasn't sure as there had been talks of changing it to 4yrs on PR visa etc....

The question I have is when asked to enter times overseas including holidays, is this just from the time you entered Australia or ever?

I had put in holidays ever, as per my temp visa and perm visa, but it came back asking for a USA Police Check (I'm from the UK), I have been to America a hand full of times in my lifetime but the longest I ever stayed there was 1 month (20 years ago), other times its been for 1 week/10days max.

Has anyone else had this?

Or should I just be entering trips overseas since moving to Australia (I've been to the UK twice 6weeks / 3weeks).

Thanks!

Sarina

The name you use on the visa form should be the name on your passport.

 

If other documents are in different names then as long as DIBP can see they are still you -via your marriage cert for instance, then thats ok. But the visa needs to be in the same name as the passport you are using.

 

When I got my original spouse visa i had half the stuff in one name and half in the other, I think they are used to it!

Thanks for coming back to me!!

Good to know that they probably see it alot!!

Did you get your police check done in your maiden or married name?

Hi all, I've been emailed about the 2nd stage of the 309/100 visa for my permanent resident which is fab, but I'm a bit unsure how to fill out the forms re my name- really don't want it to be declined etc.....

My query is that we moved to Oz about 2 weeks after my 309 got granted, my UK passport that the visa is connected to is in my maiden name, but all my stuff here in Oz is under my married name. I've started my Immi account and so far put my maiden name down where it asks for name as it appears on passport, and married name further down, and have said I have my birth cert, UK driving licence, marriage certificate with maiden name.

Firstly, is this ok to do, I will be uploading my Oz driving licence etc that has my married name on there?

Secondly, I've tentatively filled out the AFP online form with my married name as everything here has it, if I upload the ID they need as well as my marriage certificate, do you think that will work?

Thanks!

Hi @JonnoM

Thank you! My must enter date is a year from when I had the medical as it's earlier than the date my PCC was issued

Hi all,

Thought I would drop my CO a little nudge email this morning, just over an hour later got a reply saying that my application will be finalised by the end of the week and they would email me. And then an hour after that, it came through!

The OH has got the Verve in the fridge and now we can confirm our flights :jiggy:

That seems to have done the trick! It has just come through, at exactly 9 months. A 100 visa to boot, hooray!

Congrats!!!

It will be 9 months for me tomorrow, and haven't heard anything since the request for more info. Should I be chasing the CO or does that suggest everything is in order?

Hi @keithandkate is there any news? Have you given your CO a little nudge?

We lodged on the 2nd May and am waiting (patiently) to book our flights for wk/c 16th Feb

I was thinking the same thing- typical it slows up as our time comes! We're at 9 mths on the 2nd Feb so hopefully not long now!

Sorry to serial post!

I've just had a look at the e-medical referral letter and the visa details say SPOUSE (Migrant Spouse Permanent), does this mean that I might skip the 309 subclass?

Hi, I had posted a new thread but thought I would ask on this thread too!

I had a kidney removed when I was 18 months old, have had no problems medically since then and my annual check ups finished when I was about 14 years old.

Has anyone thats had the medical been in a similar situation as me, or know of anyone that has? I'm hoping that as it was so long ago that my medical will be straight forward but any information or thoughts would be great.

Thanks!

Friday 13th- unlucky for some, but lucky for me - no I haven't got my visa but heard from my case officer so CO assigned!!!!

Does anyone else have or had LG?

No email for me. The only way we knew the application had been received was because we sent it via tracked mail (and I obsessively checked that). We had no communication at all until the CO email after about 6 weeks.

Not sure which I'm checking more obsessively- PIO or my email inbox & junk folder! I'm spending more time doing this than organising my wedding!!

Hi all,

I've been following this thread for about 18months, since me (UK) and the OH (Oz) decided that we would like to live in Australia. After reading through the posts and the OH seeing & speaking to Immigration here and in Oz, we thought it would be best for him to come and live here until we qualified for the min 12 months living together. We submitted on the 30th April and so excited that the countdown has officially started!

Just one quick question- I've read that quite a few people got an email a few days after submitting with their receipt, I know it can take months for the CO to be assigned and for them to get in touch but is it normal that it's been nearly 2 weeks and we haven't received this initial email?

Thanks