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Then it means your medical results have been sent to DIBP. I would not place too much importance on the "recommended" and "received" statuses. They are automatic and not an indication of case officer allocation. As far as eVisa is concerned, you have not uploaded any Evidence of Health document directly to eVisa. If you want, you can attach the eMedical Information Sheet pdf generated from eMedical to your visa application, under Evidence of Health > Other. This is what we did for the sake of completeness, but I do not think it is necessary.

Our document statuses have all shown "received", within 12-24 hours of us submitting any document. However, we have not been contacted by a case officer, and we do not believe that we have been assigned one. "Organise your health examination" should show underneath the Attachment check list for each applicant, IF your medical results have not been submitted to DIBP.

Hi Shelley, You can log in to eMedicals with your HAP ID, name, and DOB, then click "Print Information Sheet" to check if your medical results have been submitted to the DIBP. https://www.emedical.immi.gov.au/eMedUI/eMedicalClient Usually, X-ray and medical examination are marked completed on the day, but HIV blood test takes longer. My husband got his done on 18/06 and the results were submitted to DIBP on 23/06. We then attached the eMedical information sheet under Evidence of Health. The "Organise your health examination" link also disappeared and was replaced with "No health examinations are required for this person for this visa subclass based on the information provided to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection."

You misunderstood me. I do not require any info from you or the agent; however, the OP's agent did not inform her that she could access her application, and when I showed her she could, M1cha3la claims that I was irresponsible for doing so. It's public information, for goodness's sake!

I'm not sure what you are talking about. I showed the OP how to IMPORT an application to an ImmiAccount, not how to MERGE duplicated ImmiAccount's. And yes, I have IMPORTED visa application before. If you read the OP's post, her agent did not advise her against it. They simply brush her off with she cannot have access. These are two different things. I advise her that it is possible and how. If I tell people that they can import an application to monitor progress but do not interfere with it, and they go ahead and interfere with the application, it is my fault? Why don't you complain to DIBP too because they also posted the instruction on their website? From what I can read, the MARA agents stated that it is not advisable when the applicants IMPORT application as there is the possibility that they can then interfere with the application, because "they cannot help themselves". It's assuming that the OP has no self control, rather condescending really. I am sorry that I don't assume everyone else is like that. So the OP can read both my advice (which is also time out of my days and free), and the agents' advice, and decide what she want to do. I still do not understand why you are complaining? Or do you think that OP is unable to make this choice too, so the information should never be made public. What kind of Nazi state is that? -- It is clear that you are not arguing with any sense of logic, rather a barrage of complaints because you believe that agents must be right, and anyone else offering information and advice that agents are not willing to depart with, must be wrong and irresponsible. I am not going to entertain this argument further.

Hi Telle, Please read this before you continue with importing the application: http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/214079-immiaccount-advise-please.html I just want to make sure that people are fully informed I don't know anything about FTRN, however, maybe someone else could help you out? It'd be best if you tell you agent that you would like access to the application and ask her to help you set it up. I applied on a Friday and the money was taken out maybe Tuesday? However, I applied directly and not via an agent so I don't know if it's different in your case.

Please use it safely and do not do anything without asking your agent! Bayside is really lovely and has all the things you said you want. I haven't got children so I don't know much about schools, unfortunately. You'll be close to Brighton too, which has lovely local pubs and restaurants. Have you looked at Port Melbourne and Middle Park? It's also close to the beach, but closer to CBD. The doctor who did my husband's medicals last week also suggested Williamstown as a nice seaside suburb because my husband works in Laverton North (the west side of Melbourne). We haven't been there, but will check it out this weekend!

I can understand your point, but unless you can stop your clients from using the Internet, you are better off being the first person to inform your clients of what they can find in various forums and even the DIBP website. I am certainly not the only person who has shown people how to access their applications, but I suspect I may be the rare poster who suggested they do it safely. If you think about it from the human psychology point, if a client find out about this access from the Internet when their agent said s/he cannot have access, s/he are likely to think (a) "my agent does not know", or (b) "my agent does not want me to know". Either case, it means lack of trust and the client will still access the application, likely to do it wrong because s/he not aware of the possible complications and consequences. If an agents sets up this access for his client, he may even be able to set the type of role and access the client can have. The ImmiAccount interface is fairly simple and boring. The status rarely changes and there are few terms that the client would need explanation, mainly the meaning of status changes from Recommended to Required to Received. This way, the client can see that they have a reliable source of knowledge to tap in, who trusts and is willing to educate him/her, s/he are far less likely to take advice from strangers on forums without at least consulting the agent first. I understand that this means more work for agents, but think about the hours you will spend fixing problems, if your clients went their own ways without your guidance. The reality is that you cannot stop them, so personally I think you should help them make the right choice.

I made my claim based on the OP's post where her agent said that she could not monitor the application progress herself, which is not true. From that, either the agent omitted the whole truth to prevent her from accessing the application herself, or the agent does not know that this function exists. I went with the latter because I'd rather believe that the agent did not know than they know but would not tell her about it. I find the latter dishonest, and would rather assume people lack information than honesty. I had a different visa, but not a different scenario. Please clarify your (a) comment. Are you saying that a 189 visa and a 475 visa would have different technical issues on ImmiAccount? I followed instructions on DIBP and posted the link to my source as official instruction from DIBP. I said that it was not relevant to my scenario to merge ImmiAccounts or HAP ID because that was what Adam Grey asked. I offered up advice on how to monitor an application safely. These are two completely differently things. If the three MARA agents are aware of any horror stories of people importing 189 visas into separate ImmiAccount WITHOUT interfering with the application like I suggested, please do enlighten me. My impression is that these comments were related to when applicants accessed and interfered with applications without consulting their agents, which is AGAINST my advice. So given your logic, no one besides a MARA agent or possibly the DIBP themselves should offer anyone else any advice, even if this is a reiteration of the instruction on the official DIBP website? This practice seems to be rampant around the forum. -- I find that my advice is analogous to giving people advice on how to safely drive a car, and get criticised for unveiling that driving a car is a possibility for everyone besides the taxi drivers, because ordinary people may crash a car if they went against safety instructions.

You said that if it had been you in that particular hypothetical situation, you wouldn't be able to control yourself. I merely continue that hypothetical situation to see if you would still feel that you could not control yourself, given the information. It sounds like the poster was legitimately concerned then if the attachment wasn't shown. The poster asked the question, and received an answer. I assume that she didn't then upload another copy of the file? So having someone explaining to her that the system could be buggy, resulting in etc. prevented her from interfering with the application. Her agent telling her everything was upload without addressing the cause of her concern i.e. the system was buggy, resulted in her being unconvinced and having to go elsewhere for an explanation.

So if the agent has walked through the account with you, explaining that after you upload a file, the status will change from "Recommended" to "Required", then "Received" when it's been processed, AND that you should not upload any file without consulting them as it could result in delay of your application or, in the worst case, rejection, it wouldn't have made any difference? You would still not be able to help yourself from reuploading the file even though you can see it in the list of "Attachments Provided"? I'm not asking in a facetious manner. I am genuinely interested in whether people are able to make the right decisions when armed with information. It's scary to think that they can't.

If an applicant interferes with the application against your explicit advice, then s/he suffers from it e.g., delays, rejection, etc. This is the applicant's choice, life, and money. I think it is a fair assumption to make that majority if not all applicants are adults with reasonable education / experience, otherwise they wouldn't meet the immigration requirements for Australia. Adults can drink, and many can drive. The advice is you do not drink and drive. Because some decide to drink and drive, should alcohol and/or cars be made unavailable to others? ImmiAccount is a useful tool for applicants who want to monitor their application progress, and from what I've read around several forums, many have used it for this purpose without negative consequences. Agents should explain the option and the risks to their clients, but a generic "don't do it" doesn't make sense. A simple Google search for "check status of visa application Australia" comes up with plenty of results, including the official DIBP website. Unless you can ban your clients from using the Internet, they will find a way to access the application if they want to. The solution isn't to hide the option from them, but to fully inform your clients of what to do, what not to do, and the potential consequences if they do not follow your advice. My view is people are not stupid, they just need to be fully informed in order to make the right choices.

The risk of the adverse effect should be communicated to the applicants by their agents, as well as the possibility of using ImmiAccount. I have imported application to monitor before with no consequences whatsoever. I share my experience with fellow members as I know it. Agents work on a lot of more applications and have far more information and experience than I do. If they don't advise their clients or brush them off, prompting their clients to seek and act on advice from a forum or follow instructions on official DIBP website, and they end up having to deal with the consequences, then that's fair, isn't it? Again, I'm not aware of any horror story that happened after importing applications to a separate ImmiAccount. I followed instructions on DIBP and it worked well. I specifically said that the OP should consult her agent before making any changes directly to her application, and should choose to receive correspondence only, rather than being involved in the application. The OP or anyone else could check with their agent and/or DIBP before doing it if they want. I can't see that this is unreasonable advice.

Hi Adam, I have not tried to merge duplicate ImmiAccounts because (a) it's not my job, and (b) it's not necessary in my case. If the OP imports the application in order to follow correspondence of her visa application, and does not interfere with the application, what harm is there? It's a completely legitimate function allowed by the DIBP. Agents are not always responsive to their client queries and it is within the OP or any applicant's rights to monitor the progress of their application. I personally think that her agent should have explained to her the possibility of monitoring her application via an ImmiAccount along with any potential issue that may cause, rather than brushing it off that she can't. Once informed, she can understand the risks, and know what she should and should not do whilst being kept up to date with her application. I am not going to pretend this function does not exist. Applying for a PR visa and potentially moving countries are extremely emotional and stressful to some people, and being kept in the dark doesn't help.

Official guide from IMMI with a video showing you how to import your application: http://www.immi.gov.au/helptexts/en/online-account/demonstrations/import-application/ I would say that on the "Statement of Role" page, I would incline to choose the last option i.e. receive correspondence but not to act in any other capacity, to ensure and assure the agent that you will only keep up with progress and not interfere with the application process.