Tammy457

Visa granted this morning!!!!! :-) Good luck everyone!!!

That's news to me after just reading this thread tonight!! Thanks for your advice axn992 :wink:

No. According to our MA, as no CO has been assigned, it is very difficult to get in contact with someone in Immi. I am hoping the delay is just due to a back-log and the Christmas period.

Myself and my partner lodged an application for a 457 visa on November 20th, 2014. We flew home to Ireland for Christmas and as our 2nd 417 Working Holiday Visa was due to expire in January, we had Bridging A visas organised until our 457 visa was processed. We were due to arrive in Melbourne on January 5th on our still valid 417 Working Holiday Visas but our flight on 4th January from Dublin to Abu Dhabi with Etihad was cancelled due to fog. Etihad booked us onto the next available flight arriving in Melbourne on 8th January but by this time our current WHV's would have expired and our Bridging visas ceased. We were advised by our MA that our only option to re-enter Australia was to apply for Visitor visas. Upon arriving at the check-in desk at Dublin airport on January 6th to board our flight to we were told that Australian Immigration had advised that unfortunately, we could not travel to Australia on tourist visas without return flights. Needless to say we will be waiting in Ireland until our 457 is processed. 457 Visa Application Lodged 20th November 2014 Departed Australia 11th December 2014 Date scheduled to return to Australia 5th January 2015 2nd 417 WHV Expired 6th January 2015 Visitor Visa Application Lodged 5th January 2015 We have since withdrawn our applications for visitor visas. Our MA had advised us today that our application has still not been assigned to a CO. It's now 8 weeks and starting to worry..... Relieving to know that were not alone.