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No problems at all. We have been very open about it from the start but to be honest the visitor visa goes thru your immi account anyway so they are very aware of your whereabouts and visa status. However you MUST treat it as a visitor visa and not a bridging visa which is only available when applying onshore. I am not allowed to work for example. Children are only allowed to attend school for 13 weeks but the NSW Temporary Residence programme waived that for us quite unexpectedly. Kids would have been bored out of their minds otherwise. We are hoping to get the notice any day (any minute, any second - am I counting here?) now. Seems like the best option is going to NZ. I think we have to be out of the country for 3 business days but have had no confirmation from my CO on this. Have only read this on the forums. I am finding the communication side of this rather difficult. I have had a grand total of about 3 emails from my CO in 9 months. She is not contactable other than sending an email via the immi account and asking them to forward it on which I did almost a month ago and have not had a reply. Just. So. Ready. To. Be. Done. Fingers crossed that this is my week. 8 months 24 days and counting...

Make sure you don't mention in NZ that you are visa running, I had problems, experienced whole border control scenario=) thanks god i had some 'Tourist Plan" with the accommodation and buses booked, otherwise they would not let me in=(

Basically the grant was emailed same day I left OZ, they want u to be away for 3 working days, fair enough, i could come back same day though.

Returning to Oz was so smooth, no questions, no printed grants, etc ... they got it all on the system, just passport and welcome to straya!

Same thing for people to coming here on a tourist visa while awaiting for their grant, i believe it all depends on the visa officer at the airport, but you have full right to come as tourist, nothing wrong with that. Again without all printed evidence and stuff, its 2015, they got all in their computers same as u got ur online banking n stuff.

Good luck to all who are still in the line! its all like an exam, you stress about it, but at the end its so easy!!! (but pricey!=)

Great news! Are you in Australia now (like me)? What parameters did they give you on leaving, returning etc?

Yes I am, basically you will need to get out for at least 3 working days from stralia, to activate your grant and come back on 309 visa.

Hopefully you will get it in a week time! My case officer was quick! Soooo good!

Hi all,

This is my first post on this forum, and it comes with great news! My husband's visa was approved this morning! We applied 16th June 2014 - case officer AW! straight to the permanent 100 visa!

 

good luck to the rest of the June applicants for approvals this week! :hug:

Bless AW;) mine one s ready to be granted as soon as I ll reenter Australia!!!!

Finally yay!!!!!!!

Good luck to all !!!!!!!!!

In your previous post, you said that you were from a "high risk country" but it appears that you applied to the AHC in London? confused.com :wacko:

I am from the high risk country, part of EU, and used to live in London. That's where I met my partner too. So obviously we applied in London.:rolleyes:

Wow, congrats guys!!!!! Good to hear it s rolling on time

I m counting days and fanatically checking my email as it is the only way for immi to communicate with me.

Once we applied, my partners uk visa was expiring, so we went to travel SE Asia. And now waiting in sydney

Unfortunately I found this forum only a month ago, it d help a lot while applying tho

Been monitoring the line recently, happy for all who been granted

I applied myself on 15 June 2014, emailed my CO in January to find out what's up, got a standart reply that it d take at least 8-9 month. Uffff fingers crossed! I m from the high risk country tho, don't know if it affect the processing time. All application was going smooth, medicals police checks in September 2014.

I could not wait anymore so I m in sydney already )

My co is AW

Fingers crossed guys! Let's pray!!!! Hahah:wub: