Eifster
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Agghhhhh ...... a million euro (well, a little less), 32 pieces of official paperwork and a 9 month and 2 week wait .... oh thank god that's finally sorted! VISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVVVVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVVVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVVVISA VISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVISAVVISAVISAVVISAVISAV .... and I can't get my stupid fiance (lovely fiance) in Melbourne to wake up! Haha. And not a word from any CO the whole time! Thanks so much for all your online support the while time everyone, it's been really helpful for peace of mind, just to just monitor that everything tends to run smoothly as long as you meet the criteria. Congrats to all the recent grants, and good luck to everyone, especially @Wan2go ... the silver medal in our race isn't so bad
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Email your case officer straightaway and ask. I think I remember hearing that this happened by mistake for someone, and a quick email sorted it out - (but I don't fully remember, so don't get your hopes up too much). Congratulations!!!!!
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Ah brilliant, congrats .... I'M NEXT ON THE LIST with @Wan2go .... we're coming towards the finish line!
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Yes, the online etourist. I used it and had no problems, but I am back in Ireland now waiting for my visa still, so it's a little different. It's very unlikely he will be stopped in the airport, but if he is, other people have said they just told the truth 100% about their plans, and they had no problems. It sounds like immigration have a lot of people coming in on tourist visas while waiting for these visas. As long as he makes it clear he is visiting family/partner and won't be working, and that he will be leaving the country to get the 309/100, I haven't heard of any problems.
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Oh my god, 9 months - that's great. You must have been surprised. Congrats! And you applied a whole week after me! (excited) So many lurkers pop up ...
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I'm only going to give a partial answer. I don't know anything about the 679 visa, but I do know the etourist one is free, you get it after a few days, and it's really straightforward, so unless there's something special about the 679, the etourist visa is great.
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Congrats, happy for you, enjoy the reunion. There might be silence for a while for visa grants. There's almost a month gap from the application date of Mrsguvs and Laura who is waiting. When I applied in December, the visas were coming through between 8.5-9 months ... and they've definitely gone up to around 9.5-10 months. Since there's been two price hikes since I applied, I imagine the waiting times will slow down for the rest of you, but only time will tell! This forum is fab - it's great for me to be able to track things and feel reassured my application was solid. I'm checking this forum most days and my partner completely ignores it, but he's always counted down the days until my flights arrive to see him, which I find tortuous!
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congrats and good luck ... hope the longer than usual wait wasn't too stressful
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I've been waiting 8 and a half months with no communication with a CO at all. It used to happen a lot over the last few years, and seems to be a sign that your application is all in order and they don't need anything from you, than there is something wrong. Or so people have told me. Did you front-load your application with the medical and the police check/s already completed? I did, so I won't be getting an email from a CO asking for them. I got nervous all the same, and sent a query about having a CO in last week ('everyone else has one') and got a generic crappy reply from a European Service Centre person just saying they'd get in touch if they needed anything and that my application was in process. My guess is that certain COs like to get in touch, and certain ones don't want you emailing them all the time so they don't let you know they're dealing with your files. But recently, there's only been me and one other person on this forum who didn't have a CO that got in touch. Thankfully there was one other person (who recently got their grant) or I'd be a ball of stress! A bigger ball of stress, I mean.
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DON'T DO IT! (very important!)
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It looks like you are already entitled to emigrate, as you already have the (temporary) partner visa. You really don't need to wait or get a tourist visa if you have the 309 already. You said you got that 4 months after you applied yeah? These are your entitlements, from the government website, https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/309- : What you have now, I think: The Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 309) lets you: enter Australia and stay here until a decision is made about your permanent Partner visa work in Australia study in Australia, but with no access to government funding enrol in Medicare, Australia's scheme for health-related care and expenses. What you are applying for now after waiting two years on the above one: If you are later granted a permanent visa, you can: stay in Australia indefinitely work and study in Australia apply for Australian citizenship (if you are eligible) sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence receive some social security payments travel to and from Australia for five years from the date the visa is granted – after that time you will need another visa to enter Australia.
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Good news Fosh - you're in the wrong thread. We're all at stage 1. When you applied for Stage 1, you also applied for stage 2 at the same time. Some people get granted stage 1 (the temporary 300 or 309) which took you 4 months, but is taking us 9 - 14 months (lucky you), and some people get granted stage 2 straight away (they go straight to the permanent 100). Others, like you, have to wait the 2 years on the 309 (which you are on now but soon to finish, it seems) to get the 100, which you're about to do, it looks like. I don't know how long it will take you though. They hardly make you wait all the time again? Anyone? If you are not living in Oz while waiting for your stage two, you do need to do police checks and medicals again, but if you're in Oz, you don't have to do them again. I'm not 100% on all this info, so just wait for a few others to confirm. It's unusual for someone to wait in the UK after they have their first visa approved, so there's not too many people in your position (I hope your health is better) - most people will be onshore in Australia when they are waiting for the permanent one.
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Hi Fosh, welcome welcome. Maybe specify which visa you're waiting for and what the first stage you're referring to is, and we'll make sure we give the best info we have to you, cheers. What are your visa subclass numbers? i.e. 300 / 100 / 820 (etc?)
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My partner lives in Clifton Hill in a houseshare at the moment, but we'll have to find somewhere else soon, because it's not big enough or very affordable! And god knows how long it will take me to find work. Ideally Northcote, Thornbury or around those areas. I've lived there before for a few years so I know my way about. Are you going to Melbourne too? Bali should be a lovely way to deal with any jet lag
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So lovely to see people's visas come through! I bet JT Spurs has repetitive strain injury from hitting refresh ... I hope it comes really soon for you! Sooo ... I got impatient and I'm semi-homeless and flights were going to get expensive, so I booked my one-way. I go via Bali on 26th October to meet a friend (a two person hen party?!) and then arrive to Melbourne on 2nd November ... that way, if there's any extra delay with my visa, I'll just stay in Bali til it's ready, which would ironically be cheaper than just staying in Dublin. Yoo hoo! So that gives me an overall waiting time allowance of 10 months and 11 days - fingers crossed!