redtour

2nd Payment requested and have been advised that the Visa will be granted tomorrow

Someone should take this whole damn process to the newspapers and news, it's a total farce...Centre Link and Immi are playing with people lives, absolutely disgraceful. 

1 minute ago, Julia12345 said:

Hi R,

Congratulations!

Since Monday 21/10 I received this rejection letter in Mygov, I have called them every day but got told it's been sent to AOS Team for reassessment! But there is no any internal number that they could contact them! i have called 1800132468 complain line to make complains and also called 132850 to check status! All i got told is there is nothing they can do, only to wait!!!

I am so frustrating!!!!

Thank you  . Did you try the 1800 number that you called to have the AOS interview on? That's the one you need to call.

5 minutes ago, Julia12345 said:

Hi redtour,

Any updates from Centrelink? i have uploaded the bank guarantee on 30/9 and again 8/10, and called to Centrelink to confirm that the documents are there, but on 17/10 i received a rejection letter from Centrelink saying i did not submit the bank guarantee on time!!!!! I then went to the Centrelink office and called so many times to try ask them to correct this! i havn't heard anything from them! it's so frustrating! 

Hi Julia,

Oh wow, that's crazy. It's very unclear on the Centre Link letter where to upload the bank docs. They should have a step by step guide.

I finally received a letter from them today confirming that the Assurance of Support has been approved and they have notified Immi.

Immi apparently respond within 28 days but I've completely lost faith with all lead times.

Tip *I would contact Centre Link AOS on the 1800 number on the letter they sent you for the AOS interview, it is pure luck who you get to speak to and how helpful they are.

I rang them 5 days in a row to make them check the status of my AOS, the key is as soon as they say hello, tell them your CRN number. Stay calm a polite and good luck.

One thing I've learnt with the whole process is Government workers are de-motivated and some are just plain slack..the saving grace is you will find a genuine staff member that will try thier best to assist and not just fob you off!

Keep the faith!

R

13 hours ago, Leana said:

Dear redtour, have your parents been contacted yet to provide any documents? My parents applied in March 2016 and have not been contacted yet, it is so frustrating! 

Hi Leane, yes they were contacted in May 2019 to provide the 1st VAC and to carry out the Police and Medical checks. Good luck hope they contact your parents soon

My parents applied in 2015, I wish I went on this forum earlier as you can share the pain/frustration with everyone else and most importantly info.

12 minutes ago, Jellybean T said:

Thank you for all that info especially the bit about opening an account with CommBank.My son also had his phone interview today and was told 7 to 10 days he will receive a letter giving him all the info needed to pay the bond. Then it will be another 4 weeks for immi to issue the acceptance letter.. not sure how long after that before we will be asked to pay the second installment.  Don’t know if it helped or just coincidence but my daughter in law phoned centerlink the day before to ask if everything was in order.. they looked up on their system and told her it showed Active. Then the following day my son got the call.. coincidence or what!!  Good luck everyone. Shelagh

Hopefully the letter shouldn't take too long for you to come, I didn't risk calling Centre Link beforehand as some people have said that it can delay the application...not sure if it's scare tactics haha

Just my 2 cents worth...

Lodged AOS with Centre Link 3rd Aug 2019, on myGov the estimated date of completion was 16th Sept....checking everyday can be soul destroying!

3rd Oct 2019 Centre Link sent me a letter requesting a AOS phone interview. The interview was very straight forward they basically just check your personal details... took about 10 mins maximum. The interview was on a Thursday, the following Monday I had a letter in the post to arrange the bank guarantee with Commonwealth Bank...just a note when you go to CBA have $150 cash ready if you don't already bank with them...this is the fee they charge to set up the fixed term desposit account. Make sure you find a staff member who is familiar with the process as I had a rookie (less said about that, the better)!!!

14th Oct Uploaded Bank Guarantee on myGov....You have to upload the centre link letter and bank docs on mygov/centrelink, it's not very clear on the steps you need to follow but use the number centrelink give you for the interview to ask any questions, to be fair CL were very helpful.

So i'm now waiting for CL to inform immigration and hopefully request the 2nd VAC, anyone know how long this takes?

Hi all,

Just my 2 cents worth...I lodged the AOS with Centre Link on 3rd Aug 2019, on myGov the estimated date of completion was 16th Sept....checking everyday can be soul destroying!

Finally after nearly 8 weeks Centre Link sent me a letter requesting a phone interview. The interview was very straight forward they basically just check your personal details... took about 10 mins maximum. The interview was on a Thursday, the following Monday I had a letter in the post to arrange the bank guarantee with Commonwealth Bank...just a note when you go to CBA have $150 cash ready if you don't already bank with them...this is the fee they charge to set up the fixed term desposit account. Make sure you find a staff member who is familiar with the process as I had a rookie (less said about that, the better)!!!

You have to upload the centre link letter and bank docs on mygov/centrelink, it's not very clear on the steps you need to follow but use the number centrelink give you for the interview to ask any questions, to be fair CL were very helpful.

So i'm now waiting for CL to inform immigration and hopefully request the 2nd VAC, anyone know how long this takes?