David Leask
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That’s great news Angela. Congratulations. It won’t be long now [emoji106][emoji4]
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Congratulations! In the documentation I received from Immi this time last year they told me to e-mail the AoS acceptance letter to them myself and not to rely on Centrelink advising them. I’m obviously not sure what the latest advice from Immi says. Good luck in the coming days. Not long now [emoji4]
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Hi, Congratulations on taking the first step. It’s a long road but I can assure you it’s worth it. You will find this forum very helpful, so well done for plugging in this early. We put ‘not applicable’ (N/A) in our application form against the National Identity Card question. The UK doesn’t have them. You will have to send certified copies of passports and other documents. Part Q of Form 47PA shows a checklist documents to be included with the application. Good luck! David
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Hi Greece, It’s 7 months since we received our visas. I was concerned about AoS time delays at that time and requested an extension from Immi. They responded by saying that they were aware of the AoS delays and no formal extension was necessary. I would do the same again if I was in your situation. It shows you are reading and trying to abide by the timelines that Immi give you. Good luck! David
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The bank guarantee costs $150. Also, if you don't already have an account with the Commonwealth Bank, it might cost to set one up. I'm not sure how much. We already had a bank account there so no extra charges for us.
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Hi Greece, I used Form 1022 to advise Immi of our sponsor becoming an Australian Citizen. For a change of passport details I would use Form 929. The e-mail address I was using at the time I submitted these forms (18 months ago) was: parents@homeaffairs.gov.au I submitted these forms separately and each time I received the automatic reply almost immediately then, a week or so later, I received an acknowledgement from Immi confirming my details had been updated. Good luck! David
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I’m no expert but I have been through the process and we have our visas now. I don’t think it would make any difference if there is one or two sponsors. We are parents of two daughters with Australian Citizenship and we only used one of them as our sponsor. Remember, the sponsor does not have to be the same person as the assurer. When it comes to applying for AoS you may find (if your finances dictate) that you need two assurers. On your second point, the AoS application and bond requirement comes very much towards the end of the process. As someone else has said, the waiting period for you if you are applying now is likely to be 6 to 8 years. You don’t need to concern yourself with AoS at the moment. On your third point, Form 1022 is used to notify Immi about changes in circumstances like the ones you describe. We used it and it worked for us. My advice to you is to get your application in as soon as you can so that you secure your place in the queue. Good luck! David
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Hi Kevvo, My guess is that you will get your visa granted once you are in Ireland. You will definitely get an email confirmation. Ours came the first day of our trip offshore. If it’s possible just relax and enjoy your trip. When you come back you will enter Australia with PR! Congratulations! David
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Hi Jacqui, We did ours the old fashioned way, on paper. We weren’t offered an electronic version. Things may have moved on in the last 18 months. When the Seven Seas guy came to view the access to our property (a week before the move) he left the inventory forms with us. When he came on moving day we gave him the completed forms. I see another couple of responses to your query and I can relate to both. Best wishes David
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Hi Jacqui, When we completed our forms for Seven Seas we only had to put values to items we had owned for less than 12 months. If these items were gifts (and some of them were) we noted this on the form. For all our other stuff we numbered and described each box and used generic terms to describe the contents. For example: No 9 - Large Cardboard Box - cooking pans; rice cooker; tea towels; gents clothing No 19 - Large Suitcase - framed pictures; towels/bed linen; ladies clothing We were also required to list all items made of wood. For us this included a bed frame, bedside cabinets, knife block and a fruit bowl. I hope this makes sense. Let me know if you need any more information. You must be super excited now! Good luck. David
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Awesome! Congratulations [emoji322][emoji322][emoji322]
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I think it will depend on how you make payment. We paid by BPay which is fast and carries no surcharge. Our visa was granted in less than 24 hours.
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Hi Jacqui, First of all, many congratulations on receiving the request for the second vac! You must be super excited! You can put all the pain and anguish of the long wait behind you now and look forward to a new life and a whole set of new adventures here in Australia. I’m so happy for you [emoji106][emoji41][emoji1037] In answer to your question, Seven Seas delivered our Movecube to our new address. It is a door to door service which took 90 days for us. If there is anything else I can help you with please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Good luck! David
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Hi Biggsy, We came out to Australia on a 600 visa in June 2018. We used Seven Seas to ship our stuff and we filled a large Movecube. Seven Seas provided all the forms to fill in and we had to give a detailed list of what was in each box. One of the conditions of the move (from Seven Seas) was that we had to have a suitable visa. Of course, having a 143 visa is very suitable. A 600 visa was also suitable. We shipped our stuff 6 weeks before we flew and it arrived in Australia 90 days later. Seven Seas provided a door to door service. Customs will most certainly have studied our paperwork but it didn’t look like they had opened our Movecube. I would highly recommend Seven Seas. Good luck David
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Hi Angela, When I said we uploaded the AoS acceptance letter I meant we scanned it and sent it in an email to the PVC. As I said, I’m sure I read somewhere that visa applicants shouldn’t rely on Centrelink sending the acceptance letter to the PVC, they should also send it to the PVC. I hope this makes sense. David
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Hi Angela, Congratulations! That’s great news. Hopefully it won’t be long now before your visa is granted. No more 600 visas! Although it says Centrelink will forward the acceptance letter to Immi I’m sure I read somewhere that you should upload it to them as well. That’s certainly what we did. Better safe than sorry. Good luck [emoji4] David
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Hi Linda, The letter from Immi which has the second vac invoice attached states you have ‘28 days after the day on which you are taken to have received this letter’ to make payment. I took that to mean 28 days not 28 working days. David
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Hi Kevvo, Congratulations on getting to this stage. Although your acceptance letter states that Centrelink have notified Immi you still need to scan and upload the letter to the PVC. Once this is done you will receive the request to pay the second vac. We received our request on a Thursday. On the Friday we booked a 10 day trip to Bali. We paid our second vac by BPay on the Sunday and uploaded our travel itinerary. We flew to Bali at 7am on the Monday. By the time we landed and checked into our hotel our visas were granted. I do believe you have to leave the country to receive the visa grant. Some on the forum have said that Immi request a travel itinerary before they grant the visa but we ‘took the bull by the horns’ and arranged our trip before they asked us to. Good luck! David
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Hi Kevvo, The next step will be your daughter (assuming she is your assurer) receiving the AoS acceptance letter from Centrelink. Once you get this you must scan it and email it to the PVC. My guess is the acceptance letter will take a week or so to come. There’s no need to contact your case officer until the acceptance letter arrives. Good luck! David
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Hi Suzy, My daughter uploaded to ‘Financials’. We also took the hard copies of the documents into the local branch of Centrelink. We are not sure which method worked but one of them (or both) must have. Good luck. David
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The average time is around 16 to 20 weeks from application to acceptance but it can take longer, sometimes much longer if luck is not with you.
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For me it was around 10 days after lodging the bond that we received the acceptance letter.
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The main thing to upload is the bank guarantee. We also uploaded the confirmation of opening the bank account and the sum of money deposited. We uploaded documents via our daughters MyGov account and we also took the originals into the local Centrelink office.
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It is my understanding that you have to wait for the acceptance letter from Centrelink and you must email this to Immi.
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Hi, I paid online through the CB banking app. The recipients details were shown at the bottom of my invoice. David
