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As far as I know, the only money my employer put out was the $540. I'm not sure about the $80 but I know a lot of visa fees went up in 2015.

I applied June 30th, 2015 and had a case officer assigned in Decemberish of 2015.

Yeah, I'm beginning to think that my lawyer was slow on that. I was confused as to why the Case officer would make a decision before getting all the paper work. It didn't really make sense to me. My migration lawyer IMMEDIATELY told me they were paying for the appeal costs etc so maybe they effed up. It seemed odd that they did not submit all the paperwork at once and I never really got a clear answer. As the appeal is lodged now and it seems like I'll just be waiting another year I can't do much now I guess? That's too bad the waiting time is so long. And you guys are right about the fraud. I know the couple aren't living together and the woman actually was sleeping with the friend, so judging but this alone, I feel like the chances of the fake relationship with the other person being approved is low, so I'll leave it up to someone else to decide. It's just upsetting to hear when the rest of us are trying so hard to do it legitimately.

Hi there, I applied for my 186 Direct Entry Stream sponsored by my company. Everything was going well with my visa (they had even called my migration lawyer to say it looked great) until whoever was working on the Work nomination part rejected it as my lawyer was still putting together the training benchmark receipts. We are now appealing this decision. Wondering anyone else's experience with the MRT and how long they waiting for a work nomination appeal and if it was positive, was their visa granted as well or would they still have a reason to deny it. I read somewhere that the appeal time is 350-427 days for work nominations. Have you experienced the DIAC denying your application because they didn't wait until all evidence was submitted? I am feeling like they do this purposely to get you to appeal for more money or for you to get frustrated and give up, weeding people out or something. Secondly, I recently found out talking to a friend about a foreigner living here (seems to be we always ask each other which visas we are on) and I found out this woman has applied for a de facto partner visa on a completely fake relationship just to stay in the country. Would you report this? I just am feeling like this is why the system gets so strict. Here I am applying for a legit visa for a company I've had a working relationship since 2010 (I worked for them as a uni student back in 2010 and they brought me back in 2014 under 186 sponsorship), and yet people faking de facto relationships seem to be fine. Any advice would be appreciated. I realize this forum is for English/UK but I am not sure where else to seek advice from experienced migrants. Thank you!