Backtoback

I have just submitted mine!

I have not yet submitted my documents for my 100 as we are still in Vietnam, where we have been volunteering. 
 

They have requested a police check from all countries I have lived in for 12 months - and here its tricky. We arrived on October 10th last year, and leave tomorrow for Thailand.........its a grey area if it counts as 12 months? we have left and returned so cumulatively its not 365 days.

Also, as we leave for Thailand, and we only have 28 days to produce all documents, its highly unlikely I can get the police check as it takes around 21 days, and I need to go in and sign documents to start the process.

Am I stressing over nothing? Can anyone give me any guidance please, as I don't want to contact them if I don't have to....

My 309 has just arrived yay! Relieved as we are travelling between now and moving next April!

Lucky you, going travelling while you wait, that will kill the time beautifully! Where are you off to?

 

 

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Three months Central America and three months se Asia!

Have you notified them via email and ensured you have given them an email address you will check on a regular basis?

yes we have done all of it

Just had to call them to let them know that we are going travelling for the next 8 months. Hoped it would prompt the visa to arrive but no luck haha.....I'm so impatient!

We applied in March and my 309/100 was granted in 16 weeks! Once I was assigned a CO they asked immediately for medical and police checks. It was granted 2 weeks after. Your visa has to be activated within 12 months of the police check.

Think things have slowed down. Same happened to me but I'm still waiting for the visa....

It's very hard being patient haha

Wow congrats everyone!

I hope so too Haven't been waiting long at all, but with selling the house etc, its all becoming very stressful!!

it means your sponsor is valid and accepted to be able to offer you sponsorship.

in June 2015. I was told I had visa end of June 2016 but had to wait for new financial year as they had used up 2015 allocation

Congrats!

Just received the Visa today

Congrats - when did you apply?

Just clarifying.. Is that your witness statements and passports that were certified?

Sorry, that was my bad wording - just their passports.

The only things we certified were out witness statements passports, I think?

Sonwe just got assigned a case officer!

We have WP as our case officer. Totally stunned as haven't seen anyone get it that quickly - having a cocktail to celebrate as we're on holiday in Portugal - good timing! Hopefully this means a few others will get a quick turnaround too.

Wahoo, congrats!! I check Immi account every day but we are still a few months behind everyone, as we only submitted 12/04 or thereabouts....so impatient though!

We have a case officer!! Woohoo!

 

 

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Congrats! One step closer…. did they call you?

We are moving to Melbourne initially as this is where my partner is from, so we have somewhere to stay, people we know etc etc. Ideally I would like to head towards QLD as we were there over Easter and I absolutely love it. Melbourners seem to be very anti-QLD though, saying they're all too conservative? I had a great time though especially in and around fortitude valley….

I hope that all goes well for you! I wish we had a time scale that short! Our house won't go on the market till the end of this year as we have to wait for me to finish my degree in December, then I have to work here 3 months full time before applying for my Aussie registration. So based on that and kids doing GCSE's our earliest fly out date would be 1st July next year! It seems an eternity away and I just want to be back in Oz now! After years of refusing to return due to my past relationship, one trip in December 2014 changed my mind and all I've wanted to do since is go back! Hoping 3 years in planning will be all worth it x

Thanks! We had been planning it for a while too but OH said we couldn't decide until I had been there….I guess we are lucky that we only have to think of each other, and living in London where property is flying off the market its all been a breeze…..fingers crossed!

I am sure it will be worth it

We are very fresh into this in comparison to all you guys.....its been a month, but everything is uploaded and we are just waiting!

Have quit my job for summer (teacher), our flat is now under offer and we have booked our travels from september to april 1st. Really hoping it gets approved before then, otherwise I will be coming back to stay with my parents for a while, haha. Am hoping nothing more needs sending, we did cover all bases!

We are just waiting for our family/friends to complete their statements and get them notarised - seems like the biggest hassle out of everything!!!!

VISA GRANTED!!!

309 in only 4 months and 25 days

WOW

Hi backtoback,

You're right to decide at this point if it's worth it. The system in Australia is very bureaucratic and there is no fast-track or preferential treatment for skilled migrants. This system eats certificates and paper and I am only just nearing the end of the process with all of my certificates etc with BOSTES as we speak. If you're having doubts I'd stay well away. I have 13 years of experience up to departmental management level, plus was accredited as an AST (top 10% of teachers in the country) but even with this I am bracing myself for a fight on my hands to get a job and have moved out here with a view to coming back to the UK (or somewhere else) in 18 months' time if I can't get something that I am happy with. I'm going to give it a go and if Australia doesn't want me there are plenty of countries in the Middle East and Asia who will. That's how I'm viewing it.

Anyway, good luck with whatever you decide.

yikes it does sound tough! I wish you luck and I think I may try to look elsewhere first

If it's all going to be a pain the arse and you have doubts don't bother, it isn't worth it to you! There's a fair bit of paperwork involved and to be honest it doesn't sound like you are really prepared for it! Only you'll be really able to gauge when you start looking at jobs what is around and relief work is the way in. What other plans have you got?

Thats my thing, there is no point in doing all the paperwork if I am not guaranteed to get a job at the end of it. I know a few teachers in Melbourne, and they have really struggled to get part time/temporary work let alone a permanent role, and they're English teachers too.

I just don't want to put myself through the process if there is such a low demand for high school teachers, especially with subjects like mine.