FionaJ22

Congratulations Dave!!

hi Nikki. Looks like there is no specified time of when the visas get granted.. as their is no straight forward answer in this whole process due to every ones scenario being different. I'm wishful thinking that my 309 visa will be granted by the end of October but, just in case i'm applying for the visitor visa. I didn't think the whole process would be so time consuming and frustrating.. i left the 309 very last minute as could have started it all last November knowing we wanted to return this November. Though i think the half of it, is trying to understand all the visas and what best suits you. Good luck on your application!! Judging on most peoples visa being granted.. yours could be next

There are several dotted around.. So I went to the one in London. There is list of panel doctors specialised for visas on the immi site. Fortunately I live an hrs train ride from London. I had to take the day off work as I spent just over an hour at the doctors but, my appointment was in the afternoon. Yer I don't know why the days vary.. My 70 days ends st the beginning of October. So I'm going to wait till the middle of October to submit the visitor visa. I agree with that.. Maybe depends if your visa documents were straight forward and understanding. Like you said.. It gets frustrating! One thing I have noticed, is that I constantly look at my emails to see if there is anything from the embassy.

I only just saw your other message.. I'm doing the 309/100 spouse visa. (309 part) but if I stand correctly I think they were roughly the same process of applying .

Haha Not long at all. The date I received the email.. I sent off for my uk police check on that day. The day after I did my Australia police check and made an appointment for the panel doctor. I got an appointment for the doctors the following wk costing £295.. Results came a wk later. And both the police checks came within 2 wks.

I think it's only upto $300 but it buys you time for visa.. Yet it does cost more money to leave country. It does take forever!! None of the application process makes any sense which is more time consuming. Luckily my boyfriend is in England with me .. But prior we had 5 months apart which is horrible! So I understand your situation. That sucks.. Otherwise maybe you could meet halfway?

3 months is a long time!! i phoned up the embassy yesterday asking what the best visitor visa is... and they said the subclass 600. You can choose 3, 6 or 12 months.. varies in price. Im going to apply for the 600 one.. started the application yesterday. It gets granted within a day- 2 wks. So i am going to do that.. its just means you cant work. Once submitted just contact the embassy and they will contact you for the 3 working days you need to leave australia prior to your visa being granted. So id say do what im doing!! its worth the extra money!!

hi Kate. You should have an assigned case officer soon, i hope. My case officer told me i had 70 days to get my health and police checks, some people get asked a shorter time. (maybe depending on the days you get given you can assess if your visa will be approved fast or not?) I am not sure as of when your visa will be approved after your health and police checks, as i am still waiting. My assigned case officer told me within first and only contact that it can take from 10- 14 months for the visa to be approved. Some other agents have also said the same thing, maybe to cover their backs? but, i personally i doubt that as we are from a low risk country. Low risk countries are 4-6 months (on immi site). From looking through a lot of forums, many people have had theirs approved within 5-6 months, some times 4. So it really does vary. I hope that answered your question.. or helps you get some idea of what to expect Good Luck!

hi blighty, In the end i applied for the 309/100 visa from England and submitted it at the end of June. Within a month i received a CO and had asked for police checks for Australia and UK as well as a health check. I managed this within 2 wks from contact with the CO. So now its just a waiting game...were hoping to return to Australia in November. But so far the process has been speedy. If you keep your application straight forward for the CO to understand it should speed up the application. i hope that helps

Hey guys, Im a British citizen, My Boyfriend is Australian. we met on holidays in Thailand over 2013/14 new year. after meeting we went our separate ways but stayed in contact everyday.. in may of 2014 he came to visit me for 6 weeks, as we thought our relationship took off. after he returned to Aus we stayed in contact everyday while i saved money to get a working holiday visa to go there to be with him for a year. i went there in November 2014, we lived together and our relationship grew. being that i was to far from any regional work i didnt do my farm work, so he applied for a working visa here and we came back to England in Nov 2015, still living here but we want to go back to Aus around october this year (2016). we are aware we can apply for a 309/100 visa but dont want to be here for the whole processing time, so weve been reading and it looks like we can go back to aus with me on a tourist visa and then apply for an 820/801 visa providing the tourist visa doesnt have the no further stay condition.. Im asking for advise on legality of doing this and how likely it is to work? ive contacted the Aus embassy and a migration agent, they have both said that even though they dont advise it, it can be done this way. Main things i want to know are; what are the chances ill cop the no further stay condition on a tourist visa? will i automatically get granted a Bridging visa A (BVA) once i apply for the 820/801? and can i work on the BVA? ive already got a job i can walk straight back into from when i was on my holiday visa so getting a job isnt a problem, i just want to do it legally and to an extent worry free!! thanks in advance Fi