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7 hours ago, Zee14042016 said:

Hi everyone and @Izzielizzie @badaich87 @syd2016 @APR15 @Khushi02aug @Elliotkan

Finally it's my turn to post something positive.

I got both my nomination and visa approval today.

Applied both nomination and visa on 14th April 2016 through agent

Occupation is Market Research Analyst - (This is now a removed occupation as per new rules. Luckily i had applied last year)

Nomination got approved first, after which i was asked for employer referral letter (which we submit during skill assessment). 

I submitted that immediately and got visa approval within another hour or so.

Few suggestions to people waiting -  

My agent did NOT submit form 80. So pretty much what they request depends on your case. I did pester my agent to submit it after reading threads online. However ensure you submit what they need, don't panic on reading other peoples' cases like I did please.

I know the wait is very very stressful, however make sure you do not let it get onto you like it did to me. Staying calm is hard, but try. 

If you have an agent try following up through the agent because a couple of times the immix people who received my calls have given me different answers to the same questions and also asked me to contact via agent, not directly. 

Thank you very much! This forum has been my only support after my family back in my home country.

I will pray for all of you waiting. Cheers!

Congrats Mate! Good to see April ones getting cleared.

4 hours ago, Zee14042016 said:

Congratulations mate!!

Thanks for sharing, this gives me so much hope. Have applied both visa and nomination just a day before you on 14th April 2016, waiting since. Good luck to you!

All the very best to you!

12 hours ago, badaich87 said:

Thanku and if u could plz tell me if your employer had to upload any recent bas or other docs or u just submitted the ones at the time of application.....

 

 

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No, nothing additional was asked from the employer. 

29 minutes ago, 04April2017DE said:

According to the google sheet, this is a 186 DE with occupation of finance manager 

186, just health check ups

46 minutes ago, badaich87 said:

Wow so happy for u mate
, congratulations, that brings a ray of hope for us April applicants ..... enjoy your pr life


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Thanks. 

Yeah, pending applications seem to be getting attention now. All the very best to you.

1 hour ago, Praveen Reddy said:

Congratulations mate.
Is it 186 or 187?
Have you been doc requested or direct approval?


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We were asked to get our health check ups done again

Hi,

Been a silent observer to this thread for more than a year now. Just to share i got my PR today.

Visa and Nom applied 15th April 2016

Nom approved 28th April '17

Visa approved 10th May

All the very best to all waiting for the golden email.

Hi @badaich87, @marianaammon, @jess6, @Vickiw89, Zee14042016 - what a nightmare, huh???

 

We are hitting 1 year in a few weeks. The good news is, I've stopped constantly checking...the bad news is that I'm no longer expecting to get a CO allocated anytime soon. Just gutted by this unfair process - complete, solid application (at least by their published standards) - but still no CO allocated after 11 months, and NO explanation or helpful input from IMMI. Beyond ridiculous. Contacting them is useless too as they even act like we're irrational and impatient for questioning the long wait.

 

Also, asking people to please stop hiding the older tabs on our spreadsheet. Those are not neglected updates - there are still many waiting from early 2016 and late 2015. Let's not forget them too.

 

Dear IMMI, thanks for working hard and for all the PR grants. Please try to remember all the older pending files - give everyone a fair go!

I visit this site with a hope that someone from March/April has been allocated. Some traction on these two months applications will be a reassurance that IMMI hasn't lost our applications. Tired of waiting but can't do anything about. Hang in there. One day will be our day.

@April16, @Izzielizzie, @jess6, @Gary1985 and @anyone who is waiting since March/April - WHAT IS WRONG WITh APRIL APPLICATIONS? Have they just lost all our data on the online system or has it all crashed!!

I have lost every last bit of patience with this ridiculous illogical process. I contacted my MA again (who refuses to call the department) and today she finally said that the Department don't look favourably on following up on any application. However as an exception she will send a follow-up and see what's going on.

Last week when i called the department, the guy who received informed that the application has not even been allocated yet. He asked to wait until mid march and advised that if nothing happens till then, email the department requesting to process the application. :wacko:

No movement on my application as well. Waiting..

@lellor, I'm DE - yes, noticed that for some transition ones too!

 

@Zee140416, that theory makes sense - but you would think they'd have a contingency plan for slow teams - how can it be that so many older cases have not been allocated at all, and they're already approving cases in the new financial year? I didn't use an MA for the visa app, but have asked and they said this is very odd.

 

@April16 and @APR15, on our spreadsheet alone only 57% of APR cases have been finalised! I know we are basically helpless and will just have to wait, but surely once it has gone well past average processing times, they would at least notice and start prioritising older cases?

 

You'd think that they'd try to catch up on backlog at least..or give us an idea as to the timeframe. So painful and worst bit is not knowing when or why. Over 10 months for a number of us now and a few have messaged me - they've been waiting since Jan, Feb and @aussiepr has been waiting over 510 days!

 

Right so I just noticed that I am now a 'senior member' in the forum - to think I only joined 4+ months after lodging. Ha ha. Good luck to us all. Hope it comes this month for us. Let's will it.

Hi Izzielizzie,

Your post are always reassuring and brings some peace in this madness. All the best and yes lets hope our applications get some attention too.

Any FEB, MAR and APR applicants whose cases haven't even been allocated yet? It's over 10 months for us now! Getting so depressing.

 

We submitted nom and visa, frontloaded all requirements (and even forms they didn't ask for), etc. - everything to get it done ASAP to no avail. I notice there hasn't been much approvals for the earlier months at all. Does anyone have any news?

Hi,

I am waiting too. No movement since we lodged in April. Unlucky us..

Hi, is there anyone from February whose application hasn't been allocated ? Just thinking if DIBP is saying they are allocating cases Mar onward, may be its fair to assume (or may be not) that there's nothing before March which hasn't been allocated.

What's yours?

Finance Manager

Nearly 9 months in 3 days and still no news at all....??? This is really getting frustrating now... what is DIBP upto ..... anyone still waiting from april2016...???[emoji17][emoji57]

 

 

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Yes, silently watching and waiting. Nomination and Visa lodged on 15th April. No movement since then.

Hi,

Good to find this forum

Nom Applied : 15th Apr

Visa Applied : 19th Apr

Status : Received

HR, DE