Chowder

Good Morning Everyone,

Happy to share that we have received the Golden email yesterday afternoon!!! Timeline in my signature.

Wishing everyone all the very best. 

On 13/10/2019 at 10:45, Saugat said:

Thanks for your response brother.  I have a 457 visa  which is still active and allows multiple travel . So do i still need bringing  visa B? 

Hi @Saugat, I am also on 457 Visa valid until January 2021. We went overseas last week due to death in the family and we're now back in Sydney. 

No issues with travel as your Work Visa is still Valid.

Happy to share that I have received our Silver email today. Hoping for the Golden Email to come through soon.

Still, it's a happy day! :) Let's keep the faith! 

17 hours ago, lulumanda said:

Oh my god！after I post this morning，my nomination &visa has been granted just now！！both at the same time！i wanna cry  Thank you Chowder，My MA and I have made complaint to immigration few months ago，but got no news，I hope you and everyone in this forum good luck！ hold on！visa will come soon！

Yeheey! So happy for you @lulumanda it's worth the wait! Time to enjoy now.

I really hope will get ours soon too and the rest of us that's waiting. Let's all keep the faith!

2 hours ago, lulumanda said:

Hi Guys，I have been waiting since March last year and I'm on bridging C now which requires me to stay in Australia until visa granted，it's very sad that my grandparents' health is getting worse and worse but I can't go back to see them，I don't know how long will I wait, but seems like that us direct entry before April 2018 are being processing really slowly，I am afraid that my grandparent may pass away anytime without me by their side.

Anyone on bridging C has similar experience and solution? I have asked my agent if there is any way I can go abroad and they said no way. 

Hi @lulumanda

I really hope you'll get your visa soon so you can go home for your grandparents.

Though we haven't waited that long yet, we are also waiting for the outcome of our application before going home as my Dad-in-Law is also not in good condition and would love to spend time with him.

Did your MA try to follow-up with Immigration as it has been 18-months for your application?

17 hours ago, sj88 said:

Silver email received yay!! s56 requested for AFPs that are on file and in date so MA emailing today so fingers crossed it should be finalized soon!!

@sj88Congratulations mate!!! Your golden email is on its way! :)

By the way, Did IMMI call your office first before they approved the nomination or it just went straight from received to finalised?

1 hour ago, sj88 said:

Hi everybody.

Just wondering what everyones time frame is after all your information, AFPs, medicals etc have been uploaded. How many weeks are we all sitting on waiting for news?

I am still waiting on nomination to be approved- lodged April and lodged application with AFP in June, and medicals approved on 27 June.

So 4 weeks for me. Just curious to see everyones current timeline.

Happy Thursday

Hi @sj88 we somehow have similar timelines and both applications are still on "received" status as well. It would really depends when CO will open up our files but let's just hope it would be sooner. 

Happy Thursday! 

14 hours ago, Nedkellyinthebush said:

Hi all,

My visa was granted today!!!!

Thank you all guys, I’ve been a silent reader for several months and since I discovered this forum I would pull up my phone multiple times a day thinking “let’s see how are my mates doing”. You have actually helped me during this time. Seeing people being granted gave me hope and seeing all the amazing advice and information gave me a little bit of confidence too because I could see that I wasn’t alone and there is actually a bunch of amazing people online helping each other during this process. Thank you very much for this.

However, with that being said deep down I have been so worried and sad, the uncertainty was killing me. It has been very hard especially since the famous email on the 4th of April. Some days I would cry especially at night, not knowing what to expect. I believe in God and I prayed everyday, asking to give me strength to endure in this situation. Whether you believe in God or not please stay strong, your time will come soon. Looking at you Dimitrios and everybody else waiting - I don’t know any of you and I can’t recall your user names right now, but I feel you. Keep having faith my friends.

Here’s my timeline for those interested:

- 186 TRT (grandfathering) nomination and application: September/October 2018

- Received the famous email on the 4th of April

- Done the Medicals straight after the email

- Some docs were requested to my company at the end of May (don’t know what they asked for but my MA said it was the usual stuff and everything looked good)

- At the same time I have been updating my police checks, payslips, etc. in order to keep my application decision-ready

- Both nomination and application have been approved today 15 of July

I would recommend to keep your files up to date proactively. If they will expire soon, update them. This may or may not speed up the process, no one really knows but the fact that both my nomination and application were approved at the same time would make me think that it did help speeding up the process.

Best regards and good luck to everyone

@Nedkellyinthebush Congratulations!!! Truly Happy for you and to those who have had their Visas granted! Let's all keep the faith! 

Big Congratulations to all recent Nomination and Visa Grants!!! Happy Day!

On 04/07/2019 at 16:51, Chowder said:

Thanks so much @Hex for the input. Much appreciated! As suggested, I will contact an MA for peace of mind.

Hi @Hex, Thank you again for the recommendation to contact an MA. Here's what he said.

• If the nomination is for 186 -  SBS registration or renewal is not a requirement. He said that even if the SBS is expired, it won't affect the current application for 186
• He said that Standard Business Sponsorship is only required (must be active or must be renewed) if the company is nominating a work-visa.

Thank you.

4 hours ago, Hex said:

@Chowder I wouldn't be the best person and have all the knowledge on this BUT at a shot this would be my comment; 

- "You think when they were applying for nomination that it will tell them if their business registration as a sponsor has expired and need to renew first before they can nominate?"
This would be ideal but doesn't work like that, it's up to the company to "know" if they can actually lodge a sponsorship or not. If not, the department, will simply refuse it on those conditions. 

- As for how to check: My understanding was that, when the company signed up and become a sponsor, they would have been given access to a portal as well as a contact (not for visa's but for somewhere they can go to check things are up to date).
If they can't remember this then their best bet would be to call the department again and ask for confirmation (you may need to do this a few times) OR get an MA involved and ask them - I'm pretty sure there's a database of these "approved" sponsors that you can check statuses on. 

Hope that helps. 

Thanks so much @Hex for the input. Much appreciated! As suggested, I will contact an MA for peace of mind.

Hi @Hex, Do you know by any chance how will the business know if their registration as a business to sponsor is still valid or not expired? My boss tried to look up on their Immi Account but there was no details of it. She also tried calling Immigration but the only answer is the "business is fine so long as they pass the requirement of 186/187" along those lines. She's now unsure if they need to renew or it's still valid. Both nomination and visa has been submitted. You think when they were applying for nomination that it will tell them if their business registration as a sponsor has expired and need to renew first before they can nominate?

They have applied for my 457 last June 2016 (got approved JAN 2017) and now they have applied for my PR TRT stream April 2019.

Thank you Hex. As always, appreciate all your inputs.

28 minutes ago, Hex said:

@Chowder It's extremely unlikely that you would ever receive a refund. 
- I don't say it's impossible cause I know of a case that has been refunded (it was due to a error on Immigration side), however, that's only 1 - EVER. So very unlikely 

Thank you @Hex 

35 minutes ago, cams326 said:

Hi Chowder,

No, we did not get refund  My employer paid again for the visa application. But it's all worth it in the end.  

Thank you @cams326 Congrats again and Big celebration for you and your family tonight!

13 minutes ago, cams326 said:

Hello everyone! Been a silent reader as well Just got my PR granted today too! Nomination was approved 11 days ago My skill is Marketing Specialist, 186 TRT. Lodged the second application last January 2019 as my first nomination was refused due to Training benchmark.

Congrats to all of us!!!  

@cams326 Congratulations to you!!! So happy seeing lots of PR Grants today.

Just wondering please, when you withdraw your previous 186 Visa application, were you able to get refund or do you have to pay again for new application?

Thank you!

46 minutes ago, bsuman said:

186 TRT Stream

High risk country

Nomination Applied: Aug 2018

Nomination Approved: May 2019

Visa Applied: 27 May 2019

Request for Police Check, Medicals: 04 June 2019

Medical and Police Check Submitted: 25 June 2019

Request for spouse functional English: 27 June 2019

Functional English submitted: 28 June 2019

 

Will they come and ask for for documents. Any idea when the application will be finalized. It's been a long wait since nomination was applied.

 

@bsuman, it could be this month or you may have to wait a little more. It really depends. As per @Hex response to you, we can't do anything but wait.

The good thing about your application is they already started the process and will for sure revert back to you. Some are all still in "received" status. 

Big congrats to the recent PR Grants and Nomination Grant!!!

Hello Everyone.

I'll be joining the waiting game (again). This time for ENS application (186 TRT). I just lodged our visa application yesterday. Nomination is also still on "received" status. Details on my signature below.

Let's keep the faith! 

457 to PR.pdf

This is the latest one I found - https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/work/newsletters/march-2018

oh okay.. hopefully you will get the visa straight away now.. GOOD LUCK TO you..

could you please tellme what did they do in external reference checks??

thanks a lot x

Hi Jazz,

They will call your previous employers to confirm your work history.

Hi, do we need to have our documents certified true copy email r a scanned colour copy of the original document is enough to attach. Also do we need police clearance for secondary/dependent's 457 visa?

Hi Nicolo,

I didn't submit a police clearance and IMMI never requested for it as well.

If you can get it easily, there is no problem submitting it but you may also proceed with the application w/out it and just wait if the case office will request it.

Hey mate finally I got a good news .. visa has granted yesterday .

 

Here is my timeline

Nomination and visa applied :18th August

Nomination approved : 13th oct

RFI requested : 20th oct

RFI submitted :26th oct

VISA GRANTED: 16th Jan 2017

 

Best of luck for those who are waiting long .

 

 

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Congrats Mate!!!!

Yeah follow up with my MA and he said he will send email by end of this week.

 

 

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It will be out soon.. Let's hope for the best.

By the way, I didn't use MA.

Congrats..lucky you..do u remember the date u submit your RFI.. I submit on 7th nov after still waiting..

 

 

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Can't remember the exact date but it was mid november. Did you try to follow up?

I'm same like your I've been waiting from August and RFI was requested on 20 oct submitted on 26 since then no response ... anyway congrats mate [emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]

 

 

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Keep the faith mate and keep on praying.