JJRocket

Thank you to everyone for the replies , the companys SBS was just approved, so hopefully we are going to get our 457 approval soon. Its been a long road. \

Hi all, Will *try* to keep this short and sweet but hoping for some recommendations on how best to proceed with my partners 457 application, as its become a bit messy and unpredicatable... My partner and I have lodged an application for 457 sponsorship on May 25th. The paperwork was collected by me, but lodged by a lawyer (selected by the employer , not my preferred choice as not MARA) The lawyer also lodged the SBS and nomination. He received 2 requests for information for the business, and received 1 request for my partner. The request for my partner was for something that was already provided (evidence of qualifications) but the lawyer had uploaded all of my documents in bulk and so the case officer thought the evidence was missing? On Aug 17th I logged into IMMI myself and read a letter for Natural Justice, and after lots of panic, found out that the SBS had been rejected that day, due to not having evidence of training benchmark. On August 22nd the SBS was lodged again with the missing piece and additional $600 paid by the employer. My partner has been working for this employer for over 6 months and is enjoying the role...however should we just cut our losses and find another job? He has been on a bridging visa since June. The whole application has been a complete mess from start to finish and I wish I had been a little more confident at the start and pushed to employ and pay a good migration agent. This guy didn't include half of the necessary evidence for the SBS - we didn't know any of this until the rejection came through...3 months later. He has also uploaded all of the defacto evidence in bulk and I am so worried that the case officer will not be happy with this. Would a new SBS application now put us to the back of the queue again , does anyone know what sort of timeline are we looking at (Natural Justice letter gave us 28 days) Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I understand this is a general advice forum and non-specific but its got to be better than ringing immigration :wacko: Timeline 457 Application/SBS Application 25 May Request for Information 04 Aug Natural Justice Letter 17 Aug Resubmittal of SBS 22 Aug Today - still waiting