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  1. 33 minutes ago, WhenWillWaitBeOver? said:

    Hi guys, is it really required to stay with the same employer for the 2 years who sponsored the PR ? one of my friend received his PR subclass 186 last year and now he is getting a good offer from a company. But his HR has indicated (not a formal or written communication) that he needs to stay with the company for an another year before he can quit. Is this really legal?

    They can't force him in the sense that there must be a reasonable buyout price in the employment contract addendum. Maybe he has to pay all or a portion of the company's visa costs, which would be reasonable.

    If there's no written agreement about it, he is free to leave. It is not a legal requirement in that case - more a moral one as they did spend a lot of money on his visa.

    We were told by my wifes employer that it cost them $5.500 all expenses included. So maybe it's worth it depending on how great the new offer is - maybe it's not....

    If in doubt, talk to a lawyer.

  2. We got the Golden Email this morning. Thanks to everyone who posted on this forum -  I learned a lot about the visa system from this place! Here's the timeline:

    • Visa: 186 DE
    • Nomination and Visa Applied: 3 Jul 2020
    • Nomination Approved: 8 Jul 2020
    • S56 Req: 3 Jul 2020 (NPC with alternate name spellings) - Submitted 21 Jul 2020
    • S56 Req: 11 Aug 2020 (NPC with further alternate name spellings) - Submitted 1 Sep 2020
    • Onshore: Yes (on a 457 visa expiring 17/11/2020)
    • State: NSW
    • No. of applicants: 6
    • Role: 253111 Medical Practitioner
    • Medicals Completed: 17 Aug 2020
    • Visa Status: Granted 24 Sep 2020

    All the best to everyone. May you all get Golden Emails sooner than expected! (even if I realise that it usually doesn't go that way...)

    • Congratulations 9
  3. I know several colleagues who also had the CISSP recognized as Advanced Diploma. So unless they changed policy in the past couple of years, I'd say it's still a safe bet. Afterall, it is MUCH harder to achieve a CISSP than any Cisco or Microsoft Professional Level certifications.

    I also hold CCNP Routing & Switching and didn't even submit it as I knew the CISSP was sufficient...

  4. Just wanted to share my experience with the health assessment. 4 family members got direct clearance. My 16-year old son and I initially didn't, and our status just showed "Assessment in Progress - no action required".

    I don't know why my son did not get the initial clearance. The MO told me at the health assessment that he had found traces of blood in my urine though and it would need further lab testing. We did it on a Tuesday. The results were in on Immiaccount on Friday which is when the status updated to "Assessment in Progress" for my son and I, while my wife and our 3 daughters immediately went to "Health Clearance Provided".

    I spent the WHOLE week worrying and worrying, and making contingency planning for what to do if we were rejected. It was totally needless as the status automatically updated the following Tuesday to "Health Clearance Provided" for both my son and I.

    Point being, don't worry if the health assessment doesn't immediately clear. It could very well be something completely irrelevant for the visa. Enjoy every day like you normally would, and tackle each challenge only as they appear! I hope this can help someone else to relax a bit if they are in the same boat one day. 😀

  5. Anyone with ideas how long it takes after submitting the second s56 response?

    • 3 July: s56 requesting more AFP certificates with alternate name spellings (due to international characters in middle name)
    • 11 August: s56 requesting more AFP certificates for my daughter with different first- and lastname combinations (ie. LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME MIDDLENAME and alternate ones with MIDDLE NAME LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME)

    I submitted the requested AFP's today - a total of 6 for my daughter, 4 each for the rest of us - so no less than 26!! AFP certificates. AFP actually cancelled one of the certificates as they felt my daughter kept applying in error, which caused some unnecessary delay 😂

  6. On 12/08/2020 at 03:47, Rob C said:

    Hi Mike, where you specifically submitted the CISSP certification as Education or just Vendor certification?

    Was your experience gained after the CISSP certification?

    It was recognized as Education at the level of Advanced Diploma or equivalent. My experience was both before and after CISSP (3 year before and 13 years after).

  7. Hi,

    I arrived in Australia on a 457 visa in November 2016 working as 263111 Computer Network and Systems Engineer and have been full time employed since in rural Australia (NSW).

    Late last year my sponsoring company changed my manager, and the new one was really terrible. Micromanagement at it's worst, and nowhere near appealing or acceptable to someone like me with 25 years of experience in IT. Told me that he was not likely to agree to PR sponsorship as well, so obviously I started looking around. When I found a new employer and resigned, he suddenly wanted to sponsor me anyway?? Anyway, I don't work that way, so I stuck to the resignation and in June this year, I finally changed employer and my 457 visa was transferred to them. No problems there.

    So here's my problem: With the new 191/494 visa's, I have gotten a bit confused.

    Knowing that I have to work 2 years for the same employer on my 457 to apply for ENS/RSMS (186/187) - I assume this is still the case? - I know that changing my employer messed up my chance of getting 186/187 PR within this 457 Visa validity period (as I can effectively only work 16 months with my new employer before it expires).

    I was planning to get a new 4 year 482 TRS visa before my current 457 expires. Work 3 years on that, and then make the PR transition. But if I understand the new 494 correctly, it is now more advantageous for my new employer to sponsor me on that, and then go for the new 191 after 3 years. Correct?

    Why would anyone go for the 4-year 482 over the 5-year 494?

    Will the 494 excempt me from paying school fees (currently paying $16,000/year for public school)?

    Would there perhaps be a "grandfathering" built into the 191 so I could go for that directly, as I've been here 3 years in November?

    Hope you can help me out here - I am looking for the fastest route to PR given my situation.

    Thanks heaps, Michael

     

  8. I sent a blank email but didn't received the auto reply

     

    Check your spam folder or try from another email address... It currently says:

     

    For urgent requests for assistance, please include the words Priority Request for Assistance in the subject line of your email. If there are exceptional circumstances requiring the urgent allocation of a case please the words Priority Allocation Request in the subject line of your email.

     

    Such requests will NOT be considered further unless there is a brief statement providing reasons for the request. If there is no statement or the request is considered not to be urgent, you will not receive a response and/or the application will be processed within the normal timeframe. If the request is considered to be urgent, we will contact you within 48 hours.

     

    Please do not use this option as your default position for emails sent to this mailbox. The reason we don’t respond, if the request is not considered urgent, is related to the volume of such requests and our efforts to limit the staff resources we lose from our primary focus of finalising applications.

  9. Time to write a professional but strongly worded email to immigration. I appreciate things take time, but I feel I deserve an explanation I mean if its taking this long surely there is a reason for it? I think I would actually prefer a refusal rather than just nothing lol I mean I wouldn't really but its getting beyond a joke.

     

    I wrote a very kind and friendly email to them and got my visa the next day... Let me know how the strongly worded email works out for you.... :-p

  10. YES! Visa granted :-) Here's the timeline:

     

    Subclass 400 Application: 28 July

    Subclass 400 Granted: 4 August

    Entered Australia: 21 August

    Nomination submitted: 19 September

    457 Application submitted: 27 September

    Nomination Approved: 8 Oct

    RFI received: 10 Oct (spouse to undergo full health assessment)

    RFI response provided: 19 Oct

    Priority requested: 16 Nov (on the grounds that SC400 visa expiry is 21 Nov)

    Visa granted: 17 Nov

     

    Applied from LR country. I was onshore, spouse and kids offshore. Went to NSW. Both sponsor and myself did not use MA

  11. AFAIK, you can request priority (48 hour response) if you can show evidence of any kind of financial hardship/consequences for either yourself or the sponsor.

     

    For urgent requests for assistance, please include the words Priority Request for Assistance in the subject line of your email. If there are exceptional circumstances requiring the urgent allocation of a case please the words Priority Allocation Request in the subject line of your email.

     

    Such requests will NOT be considered further unless there is a brief statement providing reasons for the request. If there is no statement or the request is considered not to be urgent, you will not receive a response and/or the application will be processed within the normal timeframe. If the request is considered to be urgent, we will contact you within 48 hours.

  12. I did my visa application on 19th september. I waa so hoping that I ll get a response today but no response as yet. Is there anyone who applied around same time and still waiting for a response?

     

    I did mine on 27 September. Nomination was approved and an RFI was issued both on 10 October (spouse requested to do full health assessment). Answer was provided 19 October, and since then I heard nothing. LR country.

     

    Latest status indicate that you will hear something very soon:

     

    Please note the auto-response was updated on 7 November 2016 with new information on the initial assessment date for processing.

     

    We have recently moved to a global allocation model for processing cases. The network is processing applications lodged from 19 September 2016 onwards (the current assessment date will be updated weekly on a Monday).

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