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6 minutes ago, Ozdream1 said:

Hopefully the term "high risk" isn't applied to DE stream applications who have a 457 visa....

Yeah exactly... the same would apply if it was the same field of work (and same employer) on the D.E. app

3 minutes ago, Amy86 said:

Definitely agree....

Hopefully it's just our speculation creating necessary hearsay.. Probably not very helpful in reality, but it's hard not to get frustrated when you hear stuff like that!

I can see that a huge influx of direct entry applications could be ‘high risk’, but hopefully that term isn’t applied to TRT stream applications. That’d be pretty difficult to swallow. It’s like admitting the 457 processes were lax to begin with, which is not something that could be the fault of the applicant nor of the nominating employer, and doesn’t exactly ring true of a ‘grandfathering agreement’.

If you and your employer met the requirements for 457 and have stuck to the rules for TRT stream agreement, then that’s pretty black and white if you ask me. How could you suddenly be higher risk now than you were when your 457 was granted?

Mine's the same, weird! Wonder what's going on there.

To be honest though, since anyone mentioned it on here i'd never thought to check that date. It could have been that way for a while!

1 hour ago, M.rvr said:

Hi there !

Happy Monday y'all ! 

Anyone applied/ applying for a 186 in VIC? Most of the applications from the spreadsheets seems to be from NSW lol ! 

Not that it matters really >< 

I think that's just the processing office. I'm in VIC and so far my communication has been from NSW PESE.

In saying that though, I'm not sure most on that spreadsheet are correct in stating the processing office. If you read the note at the bottom - the automated letters/emails may come from NSW PESE but only when you have a CO assigned will you learn where your application is actually being processed (hence i removed 'NSW PESE' from my row for now).

I think the calculation of waiting times are pretty straightforward to understand. As stated, it’s timelines across the visa type in brackets of 75% complete and 90% complete, with that extra 10% allowing room for (potentially extreme) outliers. It’s more a question of what is the strategy as far as I’m concerned.

Based on what is published regarding the post-April influx, i think it's likely a case of keeping those 75/90% brackets looking respectable. Presumably that’s what is audited.

If the whole workforce had stopped to purely focus on the 16k applications from June, just imagine what impact that would have had on those 75/90% timeline brackets. It’s utterly unfair, and a huge stress and uncertainty for those in that pack I’m sure, but there is some sort of skewed logic to why DIBP would need to do it.

1 hour ago, Parkesy said:

If they are so stalled that should be reflected in the processing times and communicated properly!

If it's strategic clearing of the new applications at play, the published processing times will still be accurate.

2 hours ago, Wentan123 said:

Hi guys, i just have a bit of question. who knows someone has done it before.

i’m currently PR (187) and will finish my contract end of may. So i still have 1 month annual leave from my company. Would it be okay if i quit 1 month before my contract finish? As i still have 1 month annual leave, so they still have to pay me for a month wages.

 

thank you

EDIT - sorry, noticed you said 187, i'm prob not qualified to answer that!

Gah! what happened to Oct 2017 sheet?? Looks like rows have been hidden, but i can't seem to 'unhide'

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1INy6sxuUIisgLOT7CcskWLjQjHV_6yVvUBRHceWE_a0/edit#gid=1445656385

Just now, AHR27 said:

How I can write my details on spreadsheet ?

Just type them in! might need to be signed in to a google account...

1 minute ago, QMY said:

Hi guys, 

Quick update.

I got my visa approved. 

Lodged date - 14/10/2017 

Nomination and visa Approved date- 27/01/2018 (Yes, a Saturday afternoon)

Position Life Scientist 

skill level- 1

Wish everyone good luck.

Happy to answer any questions.

October crew represent!

Just now, AJSAJS said:

You can travel freely until your 457 expires. Once it expires you would then need the BVB. (i'm just about to apply for my BVB)

I don't think you would need to return to OZ once they open your file. They may ask for extra documentation but you can just upload that to your Immi account. I suppose you would only have to return if they wanted to do an interview but I would say that would be unlikely.

Best of luck and enjoy your trip home.

Thanks AJSAJS!

I suppose it's mainly if it was granted whilst we're out of the country, or it was due to be granted and we we're offshore, when we had applied onshore. If that happened would i thought it might mess things up, or that i might be given a window to return.

Couple of general visa quiz questions whilst we wait?

I will ask these of the department next time I call, but since we’ve got a community of experts right here:

I have a trip planned to the UK in August 2018 for nearly a month. Currently 4 months in to 186 waiting, our 457s still run until mid-2019.

• Q1 – Am I correct in thinking we do not need to switch to Bridging Visa B to travel outside of AU? Do the 457 rules for travel stay in effect until they expire, and trump any bridging visa rules in the meantime?
• Q2 – If our 186 was opened during the time we’re away, in August, what would happen? We’re due to be away just shy of a month total. Would I have to quickly return to Aus?

Thanks 186 crew for any insight!

11 minutes ago, Parkesy said:

A friend of mine thinks the huge influx of applications in May/June 2017 has been sidelined strategically. Not sure why its strategic but they had 16,000 applications in June alone according to their newsletter back in November. That is not an insignificant increase in volume.

... May/June 2017, aka once people had got their apps together immediately after the Turnbull government's announcements?

I'm not sure if there's any use even speculating on the system/strategy in place here, but i can't help but ponder. Perhaps there had been a few cases submitted back in April 2016 which are now proving very difficult to either grant or refuse, and so newer cases are cherry picked/favoured over the ones in between in order to bring averages down for the sake of audits?

If the spreadsheet is up to date it seems like a pretty illogical pattern of activity! or perhaps it's simply not up to date? I wonder how many are actually in progress and just not updated on there. 

9 minutes ago, sph said:

They are moving forward and leave the old ones behind....

I’m starting to gather the need to bring the average waiting time down… 

Three in the last three days granted from Oct 2017 submissions 

4 minutes ago, Ozdream1 said:

Yeah..  

Not only for the applicants from april 2016... but all 2016 applicants... it's still too early to talk about 2017 since they're still on the provided processing time frame.

I'm pretty new round here, and have experienced quicker-than-lower-end estimates in the past... just got a bit overexcited 

2 minutes ago, Ozdream1 said:

Personally, I'd be more enthusiastic when they'll remove April 2016 from the processing time frame....  

Marketing specialists seem to not be an occupation the department of immigration cares about...(I think there's a big backlog for marketing specialists) 

But, since they're prioritising the newest applications, you might get it very soon!

Good luck!!!!

You can only hope. But yes, agreed - I feel pretty bad for whomever is stuck in that April 2016 application! 

1 hour ago, Fida said:

Sorry, Where did you get below info from  

As of 8th January 2018 - "Currently processing applications between April 2016 and Sept 2017"??

 

Just Curious as Im of APRIL 

When you email the processing office you get a bounce back email, and the last sentence at the bottom of this email is updated with the current processing period.

This is often shared with the group on here and is displayed on column A on the first sheet ('Status') of the Google Sheets tracker doc - here. As you can see it was last updated 8th Jan.

1 hour ago, pnm59 said:

haha!

Bit of advice mate, don't come back on this forum before April, it can be super helpful it times of stress, super stressful though as it is so addictive 

Understood  and yes, i'm in the "addicted phase".... i'll prob still be checking back in like 1-2 years, at which point i'm sure i'll be less enthusiastic 

Just now, pnm59 said:

You definitely should mate, sorry I really didn't express myself properly.

I do not know if they have started October 

Definitely didn't intend to annoy or stress anyone unnecessarily! 

43 minutes ago, pnm59 said:

(don't take this the wrong way, you're obviously welcome! :-))

Don't really understand your first reply, but:

As of 8th January 2018 - "Currently processing applications between April 2016 and Sept 2017"

Therefore, it's not too much of a stretch to suggest it'd now be on Oct 2017, is it? Just interested in whether anyone had up to date info.

With a decision ready application, why shouldn't i enquire about this?

Anyone got the latest Processing Period to hand? Are we on "to Oct 2017" yet? 

1 minute ago, Waris said:

April 16 to sep 2017

Cheers @Waris!