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Does anyone know - if i reschedule my test appointment can i continue to reschedule? So if i grab a test date a month earlier but an even earlier one comes up later, can i reschedule again?

Apologies! typos in above, corrected: Got my test date email today! Current timeline below: Submitted 16/06/19 Test email 02/09/19 Test date 06/01/20 I will be checking the schedule every day to see if i can snag an earlier appointment. Have yet to confirm if my partner has also received an email today.

Got my test date email today! Current timeline below: Submitted 16/06/19 Test email 02/06/19 Test date 06/01/20 I will be checked the schedule every day to see if i can snag an earlier appointment. Have yet to confirm if my partner has also received an email today.

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Hey! Given that you mentioned it's hospitality, a likely outcome would be to pursue a TSS Subclass 482 visa (2 or 4 year). The department does an OK job of documenting stuff in an accessible way these days, refer: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-skill-shortage-482 Key starting point would be to ascertain if your employer has ever sponsored before, and if so - how recently, and do they have an existing immigration agent, or plan on using one? Put (very) simply, a TSS would entail: 1. Employer applying to be a sponsor (they could already be, but if not - advisable to push the conversation on this as a priority) Refer: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/employing-and-sponsoring-someone/sponsoring-workers/becoming-a-sponsor 2. Employer submits nomination application for your role https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/employing-and-sponsoring-someone/sponsoring-workers/nominating-a-position 3. You submit a visa application in response to the nomination Refer: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/temporary-skill-shortage-482/short-term-stream#HowTo There are check lists and more in-depth guides available online, have a dig around in the section of the home affairs site linked above. Costs wise: 1. Employer's sponsor application: $400ish 2. Employer's nomination: $300ish *Cost 1 and 2: your employer cannot legally ask you to pay these. 3. Your TSS Visa Application: $1,265 (2 year 'short term') or $2,645 (4 year 'medium long term') There may be documents, police checks and so on you need to arrange for your applications, so don't take the above amounts as total final cost. Timeline: Currently pretty quick for the actual visa itself - the TSS visas look to be completed in 30-40 days. You can find current estimated processing times here: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-processing-times/global-visa-processing-times Bear in mind, you cannot submit until your employer is approved as a sponsor and has at least submitted a basic nomination application. So this 30-40 day estimate of step 3 above cannot start until step 1 and 2 are completed, if you follow. Your priority should be getting your employer set up as a sponsor and having them submit a nomination before you current visa expires. So long as this is done and you get your visa application in (dot point 3 in the process above), then you are issued an automatic bridging visa for the period you're waiting for the visa to be processed, so there's no risk of you having to leave. You just need to get your application in within your time limit really. I'm no expert on this particular program (the TSS visas), and there may be several other accessible options for you. Getting advice from an immigration lawyer or a registered migration agent could really help clear a lot of things up all in one go. Or, if you're feeling keen, research it all online and in forums and save the money. Hope this helps a bit as a starting point anyway. Tom

Oh thanks! @wokeuplikediss i apologise, i didn't know the system.

This is what bridging visas are for. You haven't stated specifically which visa you're going for, but many visa programs include a bridging visa as an interim step. Obviously you must check for the specific visa to be sure, but presuming your new visa does include a bridge visa, then all you need to do is get your application in before your existing visa expires. Visa app submitted online > Bridging visa issued > Existing visa expires > Bridging visa comes in to effect. The bridging visas often have tighter restrictions, such as a requirement to formally request to leave the country whilst you're on it, but it saves you from having to leave and wait offshore for your new visa to be processed. Hope this makes sense - best thing to do is to google "<name of new visa> bridging visa" and thoroughly read any information from immi articles. Also, if you've already put an application in, there will be a 'bridging visa' section in the accompanying letters/correspondence. Best of luck.

Having BBC iPlayer, All4 on demand and ITV Player through the TV does help

Congrats mate!

Depending how much you want to do in each transaction, i'd highly recommend CurrencyFair. I've used them a handful of times before trips back to the UK and it's very straight forward. They have a minimum transaction of $1000 australian though i think. Very low fees compared to a bank. I've also been recommended a 'Revolut' account by my brother in law which allows you to deposit and withdraw funds in lots of different countries at low fees - https://www.revolut.com/

It sounds like your partner has already got the all-clear. But even so, I think this part above is key. If that's the case then you're no longer bound by the condition of the original visa anyway. I would say with 99.9% certainty based on the above that there is no issue. I had a similar concern regarding conditions on the 186 prior to preparing my citizenship app. My legal advice stated that the specific conditions of the 186 are not 'brought across' in to the application screening for citizenship. So long as you meet the specific conditions of the citizenship (residency requirement) and you're not a risk to the country then there's no issue. This particular source of legal advice has not failed me yet on several visa apps. Happy to share this experience with you via a DM if it'll help.

Wow, quick! And so very close to me in application date! woo.

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/tools/residence-calculator Calculator above allows you to check your intended lodgement date for citizenship

Sanur is a great compromise between the busy Seminyak/Kuta and the remote places. There's still lots of modern and western convenience and good beach, but it's much quieter and generally more chilled! We just did Ubud, Seminyak and Sanur and i'd do Sanur again in a heartbeat over the other two.

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Standard statement from an immi grant letter below...

Read through and post in this thread, lots of other people waiting in there...

All good, I just think (relatively speaking) your timeline is one we'd all dream of It's certainly a lot quicker than average based on the sample data we have available to us on the forum. All the best with the rest of it!

In your immi account if you open the application for your 189 you might have 'Update details' on the left? Here you can fill out an online form for update of address, email address or passport, at least that's what is available to me on my 186 application. See below.

Sorry, just to check - you did mean May 2019 and not May 2018 as your application date? I don't see any delay. In fact this is one of the quickest applications i've seen lol. People on here waiting nearly 2 years with no test date, nothing. Yours is 3 months and you've already taken your test! Thats crazy quick.

That is so quick! How is that not streamlined? They requested docs on the same day and you got your test email 2 days after fulfilling the request - sounds a lot more streamlined than most. Mad jealous of that haha.

They state up to 15 business days on the website. I think my last one took between 1 and 2 weeks. Tom

It's a lot more straightforward than a 186/187. https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen/permanent-resident#HowTo Above link pretty much sums it up. Have a read through and pick out your action points to prep. One thing that isn't always a 'super quick fix' for people, depending on their situation, is the Form 1195. You'll see this on the page linked above if you expand the 'Prepare your documents' section, then expand 'Identity documents' and it's called "Evidence of identity in the community". It's a very simple form, with no stat dec type statement or anything required, but there is some criteria for a signatory on there which is a bit tighter than a stat dec for a visa. This can sometimes trip people up. The person you get to sign needs to actually know you, and be willing to answer a phone call from the department to confirm this, so it can't be a representative from your bank or anything. As long as you know someone (or can find someone) who matches the criteria for that, the rest is really straightforward compared to the visas! Any questions just shout, I did a 457 then a 186 and then very recently citizenship by conferral.

that worked for me. As in my example, 17th June 2018 until 16th June 2019. I checked the application in the days running up to my 1 year date (16th) and the application didn't allow me to proceed, then on 16th it allowed me to proceed.