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Hey @PW1 I'm at this section of the app right now - could you tell me what you did about the parents passport question? - Does this parent have the details of the last passport used to enter or depart Australia? My parents have never been to Australia - do i leave this as No/blank?

Pleased to say we've got all of our application bits together ready to submit. Friday evening of this week we will be officially joining the queue! It'll be a long wait i know, but after our immigration journey so far we'll be raising a toast to having the app submitted nonetheless

Hey Garry You do not fall in to a particular group. There is no criteria which says whether you'll be completed in the first 75 or 90% of applications. These are simply statistics from the processing office to show the current workload and how it effects your estimated waiting time. It shows that 75% of the entire volume of applications are done in an estimated period of time, and 90% in another. This leaves 10% of applications which take longer than that (usually more complex applications). It is really only used for a rough guide, and many applicants will experience shorter (and some longer) time frames. Think of it this way - if 75% of all applications are completed in 18 months, that means a big proportion of applications are presumably completed in less that 18 months. It's currently: Application to decision 75% - 14 months 90% - 19 months This means of all the applications submitted, 75% are estimated to receive a decision with 14 months, and another 15% (making 90% of all applications) estimated a decision in 19 months. The remaining 10% are not considered in these time frames. To look at the entire estimated timeline: Application to ceremony 75% - 18 months 90% - 23 months 'Application to ceremony' may be more useful, as this is the entire citizenship time frame. This is currently 75% in 18 months, and 90% in 23 months. As a general rule, unless you have a particularly complex application you should really expect to have a decision within the 90% frame (but again there is no guarantee unfortunately!).

Yorkshire represent!

@LouDYorkie off topic - are you from Yorkshire originally?

Ok cool! Labour agreement i'm not 100% sure on all the details, but the health checks and police checks yes if possible it's recommended you get this sorted out sooner rather than waiting. You can submit without and a case officer may just ask for them later, but better to have them at the start! Less likely to be delayed too.

I've just had to do this as it is a requirement of the visa. Do you use an Immi Online account? If so you can log in and update in both places so you're covered - 1. 'Manage Account' link on the top right - update address here 2. On the front page (Applications view), click on 'View Details' on your finalised 186 app listed here. Then submit the change using the 'Update Details' (left menu) and the 'Update address details' app. Hope this helps! If your apps have been paper based i'd presume there'd be an equivalent form, but not 100% sure.

Difficult to know where to start without any other details. What's your situation - DE/TRT route? Occupation? Do you have an employer sponsor ready to submit a nomination? How many applicants, and who are they? Low risk/high risk country? In regards to health checks and police checks, many would recommend having these in hand ready for when you submit the visa application, to avoid any delays. 12 months is the amount of time they are valid once they are issued. Depending on your situation there could be several other pieces of the app to gather. Evidence of work, stat dec statements from others, Form 80, evidence of relationships and/or dependants. It's really not too tricky given a bit of time and research. Have a search around on forums for other peoples checklists, especially if you can find examples of people in the same or similar situation to you. Always refer back to the immigration website info though and study it - other people's accounts of their experiences are good for a guide, but won't always be directly transferable (and they may have missed things!).

The aim for me was to apply as close as possible to the nomination being submitted, but my app ended up going in about 2-3 weeks after due to a couple of things being delayed. I suppose it just depends on how urgently you want the visa. You could certainly wait for your employer nomination to be approved first, but there's a chance that'd extend the whole timeline of your visa being granted. From what I've seen most people tend to submit at the same time.

@Mmmbop Are you going for 186 TRT from a 457? If so, for my TRT i only added one attachment relating to employment. This was a PDF doc with all my payslips covering the period between my 457 grant date and the present day. As far as i was concerned this was the only work-related requirement for the 186 TRT. I didn't get asked for anything further. If you think about it - you've already proven your fit for the role and provided all the necessary evidence in your 457 app. The only additional work-related requirement on the 186 TRT is that you've continued in a role with the same employer for the necessary period (2 years?). Nothing else should have changed. If it's a new Direct Entry app then i don't have experience with this i'm afraid.

Mine was the same day, but there's really nothing to guide expectations on this. Perhaps set a deadline to gently follow up (6-8 weeks from nomination?) if you haven't heard anything.

That sounds right to me, but i have no experience with applying for dependents (your new baby). Please don't take my word for it. Perhaps someone else could chime in on this who has more experience.

As far as i'm aware, your 457 stays in effect throughout the processing of your 186TRT as long as it is still valid. If your 457 is expired your bridging visa comes in to effect, and in that case you'd need to look in to the conditions of the bridging visa.

Police checks are valid for 12 months. It's best to submit those with as much 'shelf life' as possible. Ours were 6 months old when we submitted and we weren't asked to renew them when they expired, but it has been the case where people have been asked to renew. In terms of certified docs, that's a good question. I would always get certified copies as close to the application date as possible, but i have heard that there has been a change recently so docs don't actually need to be certified and a regular scan of the doc will suffice.

Hi all Just a quick one - My partner and I have moved house since our PR visa has been granted. My partner has also got a new passport due to the previous one expiring. Two questions - 1. If we update our address in the Immi Online account (via 'Account Details' screen), is this all we need to do? Do we also need to use the 'Update us' option against the now finalised 186 visa app in the system, or is this only for changes mid-processing? 2. Given that our PR was finalised, is there any need for us to use the 'Update us' option to give the new passport details, or is it acceptable for us to simply supply the new passport against our citizenship app, given the passport update happened in between PR and citizenship? Thanks for any advice! Tom

Less likely to be delays if you get it done and upload immediately after submitting application.

That's an interesting insight!

It's a lot of effort for what i can only guess would be 2-3 months difference surely!

Hi crew. Could I ask a question to those who have submitted? I'm just recapping on the info about documents to make sure i've accounted for everything. How did people supply their certified photo and form 1195 online? I was planning on scanning both front and back of photo and attaching both as a single page within a PDF doc with the form 1195 pages following it, but this advice on the DIBP web page has got me questioning ('do not place them on a piece of paper') Any advice?

Well it's one less thing to do i suppose!

That's weird! i didn't realise that. i thought i'd need to get passport, birth certs etc certified like we did for PR.

Good question. I don't expect it'll make any difference (if anything, you've just gone to more effort than required). We apply in about 3 weeks and i've got in my diary to get the key ID docs certified... i'm now learning that i don't need to.

Ah how annoying! You can apply online via Immi Account, or if you want to use the paper form (or preview the requirements before starting an online application), then it's form 1300T: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/1300t.pdf

It's your local council. What is your postcode?

The website you listed looks like an online migration agent of sorts. You could continue that route if you wanted, but it's not the official immigration website. Depending on what route you need to take for your citizenship, it's not often a complex application and can likely be organised yourself without the need to pay an agent. Just my 2 cents.