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Hi, 1) NIC and passport are not enough. The case officer will most probably ask you for an English birth certificate from NADRA. This is applied through the Union Council in your local area. 2) Polio Vaccinations can be done from any hospital or medical centres. From my knowledge, DIBP don't have specific authorised centres. 3) From my experience, it would be better for your supporting evidence if you and your wife wrote individual letters/affidavits addressing each of those points in detail. Yes, it can be hand written and signed. Also in the letter address how and where you met. Make sure both yours and your spouse's letter match in details. Case office will read it and ask questions from the letters in the interview. 4) If you are filling out the digital versions of forms 47SP and 40SP you will still need to write everything as you have for the forms. 5) They will require evidence for your family composition. We provided Family Registration Certificate from NADRA for proof of family tree. This is more than enough. 6) Forms 888 are for Aussie residents/citizens. They require 2x separate witness statements these days from Pakistan. Ask 2 people to fill out the forms who know both you and your partner, who know of the relationship (maybe attended the wedding) and make sure they write why they think your relationship is genuine. You can buy the statutory declaration forms from any printer/photocopier shops in Karachi. Get them to fill it out with the details and sign it. Then get it stamped and certified by one of the by a Judicial representative who usually sit outside these shops. 7) From what I remember, they don't upload much detail of the biometrics. They automatically send the data to DIBP once it's done. 8)That is your decision. My wife did her medicals 3 weeks after application submission. Don't wait too long. Why wait for the Case Officer to request it which will delay your process for no reason. You would want to make sure that when the officer assess the application, they have all the documents ready, otherwise you will go back and forth for a while. Hope that helped!!

Hi Guys, Alhumdulillah finally got our spouse visa. Timeline is as follows: Date of Lodgement: 13th April 2017. Date of Interview: 19th January 2018. Additional Documents Requested: 19th January 2018. (same day as interview) Visa Grant: 30th January 2018. Wish you guys all the best and for those who are waiting, may Allah make it easy for you.

We also applied for spouse visa on 13th April and haven't received an interview call. I've contacted the department on a few occasions for any information or status update but they just give the standard response. My wife also applied for visitor visa on 23rd October but still havent received any interview call for this visa as well. Not sure what has happened to immigration. It never used to be this bad before. It just gets worse and worse every year.

Hi everyone, Just a quick question. Approximately what time does AHC call for an interview? Is there a certain time period during the day? like mornings?

Congrats Hiba. Very happy to hear that. Hopefully the rest of us waiting anxiously get our visa's soon as well

Why did they refuse you visit visa after making you wait for that long? Did they give you an explanation?

What visa did they say they have made the decision for? Did they tell you anything about visit as well? WIsh you all the best. Hopefully you get it very soon.

I dont think they work on Fridays. They work monday-thursday. What did they ask during interview?

She has applied for partner visa already and done all the biometric requirements. She has applied for visit visa last week. So she has to do the biometrics again for visit when she has already done it for the partner visa?

Hi Maria, My wife applied on 13 April 2017 and we still haven't heard a peep from immigration. No contact whatsoever. When you applied for visit visa, did they ask you to do biometrics again? Did you redo it?

Yeah man i realised that as well. I think there are certain time periods and grant limits with immigration. Some people are lucky to get it early. It all depends on the case officer as well. I hope everyone in this forum waiting gets their visa very soon. Immigration has caused enough mental torture on everyone

Hi Saad, When did you apply for the 3 months visit visa? And after how long was it granted? Did they ask for bond as well for the first visa? Hope you get the spouse visa soon

Hi Maria, Did you submit your tourist/visit visa online on immiaccount? Like you did with the partner visa? I was informed by immigration office in Sydney that it usually takes about 4-6 weeks for visit visa from Pakistan to be processed, so fingers crossed you get a response very soon. However, if you have applied for partner visa at the same time, they can decline/hold the process for visit visa if the decision to be made for partner visa is very close. In saying that, they will give you a response for partner first before the visit. My wife also applied on 14 April 2017 and by the looks of the long processing time period for partner visa, i might apply for visit so she can come here.

Hi guys, Congratulations to all who have received their visa's. Hope you all have a happy life in Australia. Can you all please update the timeline tracker (including all newcomers). Click on the link below. Thank you all https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11QnNEZI57n1kMHc8z2P2FdZ781TtEukT7-JGWiQEqu8/edit#gid=1442502201

Yes, like i said you have to be offshore to get the grant. But my point was that being onshore does not affect the spouse visa decision. If you are onshore for a visit they will tell you to leave the country first before giving the grant