Yikes2017

On 9/20/2017 at 02:51, Nelly said:

Oh boy..... glad to be posting this message      We got our grants yesterday!!  Received the emails from our agent in the morning. Finally... we can now move ahead with some concrete plans!

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Lodged : 31/3/2017
Co contact for PCC and Meds: 10/04/17 
Completed By: 19/04/17
Visas Granted : 19/09/17

  Hope to see a lot more grants on this forum in the coming days...... best of luck to all !      

Fantastic news!  Congratulations!  

On 9/15/2017 at 17:11, Simons said:

Ar wicked we wanted Melbourne or brisbane but had to settle for nsw.  Bet your so excited. 

NSW will be amazing. Went there in 2012 and, for us,  it was a toss up between Melbourne and there. Exciting times... 

Were going to Melbourne. Flights booked for the end of October! Exciting times but, my god, the preparation is the new stress! Can't complain anymore though. It's heading in the direction that we wanted!

4 minutes ago, Simons said:

Ha ha I'm useally really patient to but that wait, and not knowing how far along the application is really does test you lol. Yup onwards and upwards now. We are thinking about activating it in december as we are in Vietnam and Bali then anyway so thought while there activate.

Good plan :).

The wait for the visa was hideous. The feeling of it being granted still doesn't even seem real almost a month on! But the relief and having the thought of it lifted from my shoulders...I can't describe. It really was 'life on hold' for 7 months.

All the very best to you and your family. Where are you heading again?

The cool thing is that I am now using this website to look up where to buy fridges and tips on buying cars rather than when the hell is my visa going to be granted!??

It's funny because in a couple of years time, people will scroll through this thread for info in the same way that we did and think 'bloody hell, some of those guys waited a long time!'

2 hours ago, Liz Nguyen said:

Hi everyone, 

Congratulations, Simon.

Visa granted 9.05 this morning (15/9), one day after Simon so Gordian, it will be your turn very soon. I lodged on 22 March, updated all info on 26 April and I have only 60, Brisbane.

Thanks, everyone for keeping me sane. for the last few months I have looked forward to what you guys have to share here instead of checking my email for the news.

 

 

Great news! Congratulations!

On ‎9‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 08:45, Simons said:

Visa granted. 

190 general plumber.

Submitted 20th march.

Every thing uploaded by 14th April.

No further information required.

Granted 14th September.

Woohoo!!! Congratulations! I was waiting for yours to come through as I could sense that you were getting as annoyed as I was!! Great news :). Onwards and upwards!

On 9/4/2017 at 21:55, mdonna1975 said:

Yes, it's true.....the good news finally came through ????....we got our visa grant yesterday (4th Sept) and immediately hit the town to celebrate. It was champagne all round ???. ???.

We applied for our visa (onshore) on 4th Feb. It's been a gruelling wait. I was on an employee sponsored visa  - and really really hated my job, and my employer, but was unable to leave because I could not work for anyone else without the 190 visa. The 'trapped' feeling has been so tough - Now I am free ??. The wait is sooooo difficult, at times I think I've almost required my own Clinical Psychologist to get me through ??

I reallly hope others hear about their via's really soon. Things finally seem to be moving at DIBP which is wonderful. Xx

Congratulations!  So happy for you. Now you can finally move on.  Good luck

5 hours ago, Pete_Solihull said:

Hey all - I'm very happy to inform everyone of some news that I received this morning from my visa agent. After waiting 180+ days, I have finally been granted a 190 visa.

We have a wedding coming up in October (in Australia) and had already booked our flights (and obtained a tourist visa). We were hoping that our visa would be granted before this time, so we could use the holiday to validate our visa and do some serious research for housing, etc. I was starting to lose hope, but thankfully we can now move to the next stage and start planning our big move.

I hope our positive news brings hope to everyone else who is still waiting. I will keep using this forum and try to follow everyone else's progress, but I wish everyone good luck with their applications.

- Some stats for those who are interested - Application submitted 2nd March 2017, C/O contact 15th March 2017 and approved 31st August 2017.

Pete.

Fantastic news!  Congratulations!  

18 hours ago, Nelly said:

oh wow, @Yikes2017   so so happy for you     This is excellent news!!!     I'm sure, now that you have the grant... the last 7 months seem far behind      You can finally move on with your plans to make the big move.. exciting!!  Your posts have definitely helped through this waiting period. .. will be glad to see  you continue to post on this forum even from the other side.... are you moving to Sydney ?   I was wondering what is the date given by dibp before which you need to make your first entry? 

It's good to see the grants have started to come in!!!!!!

Hi Nelly. Thank you!  Hopefully this means that within the next few weeks many of you guys will see your grants come in... believe me,  I NEVER thought it would happen! 

We are heading to Melbourne. Our date of first entry needs to be before 20th Feb 2018 which was the date of our medicals. We've booked our one way flights today ???

1 hour ago, Debs More said:

So happy for u yikes. I've been waiting for grant for 7 months now


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Ah,  you know the feeling well then!  Hopefully good news for you any day now

11 minutes ago, joeh99 said:

Awesome news, @Yikes2017 - I had to chuckle to myself when I saw your previous post that you wrote a few hours earlier. The feeling must incredible! Congratulations!!!

I've been waiting for my 189 visa since 20/03!

All the very best!!

I know!  Bit embarrassing that I was having a good old moan about it and at that point in time it had already been granted ?

2 hours ago, Hibert said:

Omg happy for you yikes2017 we are just behind you submitted jan 24th, off shore, your approval brings me hope. What time did you hear yikes please

Thank you!  Our agent rang at 8.15 this morn

Oh my word guys. The day has come.  After nearly seven months of agonising waiting (close to break down at some stages!) our visa has finally been granted. I am in complete and utter shock. I hope with all my heart that you all receive the good news you are waiting for soon as I know from experience that it is so hard hearing if someone else's grant when you are still waiting for your own.  Much love and thanks for all the support and words of empathy of the past few months.  I will visit regularly to watch the rest come in ?

15 hours ago, strayadreams said:

 

Just a bit of an update. According to Dept. Immigration adviser (by phone) applications are *normally* prioritised by points, then occupation, then whether a state nomination has been approved followed by onshore/offshore, other circumstances, no. of existing approvals this financial year etc. So given that we already live here, have the state nomination and have 80 points I'll be applying via 190 route. I will keep the thread updated on processing timeline. 

I have 80 points and was state nominated by Victoria in January this year. Offshore though. Teacher. Submitted 190 app 1st Feb and been waiting for visa grant for almost 7 months

On ‎8‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 12:10, marine8611 said:

guys that is a monthly update which is from 20th June till 31st July and during that time there was hardly any movement in grants.Just wait till the new upcoming update and it will be reduced as they started going back to normal in August.

That's a good point actually...cheered me up ...slightly!

19 hours ago, Liz Nguyen said:

Great news, Paul7. 

As we are all so fed up with all this wait, perhaps it is good to have something more relaxing. I have been living in Melbourne for nearly 7 years so if anyone goes to Melbourne and would like to chat about school, accommodation, etc. I am happy to help.

Perfect! That's where i'm heading so any info on suburbs, good schools, things to do for families would be much appreciated. Thanks

6 hours ago, Andii12 said:

Hi Everyone, hope it's ok to join this forum.  Recently submitted 190 EOI so I'm at the start of the process.  How long is it usually to hear anything?   Please can I ask does anyone know when the NSW priority skills list will be released for 2017/2018 thanks ?

It's usually not long to receive an invitation. Ours was 24 hours! Some others are a few weeks. The real waiting starts once the visa app has been submitted!

4 hours ago, Nelly said:

This is so scary and frustrating!!!!!!!     Sometimes I feel, I'm going to stop thinking about it all together....   but it's really hard   

My husband keeps telling me to stop thinking about it but I've stopped working now, we've sold our house, moved into temp accommodation and it's the only thing on my mind day in and day out! He's still working 50-60 hours a week so easier for him to take his mind off things! I'll have to do some temping/ volunteering or something i think coz i'll go out of my mind with the prospect of waiting 4 - 8 months more!

Wow....same for 189s ?

Processing times have increased again. 75% in 11 months,  90% in 15 months

30 minutes ago, Pete_Solihull said:

We have applied to SA and hope to move to Adelaide too. So yes, we are a bit puzzled why we are still waiting - I'm guessing that my application is in someone else's pile to process and Paul7 has just been lucky to be processed quicker than ourselves.

I guess this is good news for you then really! Hopefully yours should arrive any day now

Just now, llodza said:

Thanks Yikes that makes a bit of sense but how cant find out state occupation priorities?

 

As far as I know, they're not listed anywhere. I'll do a bit of Googling to see if I can find out...

5 hours ago, Pete_Solihull said:

I have visions that there is a desk in a office somewhere with a big pile of applications. New applications are plonked on top and instead of trying to get to the ones at the bottom, they are just picking the ones off the top.

I'm guessing there is some logic behind their decisions, but also wonder if they need another Quality Assurance Manager <cough> <cough> to help improve their visa grant system.

Hope (for all really) that we get to hear some good news soon.
Pete.

I've done a bit of reading on this (borders website) and it seems to be all to do with each state filling their places and in order of which occupations they need the most. Aus allocate about 28,000 places to state nominated visas and each state fill them in priority order according to what they need most - not necessarily date order. @Pete_Solihull which state have you applied to? It may be that Adelaide need your occupation more than other states hence the reason why someone else with the same occ has been granted first? If you've applied to Adelaide too however, then that's that theory out!

6 minutes ago, Pete_Solihull said:

Excellent news - but also soo unfair!

I have submitted a 190 visa for the same occuptation, but I submitted mine on the 2nd March! I had C/O contact 3 weeks later and submitted Police and Med checks on the 30th March and still waiting! I wish there was some logic that could be applied to understand when I can expect my visa to be approved.

Please don't get me wrong, very happy that visas are being issued and other people are being successful - I guess I can just hope that my approval isn't too far behind your grant.

Totally understand this feeling. I'm pleased for others and every grant that comes through brings us a step closer to our own. But I lodged on 1st Feb and would like there to have been some kind of date order to the processing as it does feel unfair!