Pete_Solihull

Congratulations to everyone who is getting visas - it looks like things are finally moving. Hope anyone still waiting doesn't have to wait too much longer.

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.

Hi Liz, Yes, I'm an Quality Assurance Manager making an offshore 190 application, sponsored by SA and we want to head to Adelaide. We are close to moving into our 7th month of waiting, and cannot make any sense as to how someone else can be processed so much quicker than ourselves. You never know, our agent may have received an e-mail during the bank holiday and I could hear some good news on Tuesday morning (won't be holding my breath, but you never know). Thank you for keeping an eye out. I will of course keep everyone informed if I hear some positive news. Pete.

Congratulations Yikes - your posts on this forum have been very useful. All the best with your move to Oz.

I agree - I think we should expect to see that average processing figure to come down when they update it next month. I calculated that the average processing time from the information on a certain immigration tracker website to be 172 days average (for all of the grants in August so far) - which would put it around the 5.5 to 6 months processing time. Obviously this does not represent everyone, but it should give an indication in the direction of travel for processing times.

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 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.

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.

It certainly could be worse! We are staying positive - waiting is the easy thing to do. Hope everyone else here hears some positive news soon.

Hi Trudi The simple answer is that we've been waiting too long. We applied on the 2nd March, so today is our 156th of waiting for the visa. We are being state nominated by SA, so are heading to Adelaide. Haven't got any further than that as of yet - waiting for positive visa news before we start looking closer at suburbs, etc. Pete.

I'm in a similar situation (except on a 190 visa application). I was hoping for my validation trip to be our only trip, but it now looks like we will have to make a validation trip before our big move. I would much rather make a single trip and save some money, but have now accepted that it will be just another cost of moving to Oz. Pete.

Hi - thank you. I thought that was the case, but thought it was worth asking.

Hi all, I'm a long time follower, but first time poster (this is a great place to read about visa applications, but haven't really felt educated enough to join in the conversation). We submitted our 190 application at the start of March and know the frustration that many have expressed waiting for good news - today is our 145th day of waiting! I have a question about the processing time quoted by the DIBP. Does the 9 months processing time (for 75% of applications) apply to all persons in the system or is it only for new applications? Thank you. Pete.