KPG

23 hours ago, woody2709 said:

Well everyone, it's finally happened!!!! VISA GRANTED!!!! IF anyone knows my story I started last January working towards a 189 which was taking forever, caused lots of bad times and a relationship breakdown. Switched to a 489 in February and it's finally happened!!!! Couldn't be happier. Keep your fingers crossed everyone it happens when you least expect it

Timeline

Electrician (general) 60 points +10 SS

Applied for NT nomination - 09/02/18
State nomination granted - 12/02/18
Visa invitation - 14/02/18
Visa application lodged - 15/02/18
Medical - 20/02/18
Police certs for UK and Aus cleared-13/03/18
VISA GRANTED- 31/05/18

Congrats @woody2709 happy for you!

On 19/05/2018 at 06:43, Adaa said:

Hi @KPG....was a CO appointed in your case.... what is the status of ur application...

@Adaa CO was appointed and they came back with some clarification questions on 20th of March, we replied back the same day and still waiting.

On 16/05/2018 at 12:07, Adaa said:

Hi there... would like to update regarding my application for 489 ST visa

Occupation- Dentist ( 75 points)

Eoi submitted 5th  March

Skillselect invite 22nd March

Queensland nomination 22nd March

489 visa application 24th March with fees

All documents submitted 5th April

No further update till yet... 

 

@adda  it normally takes 5 to 8 months so be patient and you will get it soon... I know the wait seems like ever as I have been waiting since Dec 2017

On 3/4/2018 at 10:18, KPG said:

My timeline is below, still waiting fro grant:

VETASSESS - Screening	17-Oct-17
VETASSESS - Positive Outcome	6-Nov-17
EOI & State Nomination Lodged	7-Nov-17
ITA Received	23-Nov-17
Visa Application Lodged	24-Dec-17
Health Check Done & PCC	31-Dec-17

An update on my time line.. in addition to the above..

CO contacted with additional clarification questions  20-March-2018

Replied back to CO  21-March-2018

Still waiting, not heard back from the CO

On 3/13/2018 at 09:00, varun410 said:

ACS - Outcome                                      18-August-17

EOI & State Nomination Lodged         20-August-17

 

ITA Received                                28-August-17

 

Visa Application Lodged      12-September-17

Health Check Done & PCC   15-Sep-17

@varun410 grant received?

On 2/25/2018 at 07:28, maanz6090 said:

I lodged my file 489 SA on dec 15
Uploaded all the docs
Status is received till date
Wonder when it will b chnged to asessing

@maanz6090 any luck on the outcome? Have you heard from the CO?

On 4/24/2018 at 12:35, SUPERSTARDJ01 said:

Just had a call from our agent, we received our visa grant today from apply for our visa (not including our state sponsorship) to receiving our grand the total was 5mths and 3 weeks.

rough timeline-

IELTS - taken in July 2017

Applied for state sponsorship QLD - 06/11/17

State sponsorship approved QLD - 09/11/17

Medicals and Police checks - 29/11/17

Visa application submitted - 07/12/17

CO contact for more info - 19/02/18

Additional info submitted 27/02/18

Visa granted 24/04/18

 

So so so excited.

Congrats @SUPERSTARDJ01 and all the best for your move.. 

What is the IED cut off date?

11 hours ago, Nasyr said:

Hi guys.

Sorry for sharing the good news bit late. I got my grant on 13th of April. Here is my timeline.

EOI lodged : 9th Sept, 2017
Sponsorship application : 9th Sept, 2017
Sponsorship approved : 9th Oct, 2017
Invitation received : 12th Oct, 2017
CO first contact : 14th Dec, 2017
CO second contact : 30th Jan, 2018
CO third contact : 28th March, 2018.

Visa Grant : 13th April, 2018.

Congrats @Nasyr what is the IED?

17 hours ago, patrickc said:

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if you could send me their information that would be fantastic- thank you! 

@patrickc please contact 

FBP Sales office at:

+61 499 914 288 (AUSTRALIA)

+971 50 751 3997 (UAE)
+971 56 567 0257 (UAE)

a big shout out to @snifter for always being prompt and willing to help people on the forum by taking the time out by sharing his thoughts and suggestions.

Thank you @snifter and @jimmy boy all the best to you with your move.

On 4/6/2018 at 14:18, patrickc said:

Hi everyone, 

So I am a bit confused by the whole visa process, timelines etc and I am thinking of getting an agent to help me. Does anybody have any advice on if this is a good move or a recommend someone ?  

I am just waiting in my skills assessment to come back before submitting my EOI and will have 60 points as it stands but should be able to get 20 points for language 

any tips would be greatly appreciated

Thanks 

Hi @patrickc I have been using services from Best Migration Services https://bmsmigration.com/ and have found them to be good and professional, in fact they saved the day for me by submitting my EOI as soon as I received a positive outcome from VETASSESS as they anticipated my job code to would be dropped to the low demand bracket and true enough it was dropped to red (low demand) 2 days after my submission.

Please do let me know if you need their contact details and I would be happy to share them with you.

Cheers!

On 4/5/2018 at 15:14, annagilda said:

Thanks everyone! It's pretty cool. 

I can't remember the full details, but: 

Applied 23rd of August, to Tasmania for State Sponsored, applied onshore. 

CO Assigned about 2-3 weeks later, 

Medical, Police checks and documents all completed late October. (My medical took a while.) 

 

Granted on the 4th of April.

Congrats!

3 hours ago, Quoll said:

why wait til the new academic year to enrol if you’re moving over later this year?

@Quoll I plan to move in Sept - Oct 2018 and then after a month my family will follow, so i guess its summer break for schools during that period, correct? Hence we thought on starting a new academic year in Jan 2019.

Please let me know if that makes sense?

3 hours ago, snifter said:

I shall PM you 

 

Thank you @snifter received it, will read it at leisure and revert. 

9 minutes ago, snifter said:

I shall PM you 

 

Thank you.

5 minutes ago, snifter said:

KPG, keep in mind the once a year intake is only in its second or third year here in SA. Before then there were intakes at the start of each term. Kids would start reception the term after turning 5. So a kid turning 5 in May would start in July at the start of T3 for example. This means that kids who started in the first 2 terms would do one year of reception (well, some 4 and some 3 terms) and then go into Y1. Kids starting in terms 3 and 4 would be 6 term receptions usually. 

Your daughter going into Y3, those kids iirc would be from the term intake set up, not the yearly intake. Just something to research if interested to know more and consider. 

 

 

 

Thank you @snifter just a bit confused and lost.. so my daughter is 9 years and 9 months old (DOB 08 June 2008) and she is in Grade 5 at the moment and will be completing the academic year in June 2018, now my plan is to enroll her in school in Adelaide at the beginning of the academic year i.e. in Jan 2019, so accordingly which grade should she fit in?

Yes @Quoll absolutely and more over I wont have a choice 

1 hour ago, snifter said:

Consider also the maturity aspect and social aspect as your child gets older. If you try to put her up a year or two she could be with kids 2 + years older than her for the rest of her schooling. Kids who would be driving, doing school sports within their correct age group, camps, socialising etc. If she is say a full year younger or more than the others that could be tough going as she gets older. Even 6 months could make a huge difference. 

Absolutely @snifter makes so much sense. 

Thank you for your usual valuable input. 

Hi @Gogi happy to know that you are also also moving to Oz and both of us are sailing in the same boat.

7 hours ago, Gogi said:

Our kids from British schools here possibly step down one academic year when they move to Oz.

Can you please share with me the age criteria? I hope my daughter does not have to go a level down as she is competent enough to be in a higher grade compared to where she is now. 

7 hours ago, Gogi said:

Will be interesting to see if our visa grants come around the same time! We went through an agent and she told me it should be within 4 months!??

We launched our application on the 24th of Dec and did our health check on the 31st of Dec, fingers crossed. Which agent did you use? Lets be in touch so we can exchange thoughts and not only that have each other for company and shoulder to lend for moral support . Lets catch up on whats app, i will PM you my number.

I wish you and your family all the best and hope things work out for you guys as planned. take care.. and yes a big Insha-allaha!

@JetBlast 

My timeline is below, still waiting fro grant:

Awaiting grant.  tic toc tic toc tic toc...

I requested for a priority VETASSESS assessment by paying an extra fee, this cuts down the time as a normal assessment can take a month or two (not sure) where as a priority assessment takes 10 days. I hope this gives you a fair idea of the timeline..

@Bulya I see..  I live in Dubai where temperatures in peak summer can soar up to 50 degrees C and yes you guessed it, i drive a black car :-)

Thank you @snifter and @Marisawright

Suggestions please from what you have experienced what would the best option be, i.e. shipping home appliances  and furniture or buying new one from Adelaide? I am more concerned about the appliances and wonder what the custom fee would be to import used furniture, home appliances etc.

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

On 6/17/2013 at 16:47, Guest Ptp113 said:

Don't buy black vehicles

Why?

On 2/28/2018 at 15:24, ali said:

Ok - might be wise to show them any messages you receive just to be on the safe side

 

@ali kudos! Good thinking.