SZIK

51 minutes ago, AZS said:

Great so happy for you  Can you please elaborate on your case as to when was your nikkah, rukhsati done and when did you apply? as in after nikkah or after rukhsati and what did you mention in your application?

Thanks AZS, 

my nikkah was online over skype in oct 2016, rest were done on july 2017. Mehndi/ruksati/valeema  and we travelled togather overseas in 2016 and 2018.

Hi Guys, updates on my partner visa application. 

Date of submission : 05/10/2017

PCC AND medical : 17/10/2017

first contact : 21/05/2017 generic email with checklist of documents

interview : 10/07/2017 

visa grant : 17/08/2018

first enrty date : before 18/oct/2018

it went quite after intervoew call for over a month and i had to send an email to department, email sent on 15/08/2018 got a visa today. So, i guess i needed to remind them about my visa application. 

I wish you all for your visa application. This forum is a great platform to stay updated with visa application changes, timeline and etc. There are some very knowledgible applicants here, who had reponded to my qurries, thanks you guys. 

4 hours ago, Hido said:

Dol: 26/8/2017

Hi everybody good news, l just got a call yesterday they will grant my visa in September between 10-15 th they said so they want me to leave Australia on this dates. I hope all you get grant soon and don’t stress about processesing times,it was 21-26 months on my immi account but l am getting it in like 12 months insallah 

Congratulations! At last all your waiting paid off.

On 13/08/2018 at 14:48, Saadc said:

Nothing yet. Applied in Jan18. Hopefully grants from Pakistan are still happening within 10-12 months. 

AHI usually call for intervoew around 10-12 months from the date of application submission. So don’t panic. 

15 hours ago, Hido said:

Applied in August 2017 no interview or anything yet

Which country did you apply from?

On 11/08/2018 at 18:39, DesertRose said:

Today, i am  asked to provide "Sponsor – Character requirements – Australian Federal Police (AFP) National Police
Check", need to ask is it the same National Police Check??

You or your sponsor provided National Police Check and is it obtained from AFP or Online ??

Thanking in anticipation

Yes it is national australian police check, usally i send it in a week time frame. Here is the link for NSW, if sponser is located in NSW: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-national-police-certificate

20 hours ago, Zeeshoo said:

The email I received doesn't asking for Form 40SP but when I login in my IMMI account it is showing option to upload Form 40SP. 

@SZIK You suggestion make sense, however should I fill the form all over again? or just download my application and upload it? 

I filled the Pdf form before printing them, printed filled form, signed it and uploaded to immi account.

49 minutes ago, Zeeshoo said:

Anyone please?

If they have asked for it just upload it to sponser and applicant’s accounts. I had submitted both 40/47Sp. Form 40 should be uploaded to sponser’s accound and 47SP TO THE APPLICANT’s account. But you can upload them to both account it wont hurt. 

1 hour ago, Andy_ said:

Go to page 364 of this thread and you will see a user with the name of "Inayet" got their visa on 26th July.

It's not like the department has stopped issuing visas after 20th July. They update the current processing time statistics on their website around the 20th of each month. I read in one of these forums that there are about 120K applications in the queue for Partner Visa. The govt's current "cap" is to issue only 50K visas (in FY  2017-18 it was 43K i think). So someone who enters the queue now will have to wait on average about 2 years before they get their turn in the queue. There are countries that have much shorter processing times because Australia doesn't want to piss off people from its favourite countries.

For 2018-2019, out of 190k only 47825 visas are allocated for partner visa applicants. My question is Does the immigration follow fiscal or calender year? And is there a way to now how many have been granter so far this year?  

Any idea!

31 minutes ago, AZS said:

so you mentioned all this in your statement?

Yes, statutory declaration regarding the history of your relationship should include:

how, when and where you first met

how your relationship developed

when you decided to marry. How many function u had. I.e. nikkah, mehindi, rukhsati, valeema etc  with dates and venue.

your domestic arrangements (how you support each other financially, physically and emotionally and when this level of commitment began)

any periods of separation (when and why the separation occurred, for how long and how you maintained your relationship during the period of separation)

holidays spent togather and future plans.

4 hours ago, AZS said:

Okay thanks a lot, you had a different nikkah and marriage date?

Yes, i had my nikkah was done couple of month earliar to Ruksati.

5 hours ago, AZS said:

can you please elaborate on the questions? thanks 

My partners name, DOB. Nikkah date, Marriage date, how when and where me met for the first time.

Who introduced you guys?

Where does your husband work?

What kind of role he has? When did the last met?

Dates of last international travel togather?

name of person who introduced us?

name of your husband sister?

thats all i can remember now. 

Check out the link for list of interview question that CO can ask during interview, hope that would help: 

https://mnvisa.com/sample-partner-visa-interview-questions/

regards

5 hours ago, Mu'mina said:

Hey SZIK when did u lodge application and did u receive an email from the case officer before the interview? We also lodged on Nov 15 but havent had any correspondence from them whatsoever. Its very frustrating. 

Application Submission date : 05/OCT/2017

Medical and PIDs Provided : 17/OCT/2017

further documents requested: 21/May/2018 (generic email recieved from immi dept)

Interview Call : 10/JUL/2018 interview lasted for 22 mins just random question from whatever we had written in our statements. 

Visa application centre : Australia Hight Commission Islamabad

Waiting and Hoping for the best. Inteed this waiting is extremly frustating.

On 28/07/2018 at 01:37, shah said:

Hi! can you please update progress of your application? i have applied in nov,17 and still waiting

Hi Shah, my partner recived an interview call on 10th of July 2018, and now we are waiting anxiously.

i belive they are finalizing Nov 2017 application at this point in AHI.

On 03/07/2018 at 16:45, DesertRose said:

I applied for my spouse Partner Visa from Pakistan in Nov 2017, since then havent heard anything yet from Islamabad Office?

Do anyone in same shoe that how long will it take to get interview call??

 

Regards.

Hi, I also applied for my wife’s 309/100 vis 

date of application summission - 05/10/2017

Medical and PIDs submitted - 17/10/2017

first contact from Isamabd office - 21/05/2018 and havn’t heard anything since.

it was just a generic email to confirm that they are working on my application with list of documents which should be submitted within 14 days if not already submitted with visa application. Check list Attached.

6 hours ago, Zeeshoo said:

Has anyone noticed, they removed the “Estimated Processing Time”

Old and screenshots shows the difference!

Yes that correct but global processing time is still availablr on the following link and it hasn’t change i.e: 12-16 months for 309 visa. 

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/access-accountability/service-standards/global-visa-citizenship-processing-times

6 hours ago, AZS said:

how do we submit the immigration history they have asked for? is there any form for it? 

Best way is to call immigration department and ask them. I have a same qustion. I could not find any form available online. However, there is a whole section of immigration history in form80, but i wrote it on word, made my own by creating bunch on rows and column. 

8 hours ago, Ahmed Hassan said:

Same here, no further communication after the email. 

Even if you had uploaded all doc at the time of lodgement, there are certain doc which are required in current state for example communication details while being away, recent salary slips of sponsor, etc

Documents which are required in current state are mentioned in the checklist

Thanks mate, I had my application updated with most recent phone record, pictures and payslips just few days before getting their email. Had to upload a Notice of assesment from ATO, and also uploaded new valid police check as my first one was expired, was valid for only 6 months. 

I guess next contact from immi would be after Ramadan/Eid now.

On ‎17‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 21:41, Ahmed Hassan said:

Hi All,

Today we have received first email from AHC after lodgement. The email contains the document checklist. The case officer has not asked for any specific documents, instead case officer has asked us to check if any document from checklist is missing and provide that within in 14 days. We have already provided most of the documents.

I have a couple of questions regarding checklist.

• They have asked for 2 Form 888 from Aus Citizens/Residents and 2 statutory declarations from Pakistani declarants. We have already provided 2  From 888 from pakistani declarants as statutory declaration, as we don't have any aus friends who know both applicant and sponsor. I (sponsor) have some aus friends but they only know me not my wife (applicant). So how can I provide 2 Form 888 from Aus declarants?
• For all who have been granted visa, how much time it took for visa grant after you received such email from AHC?

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Timeline :

DOL: Sep 17, 2017

CO Assigned and sent doc checklist: May 17, 2018

DOI: <Waiting ....>

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Did you hear anything from them since then. I also got the same email two weeks back and its been quite since. I had all my documents ready uploaded in Oct 2017 including medical, PID,  police check etc.

DOL: 05/10/2017

CO : 21/05/2018

DOI : wiating

4 hours ago, P K said:

hi, 

i applied my wife 309 visa on 8th jan 2017 

done medical in feb 2017

got 1st visit visa entry 14 june 2017 for 3 months

got 2nd visit visa entry in october 2017 for 3 months

requsted doc 1st dec 2017

provided in 3 weeks time

exit australia on 25 jan 2018

complaint immigration department australia regarding delay of my application in april 2018

 got interview call on 1st may 2018 after that no news

its been 17 months now  but no news 

any suggestions ?

My friend had a similar situation. I think, when someone has a spouse in australia on visit visa immigration tends to take longer time than usual to finalize the application. 

6 hours ago, kmajeed said:

Hi, can anyone clear that which Family Registration Certificate FRC (NADRA) is required for partner visa, e.g. husband with wife or separately from their families or all of them.

TIA

DOL: 10.05.2018

Hunband and wife are a single family unit, but i have uploaded both 

1. My parents FRC (parrents and sibling)

2. In laws FRC (my wife, her parents and siblings)

3. Me and my wife as a single family. 

Doesnt hurt to upload them all. I added all three of them in one PDF and upload.

3 minutes ago, AZS said:

Thanks for the prompt reply  The form 54 is in Chinese which you shared. Do you have an english version? Thanks

Hi, If you scroll down to the 2nd page, it is in english.

cheers

Does any one have used any sort of form for “IMMIGRATION HISTORY”, can’t find one. Form where i can mention countries i have visited. I know about form 80, there is a section in it. But is there any other specific form for that. 

Cheers,

46 minutes ago, AZS said:

Hi Can you please share Form 54 here? Can't seem to find it online. Also the statements can't be submitted on normal word files? Do they have to be filled on affidavit paper?

I had my relationship development statment and statutory decleration on a simple word file, printed on A4 paper and signed by me in the presence of justice of peace(JP) you can also use the notory public I guess as a witness i used JP. 

Here it is, form 54

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/forms/documents/54.pdf 

On ‎21‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 21:34, Falcon11 said:

DOL: 9th Oct, 2017

No response yet. AHC Islamabad case centre.

All documents were uploaded upfront

medical and PCC in feb, 2018.

I only got an email this week from Australia high commission Islamabad saying my application is actively progressing. they also sent a check list of documents. I already had them all attached to my immi account last year. check list is attached. there was a time line of 14 days to provide any missing or additional documents.

UF309-BC100 Documents Checklist.pdf