Luke&Nicole

8 hours ago, justme said:

We got our grant! 190 sponsored by NSW  

For those that are interested the timeline was:

190 EOI submitted early October 2017

20th October - NSW invite

30th October - submitted documents to NSW

22nd December - NSW sponsorship confirmed and 190 invite received 

16th Jan - submitted 190 visa application. We did the medical a few days later 

18th April - case officer asked for police certificates 

27th April - submitted police certificates 

7th June - visa granted

I think if we’d submitted the police certificates at the start we’d have got a direct grant in April. It was a question I asked on here at the time and some people advice against front loading everything in case you then don’t have much time to move. We aren’t in a huge rush so no issue, but for those who are it might be worth considering ...

 

 

CONGRATS!!! Thats amazing! We also got our grant yesterday (7th June) we submitted our 190 visa application for SA on 1st Feb and we also tried our best to get all our medical and checks done before the CO contacted us but just missed out getting in our police checks due to the May bank holiday! The CO contacted us on 7th May and we submitted the same day and we were granted a month later!!! YAY!! looking at heading off in September.

4 hours ago, woody2709 said:

Achieving a faster visa decision

Most 'complete' applications in Priority Groups 3 and 4 can be finalised at the time of assessment.

For your application to be 'complete' undertake health examinations and upload all required documentation to ImmiAccount before the application is allocated for assessment.

Refer to the online document checklist for your visa subclass on our website for details of required information.

Thanks, we have just found this page on the home affairs website. We have also just completed form 80 and 1221 and we are going to call our agent in the morning. 

Has anyone had any experience with front loading? good or bad?!

Thanks for your replies,

We have lodged a subclass 190 visa application with the department on 1/2/18

Not done medicals or PC as yet. So we just wanted to know if doing these and front loading them would speed up the process at all for us?

Hi all, 

So we have submitted our application for a 190 visa to SA on the 2/2/18, we are yet to hear anything back but we are looking to be moving as soon as possible!! We have just accepted an offer on our house and will be moving in to a rental accommodation (worst case we don't get a visa and we need a bigger house in the uk anyway (hope it doesn't come to that)). We are seriously considering front loading our medicals, police checks and form 80 to speed up the process but our agent is being very cautious. We know that you have 12 months from the date that you do the medicals and PC but if we front load them May/June we will have already had our application submitted 4-5 months out of the 9-12 month wait time and since we will have already sold the house is there much worry in submitting these before they ask us for them?

On 21/03/2018 at 20:36, Aimz said:

Yeah it definitely seems the best option at the moment.. only problem is we are going to Queensland as have family there and they are currently not sponsoring for our occupation which is why we are going for the 189. Our EOI is in on 60 points just so it's there and we are working on updating it to 70. Really hope they start inviting on lower points sooner rather than later. Where are you heading?

Yeah and I don't think anyone knows if or when they will start inviting lower points. We originally wanted to go to WA as we have good friends there but they do not sponsor for my work so we had a choice of waiting as you are or choosing SA or NSW. We have gone with SA as we have been there and stayed there for a few months and loved it.

5 hours ago, Aimz said:

Hi, sorry to jump In on your post. Just wondering what visa you have gone for I saw you had been invited with 65 points pretty quickly:) it's such a Knox back when you get told you only need 60 points.. my partner gets the 60 with the ielts and has passed the skills assessment but now have to try an do English again to try an get the superior for 70 points. We are trying for the 189 on my partners job as a plumber.

We are on the 190 which is a lot quicker for getting an invite and also once you reach the 60 points mark thats all you need as far as I'm aware, having more points doesn't make a difference. We were originally going. to go for the 189 but just before we were about to lodge the EOI our agent said there might be a long wait with only 65 points as they seemed to only be inviting 70-75 pointers at the time so we swapped the 190.

4 hours ago, ashjames10 said:

When did you lodge your expression of interest, with how many points? we lodged on 7th feb, we have 70 points.. we was also hoping for towards the end of the year. 

We lodged our EOI on 4/1/18 with 65 points and got our invitation on 23/1/18

We then submitted our visa application on 1/2/18 and have heard nothing so far.

Just now, reubs2016 said:

2 minutes ago, Luke&Nicole said:

we were also hoping to hear soon but now we feel that we will be lucky to hear anything for months!! although our agent has said that 30th June is end of year for processing times so they have a big push that time of year to get a load done. how true that is though I don't know. 

We are hoping for a sept approval as we want to go in Nov for a holiday so could activate visas then. Not sure with the processing times up at 9-12months again it's hard to tell. Not so long ago it was 4months

We are now also hoping for around September but even that looks bleak when you see 9-12 months on the wait time  

we were also hoping to hear soon but now we feel that we will be lucky to hear anything for months!! although our agent has said that 30th June is end of year for processing times so they have a big push that time of year to get a load done. how true that is though I don't know. 

15 minutes ago, reubs2016 said:

25 minutes ago, Luke&Nicole said:

We submitted our application on 1st Feb with all docs execpt meds and police checks and still heard nothing as yet! the waiting is horrible!! 

Are u guys 190 or 189?

sorry we are 190 SA and have used an agent which has been fairly expensive but does take 90% of the hassle away

We submitted our application on 1st Feb with all docs execpt meds and police checks and still heard nothing as yet! the waiting is horrible!! 

On 01/02/2012 at 04:06, Iron Chef said:

Hi Iron chef,

would love you opinion on this:

 

- year of manufacture  2007

- make, model & variant   Nissan 350Z GT

- body type (coupe, convertible, etc) Coupe

- engine size & fuel type.  3.5L Petrol

- transmission.  Manual

- drive type (4WD, front wheel drive, etc).  Rear Wheel Drive

- mileage.  39,000 Miles (62,000 Km)

- any special features, options or modification black heated leather seats,sat nav,Bose sound system,which has currently has an alpine double din car play screen in it,with upgraded hertz speakers,brembo brakes,immaculate condition,the car had undergone custom work with you brand new wheels/tyres 19x11/9.5 setup/bc racing true coilover setup,full cobra exhaust with decat with takedo twin induction kit,and has been fully set up with an Uprev map and tuning courtesy of Abbey Motosport in Surrey,which made a astonishing 333bhp,car comes with 5 maps as well at your fingertips

- does it have aircon Yes

- realistic current UK market value £10,000

- Australian RedBook value (www.redbook.com.au - click through to the page with 'Private Price Guide', 'Trade In Price Guide' and 'Price When New' listed, then tell us the 'Private Price Guide' range). Can not get to work

- Australian market value (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/search.aspx - search for the closest matching vehicle). $24,000

- which Australian state/city  Adelaide 

We used ANZ for two years while living in Oz on a WHV and now that we are going back permanently we will 100% use them again. You can open the accounts from the UK, no charges and we found them very helpful when we needed it and the app is very good and easy to use.

1 minute ago, jayrich89 said:

I would assume an agency as big as this would be reliable but would anybody like to confirm that this looks accurate?? I had the TRA skills assessment down as $1000AUD so the $2360AUD they stated is a big difference. Also the visa application price seems pretty high but I know Aus Gov aren't the cheapest ? 

We are using "The Emirgration Group" as we speak and we have found to be so so helpful and reliable.

Your skill assessment does seem to be higher than mine, £837($1400) I paid to do mine through vetassess. Maybe just ask them to break the price down a bit more and explain your skill assessment quotation? We are just reaching the stage of submitting our application this week and we really can't speak highly enough of how great they have been and how fast they have moved for us. Everything else in your quote is very much the same as ours.

3 hours ago, jayrich89 said:

G'day all, 

I've been in talks with with an emigration advisor regarding applying for a 190 visa based on my metal fabricator qualifications and experience (322311) . Although we're not ready to emigrate yet as I have to finish a degree and we don't have the funds for a big move....the advisor is recommending we still apply asap then enter the country on a holiday to validate the visa. I considered this an option as we have friends in oz so could get cheap flights around may for £1500 return for myself my partner and young baby then just stay with friend to keep it cheap. 

 

However.....my last contact with the advisor came with a bit of a shock that the whole visa process was going to cost us around £8500 for myself, my partner and a child less than 2 years old. 

These are a few costs as far as I could see from google searches

 

190 skilled visa--  3670 AUD-- £2080

TRA skills assessment-- 1000 AUD- £570

police check-- £45pp---- £90 

Medical check-- £300pp---£600

 

 

 

Could anyone shed light on the costs of the visa process with a breakdown if possible 

 

Thanks 

Hi mate, 

Here is a price calculator for any fees you would pay for the actual application as I think you will be paying roughly an extra 1800 AUD for your partner to be placed on the application.

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/190-?modal=pricing-estimator

We have also payed an agent which has cost around £3000 for the whole process.

I also had to take an IELTS English exam which cost £150

We submitted our EOI to SA and that cost 200 AUD

There was a few other small expenses along the way like paying to get our birth certs etc

Hope this helps.

Hi all,

Me and my OH are currently going through the process of moving to Australia with the 189 skilled visa, I am a qualified plant fitter and have passed my IELTS and the first stage of the skill assessment with vetasess and have my technical interview on the 12th December (which I am very nervous about). We are just wondering if there is any other plant fitters that have already had their technical interview/visa granted?  We are hoping to get over to Australia by September/October 2018.

We look forward to hearing your experiences