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4 minutes ago, cachinnation23 said:

I was kind of chilled because im just about to reach the 10 months mark but now its gone down to 9 months, that makes me in that weird 10% where they cant tell you anything and you can end up waiting another month or another year it seems...?

Haha. Makes me laugh because its all so tragic. Im in 8.5 months roughly and haze zero faith or getting it before 12 months. When I saw they were processing a few earlier ones over the last few days on the spreadsheet I foolishly had a glimmer of hope...until I saw your comment! There is no logic!

16 minutes ago, cachinnation23 said:

They just updated the processing times on the website - Obviously processing recent applications to look better on their processing times. Good one immigration . 

 

186 Employer Nomination Scheme	Direct Entry	10 months	15 months
186 Employer Nomination Scheme	Temporary Residence Transition	8 months	9 months

Great thank you for that. What the hell is going on in that office! Love to know the formula for calculating times. Surely there is someone on this forum is actively working in DIBP....

And yes i agree! What a load of codswallop

I noticed on the spreadsheet that an application from March and from June have been processed. Fingers crossed they have started work on the backlog!

For some reason I have a good feeling about this. Lets hope my instincts are right!

1 hour ago, Rob81 said:

no good:( did you apply for marketing specialist as well? a friend of mine applied in May and got the visa granted in Jan. she applied as a hairdresser

I applied in June mate. Marketing specialist. No news at all.

1 hour ago, hpaille said:

and to be complete (and fair), I am sure the immigration services do their best and chose the most efficient way to process the applications. They had 16.000 applications lodged in June 2017, this is a huge number!

Unfortunately Im in June. I have tried to come up with a rationale and prediction of when they will start going through those files again but according to this forum and the spreadsheet, the earlier part of the year and late 2016 has been left behind for some time yet.

1 hour ago, Mesh said:

I have been told by my MA that everything has been hold back due to the March changes.They are processing it i a very slow space.Besides, my friend who is a doctor only received her nomination approval after 14 months

Can you elaborate on "hold back"? I can't see the logic but maybe Im missing something...

1 hour ago, Ornnie said:

Do you know how case officer was allocated? Do you know occupation we apply is effect a processing time?

Mine is lodged on 28 Mar under 186TRT as accountant but still didn't heard anything. My colleague who lodged in May 17 under engineer, he received a grant from immigration on Jan18. I used to ask MA they said depends on application. It seems I can't do anything much only be patient and keep waiting.

You can do nothing!

44 minutes ago, zanfo said:

This is what my MA said after the countless email I sent

 

”All applications are stalled at the moment sadly, the upcoming March changes have caused huge delays across all visa subclasses.”

I wonder if he has that in writing from them or has just made the assumption.

If they are so stalled that should be reflected in the processing times and communicated properly!

25 minutes ago, DannyN said:

Hi guys,

does anyone know how long it takes the department to response to our email. Emailed them on Tuesday this week, and have not received any answers. 

They usually don't reply.

Depends on your inquiry and what email address you used? Did you get an automated response?

12 hours ago, Bbb84 said:

Hello everyone

I have applied on 12 May 2017 - Marketing Specialist 186 TRT visa and still waiting. They asked the medicals one week after the lodgement and nothig since then 9 months. There is someone with Marketing with approved visa?

No but Im the same occupation and applied a month after you. Heard nothing

1 hour ago, Densha said:

We got our request for further information. MA only advised us today it all came together with Nomination grant. It was actually approved 03/02/2018.

Timeline:

Nomination and Visa Application submitted - 13/10/2017

Nomination Approved - 03/02/2018

Status - Received

Congrats! So let me get this straight, you have had your nomination granted but not the visa? Thye have just requested info.

And it still says on your immi account "received"?

30 minutes ago, Alice 1 said:

I'm the one waiting for May 2016
They open my file in December 2016
For kids medical
After no any news yet
Called many time to Immi
But clueless

Surely you can fill out a request or something for that? Its insane!

6 minutes ago, Caps23 said:

Hi friends I will complete my 2 years  with my employer this month but I have applied for direct entry in last February so is there any possibility to change it to transition stream?

I looked into this and the answer was no sorry

Having said the above - we must remember that we on this forum are only a small segment of applicants (and most likely the most frustrated as we are looking to share our anguish on daily basis!), and that as I write this, people are getting grant letters. 

Thats what I'm trying to tell myself anyway!

7 minutes ago, millski88 said:

... May/June 2017, aka once people had got their apps together immediately after the Turnbull government's announcements?

Good observation

A friend of mine thinks the huge influx of applications in May/June 2017 has been sidelined strategically. Not sure why its strategic but they had 16,000 applications in June alone according to their newsletter back in November. That is not an insignificant increase in volume.

6 minutes ago, bradfords said:

For the purpose of the spreadsheet, yes we are still waiting. Nomination, 17 & 1/2 months application 17 months. hairdresser de LR offshore can someone up date please.

Puts my 8 monthS into perspective. Its looking like I need to move to a new employer and transfer my 457 visa next month so its been a pointless wait regardless. No PR for me because of DHA!

Have to try and get a partner visa in 2 years with the mrs. What a nightmare. Paid 140k in tax since i arrived as well. Go figure!

54 minutes ago, millski88 said:

I'm not sure if there's any use even speculating on the system/strategy in place here, but i can't help but ponder. Perhaps there had been a few cases submitted back in April 2016 which are now proving very difficult to either grant or refuse, and so newer cases are cherry picked/favoured over the ones in between in order to bring averages down for the sake of audits?

If the spreadsheet is up to date it seems like a pretty illogical pattern of activity! or perhaps it's simply not up to date? I wonder how many are actually in progress and just not updated on there. 

Its definitely illogical!

Also Im not very good with excel but June is definitely wrong on the summary sheet.

Only showing 7 pending applications which is clearly not the case!

What are everyones thoughts on having a clean up of the spreadsheet? I see a few people including myself have updated their entry to say that they are still waiting. Think thats a pretty good idea. I imagine there is a good portion of people who have received their visa and then left the forum. Might bring a bit of a hope having a spring clean! 

Perhaps after a month of being asked if they are still waiting they can be given a different colour or moved to the bottom? Just a thought anyway.

There does seem to be an increased rate of updates at the moment I've noticed. Fingers crossed!

16 minutes ago, DannyN said:

its 10 months for me today.

Nomination lodged 06/04/2017

Visa lodged 07/04/2017

TRT, Onshore, Restaurant Manger.

Immi status: Received

No word, no update. What a nightmare.

How frustrating!

2 hours ago, Deh said:

I won't be able to give much detail but someone I know got their visa approved mid January 2018. She applied as a Marketing Specialist around April 2017, TRT, HR, 3 people, onshore, Melbourne.
I know them but I'm not close enough to ask details about documentation and so on, sorry.

Well thats something at least. Thanks for sharing the info.

42 minutes ago, millski88 said:

Three in the last three days granted from Oct 2017 submissions 

Annoying. Happy for them but annoying!

Are there any marketing specialists out there still waiting? There are a few on the sheet.

I recently just passed the 8 month mark, TRT Marketing Specialist, LR. No sponsor approval or visa update as yet. Employer is an approved sponsor (2nd largest employer in Victoria!).

Cheers