Irfan sam

Hi everyone,

i just want to ask if someone apply from oversea 186 direct entry, how much experiance required? 3 years or 5 years as experiance from overseas.

i am aware 3 years if australian but could not get right about foreigner experiance.

Regards

7 hours ago, Tzhamzl_tn74 said:

Exactly a week. 12th October VC ceremony. 18th Oct Certificate received.

@Anyone,

  I have applied  Australia passport at 19th October.  Still not received. They have mentioned you will get it with in 2-3 weeks. But people who applied couple of months for them they got less than two weeks. Any one applied passport in October?

I was reading another facebook random post week ago and one was waiting for 45 days, he call them and they said shortage of staff but it was during lockdown so hope things will get better now.

8 hours ago, Tzhamzl_tn74 said:

Mine they left in letter box. No call or dial. Hope yo are asking about Citizenship certificate. 

After how many days did u receive your citizenship certificate?

Regards

Hi,

i have just query about certificate, will post man will drop into letter box or will be handed over by knocking door? Please advice if anyone knows or recently recieved?

Regards

Hi,

just had my ceremony today in melbourne, applied in june 2020 and had test and approved in april 2021. Today was virtual ceremony and finaly complete journey which was started in nov 2007, this platform has been very helpful and i wish best of luck everyone.

Thanks

12 hours ago, hussft said:

Thanks for replying, but what if Immi refused my PR while I am outside the country, does the bridging B get cancelled or it will be still valid till I come back !!

After refusing PR 21 days will be given to apply AAT and if anyone outside the country he/she will be allowed to get it but make sure get bridging visa for travel before leaving.

1 hour ago, Mick1983 said:

Hi guys I need a suggestion from you all as I am waiting for so long for my 186 visa almost 22 months for cook occupation .I am thinking to apply for 190 visa as a chef .My point is 75.

do you thing it’s a good decision or I should wait for the visa outcome?They didn’t touch my file not even nomination is approved  I spent almost $10000 for my ens application including migration agent fee.This waiting is killing me day by day.

If I withdraw my 186 application am I eligible to get the refund?

No, u will not get refund anyway, if u want to apply 190 i would recommand go for it bcoz it will take around 6 month for skill assessment plus IOE waiting time, but with 75 point u got bright chances.

On 15/06/2019 at 21:53, Grkn said:

Hi All

I just like to get you guys opinion about my situation.186 DE and nomination were applied on 23/2/2018 and my status is still shown as received. 

Because the business that sponsoring me has not been doing good for last year and had to let go all it’s employees (expect 2 of us on457)  , I have got a doubt about my nomination. 

What I am thinking now is , before they open my file I will withdraw my visa application and get a refund ( I applied as a family wife and two kids). After that I will just wait for the nomination and if nomination gets approved than I will lodge my visa. 

I heard that if I don’t withdraw I won’t be able to get any refund.Once they refuse the nomination my visa application will also be refused automatically and no refund is paid back. 

I just would like to get your opinions what would be the positives and negatives about this idea? Maybe someone has  already gone through this sort of situations before and give me piece of mind. 

Thanks for your great help.

Hi,

In case of withdrawing your application you will not get refund, the fees you have paid is not refundable if u even withdraw now, second thing if your nomination get refused then you will be given time to withdraw your visa application just to avoid visa refusal history but you will not get back your fees anyway, so i would recommand u to wait unless the decision to be made.

16 hours ago, AMcclain said:

Hi Guys,

Sad news.., After a long wait of 15 and a half months my nomination got rejected. The reason is that the training levy which was to be paid every year was paid in lump-sum ( was just overlooked and not intentional by the company ) before lodging the nomination. It was paid in full by a sister-company under the company i work for. Basically it is the same company with same people. Can anyone shed some light as to why this could be a issue? I now have to decide to withdraw or to wait out the 28 days and then appeal to the AAT. My MA says we have a case but it could take 1-1.5 years to get the case opened with AAT. Do you know if they can fast-track cases or do they pick-up quicker cases. Very disheartened and sad..In shock .. Any suggestions or ideas ??

I applied AAT in june 2018 and approved in april 2019 took ten month, i strongly recommend u go for AAT and u have bright chances to win it as benchmark law has been changed though i was before levy but they said because law changed its no longer require. Good luck

1 hour ago, dejuvu said:

Hi all, I have a question on applying for federal police (AFP) do we need to get our fingerprints and national police check or just a regular police check? Can someone share some thoughts ? Thanks.

Just AFP check, it will cost you 42 dollar, make sure use the link from AFP, finger prints are not required.

2 hours ago, peyotemix said:

Hi guys,

I hope you are all well.

I am just reaching out to see how many applicants have been treated unfairly by the Department of Home Affairs.

My case is pretty simple, I have been working full time for a company on a 457 visa for two years after my employer lodged a nomination for TRT 186 Visa and I have applied for the visa.

The nomination was quickly refused by the Department of Home Affairs for the financial viability of the business without requesting any additional documents to prove otherwise.

We lodged an appeal thru the AAT, almost two years have passed now and we don't have any news but I am still working at the same job with the same employer.

Is anyone in the same situation?

Thanks in advance for reading

Sorry to hear that, in which month did u applied AAT?

2 hours ago, Dip said:

Congrats .. we are in a same boat .. new nomination approved and last one was rejected and in AAT... waiting for golden email... wish u luck .. 

When did you apply AAT?

8 hours ago, Chelsea98 said:

how long does it takes to get the decision after your account is on further assessment after submitting 80 form and statutory declaration. 

 

I got my visa after 39 days.

5 hours ago, TooGoodToBeTrue said:

So since I provided further information in mid April I've heard nothing but on my immi account it shows as last updated 16th May 19. 

 

Anyone else had anything like this? 

Hi, did u check into message?  It might require furher information.

4 hours ago, Siya said:

Hello

Our PR also refused due to close restaurant and my husband is cook.we are also apply AAT  and i also thought about may be it will not in our favour .because now our restaurant is close. But when i saw ur post totally change my mind.may be its all about good luck....congratulations....

Hi siya,

sorry to say but 100% agree with hex if resturant does not exist there is no way your nomination would approve, you made best decision to go with 190. Best of luck

1 hour ago, tuti said:

Congratsss, so you have appealed? May I ask your profession?

Thanks, profession is cook.

33 minutes ago, Angel2019 said:

Can I ask which state are you in? NSW or VIC or other state?

I heard that it will take more than a year or even two years for a case to be assessed at AAT. But you are quite lucky as it took less than a year.

Congratulations.

Hi, i am in victoria and our manager case is solved just 3 to 4 month in AAT, as soon as my case finilaised by AAT then next week her case was opened and made decision within one week in basic of documents, i think they are resolving case very quickly now.

Hi All, finally got a golden email this morning as a cook TRT

applied 30 june 2017 nom and visa both.

nom refused 29 may 2018 because of benchmark.

visa refuse 28 june 2018.

applied AAT for nomination 18 june 2018.

applied AAT for visa 16 july 2018.

AAT call over meeting on 12 feb 2019 and ask for all documents within 2 week.

AAT set a side decision(in my favore) and subtitute nom with approval on 12 April 2019.

same day remit visa application to immi and immi asked for medical, AFP and oversea police check with deadline of 10 may, which provide on 5 of may and today got it.

finally being in aus since 2007 its look very different today, hope u all get visa soon.

Best of luck everyone

3 hours ago, Botany said:

Hello everyone,

I’m a newbie here so apologies if my question has been asked...

Here is my case:

Visa type: 186 DE

Nomination & application submitted: 11 Apr 2019

Status changed to Initial Assessment & request for Med checks: 24 Apr 2019

Med clearance: 13 May 2019

I haven’t heard anything from my MA, as she has recently resigned and my case has been passed to another person in the same agency. My question is given they have requested for my med checks and the status is now Further Assessment, does that mean my nomination has been approved?

 

Many thanks in advance!

Further assessment means required documents received and now being process, initial assessment means they have asked documents. Good luck

Hi All, 

does anyone know about any platform like this for AAT applicant for 186?

Regards

On 28/08/2018 at 11:08, kzzz said:

Hi mates,

 

Have been visiting the forum recently. Just got a question today and any comments are welcome.

I have applied for visa186 in early November 2017, and then applied for Medicare in June 2018. I did not stop the private insurance as suggested by MA.

After reading some good news from this forum, I have just emailed my MA last week for updates on the visa application and he replied no news at all. No CO, no approvals, no progress.

Today I got a mail dated 16 Aug 2018, sent by Medicare. It states the Department of Home Affairs has advised Medicare that the status of my application for PR has changed. So now I am no longer eligible for Medicare from 15 Sep 2018. 

But according to my MA last week, there should be no changes in my application. Does anyone encounter the same situation? Are there any policy changes?

Any comments shall help. Thanks a lot.

Hi,

 They do not accept if date on acknowledge letter are before then recent 6 month, if you gone passed 6 month after file your case it would be problem, it is just one aspect, plz check with professional. Regards

23 hours ago, tocsa said:

Hi,  I can make you only one suggestion concerning your visa application: you better choose your MA very carefully. I would not spare any money on contracting a specialist in business sponsored visas. The larger the company is the better because major immigration agencies handle many applications and have more up-to-date experience. Due to the recent stricter processing, applications have to be more carefully prepared. "Average" MA-s are not necessarily aware how to prepare a successful visa.

For me it is too late to choose the right MA, but the wise man learns from others' mistakes. 

 

I had one of best migration lawyer but still was refused, everyone has different experiance.

27 minutes ago, KazBaker said:

Thanks for sharing your experience mate.

now where you stand? What’s happening with your case?

Case in AAT now.

16 hours ago, bobobz said:

it could be refused. theres many cases similar to

you. they already paid first year , they were late to pay the second year, the nomination was refused straight away. another one, they paid 2% out of total two years, the CO also rejected it cause training needs to be paid each year when the SBS is approved. I am sorry.

Same happened to me, after approval of SBS in first and second year no one working there on 457 visa, i was first who start working in last year and my lawyer said u only need from first 457 was employed there, so we only put for last year and case was refused straight away without asking any clarification, so guys be very careful about training benchmark and update all detail before asking, wish u best of luck everyone.

Hi everyone,

i want to ask if i withdraw my visa application after nomination refuse, will i get back visa fees?

Regards