HI all,

I hope this will be quite short trip, after waiting over 23 months for PR.

Application submitted: 3rd Sep 2019

Invitation for test: 13th Sep 2019 (after 10 days)

Test: 24th Oct 2019  (probably I won't reschedule it)

Location: Townsville

Cheers

Adam

Hi,

Today this long trip ended.

Some details:

• Office Manager
• 187 DE
• HR Country
• 2 adults + 1 child
• company +30 employees, QLD

Visa, nomination, RCB submitted in September 2016

Nomination approved in July 2018.

Additional documents requested: medical examination, proof of relationship.

Waiting time:

• 61,689,600 seconds
• 1,028,160 minutes
• 17,136 hours
• 714 days
• 102 weeks
• 23 months and 14 days
• 195.62% of a common year (365 days)

Here are some my remarks for you, however, I am not a migration agent, so use them on your own risk:

• choose your immigration agent wisely. Price shouldn't be the main factor. Ask him/her about the previous cases, strategy, chances, plan B.
• choose your employer wisely, this is the most important factor. The bigger the company the better.
• improve your skills, participate in courses, show this to the Immi. I uploaded all my new certificates as soon as I received them.
• upload payslips, BAS, current letters from accountant. I uploaded BAS every 3 months, payslips every 1-2 months, letter from accountant after every year.
• ask your employer to write a letter to Immi if there are any positive changes in the company - company is growing, revenue is bigger, there are new contracts, more employees etc. 

I wish you good luck! I am very happy now! 

Adam

Hi,

The estimated processing time was updated on individual immigration accounts to reflect the changes on the 'Global visa and citizenship processing times' page.

Cheers

AdamB

Hello

Hello,

Wonderful news!

Cheers

Adam

Have a good day

17 minutes ago, SianChloe said:

Yes I agree. Not one Office Manager grant or refusal. 

Hi,

Office Managers as other managers (Restaurant, Retail) are considered as high risk applications now. Those professions have always been used for fraud applications. Many supervisors or even regular team members are called managers only for visa purposes. Therefore, those applications are postponed and it will take more time to process them.

Cheers

Adam

Relevant considerations in assessing ‘genuine effort’

,

If the Department does decide to conduct an investigation, under policy, the following must be considered when the Department determines whether you have made a ‘ genuine effort’ (the below is a direct extract from the Department’s policy):

1. The visa holder’s reasons and/or circumstances leading to the failure to commence work or to complete the two year employment period (family or personal considerations may be a factor under these circumstances)
2. The possibility that the visa holder, in collusion with the employer, does not commence work within the six month period or resigns shortly after commencing work, as part of an arrangement to help the visa holder enter or remain in Australia
3. In the case of termination, the period of the visa holder’s employment with the employer prior to termination of the employment (generally, periods of more than 12 months may be considered as a genuine effort) and
4. Any other matter which is relevant to the commencement or termination of the employment.

The below is a summary of other relevant parts of the Department’s policy in relation to s137Q:

• If you are ceasing employment on ‘reasonable grounds’, you are expected to give your employer reasonable notice.
• The Department is unlikely to decide that you have not made a genuine effort if your failure to commence or your termination of employment was due to circumstances outside of your control (e.g. your employer’s financial loss, bankruptcy or closure of the business).
• The Department may decide that you have not made a genuine effort if you ‘deliberately damaged or sabotaged the employer’s business to cause the dismissal’.

Taken from 187 Visa Processing Time thread.

Hello,

New waiting times are the same

Last updated: 20 March 2018 (for month ending 28 February 2018)

Cheers

Adam

Skilled Visa E-news January 2018