Jonno1981

You do realise this means you’re getting the first round in .

I decided to put our house on the market last week as I felt it would reduce the lag time from visa grant to emigrating. I expected it to take at least a few months to sell, possibly 6-9, but I got an offer I couldn't refuse within 2 days!!! I've been told it will take around 12 weeks for the council searches so I'm hoping the grant will come through before we have to move out so we can head straight to Oz. If it doesn't come through before, I will most likely rent somewhere for 6 months or do a short term AirB&B. It's a gamble as we may not even get the visa, but I'm comfortable with that as we will just look to purchase another house in the UK.

Congrats!!! Did you front load everything? We submitted 31st October, but have had two CO contacts since, one in December and another in January. I'm hoping we get the grant this month, the suspense is killing me!!!

Thank you @FIS, All the best for your move and hope you find a job soon after.

My wife is a dual national (Filipina/British) and I remember her saying that her sister in Philippines would need to apply for a tourist visa to visit us here in the UK.

Congratulations. When did you submit your visa application?

We are using George Lombard in Sydney and I would recommend them.

Congratulations @Jimbo We applied around the same time and had second contact with CO today asking my wife to fill in form 815 (health declaration). Hoping we don’t get another delay as a result of this because I have a feeling we would have received the grant today.

Wow that is great news, congratulations!!! Hopefully it won’t be much longer now for the rest of us.

https://www.pomsinoz.com/topic/204636-moving-to-oz-question-489-related/ This is the post I was referring to. Marisawright, Thursday at 0800 is the post. I’m sure you guys are correct and we have nothing to worry about.

Slightly off topic, but for those of us who are hoping to get 489’s in the next few weeks/months, how worried are you that the door to permanent residence (887) will be closed when our time comes? It’s not something I’ve considered up until now. However, someone replied to another post the other day and it got me thinking. They suggested those of us on 489’s should plan accordingly meaning the rug could be pulled from under our feet. How likely is this scenario?

On my form 80, I originally ticked “no” to “Are you applying for a temporary visa?” as I thought the 489 provisional does lead onto 887 permanent, plus my intention is to stay in Australia permanently. My migration agent corrected me and changed it to “yes” as a 489 is considered temporary in this regard. B4 would be my selection also.

It all depends on when we are able to sell our house, but it would be nice to arrive in Adelaide during spring (in Australia) and have one final UK summer.

Thanks @Jimbo, same to you and yours.

Thanks @Jellica. Finally excitement is starting to take over from fear of failure, although still not out of the woods until that visa is in our hands.

Thanks @JonandSophietravel, and congratulations to you on lodging your application. 2019 is surely going to be a year to remember for many of us.

Great news for us this morning. Wife’s medical has been cleared after it was initially referred to the departments migration medical services provider for review. This means processing of our visas can now continue as normal. Just waiting on a decision now as all documents are attached to the application. Hoping for the best Christmas present ever!!!

Outstanding police checks submitted. Medicals for my son and I were done last Thursday 29th November. All fine as far as I am aware. My wife’s medical is more complicated. She has a heart condition, history of extra pulmonary TB (lymph node) from 10 years ago, and mild scoliosis. We got a specialist medical report from a UK based Consultant Cardiologist, which confirms her heart condition is not serious and probably won’t require medical intervention. We decided to also get specialist medical reports to show she no longer has TB and her scoliosis is minor (16 degrees, no further curvature expected). My wife did her medical examination today in Philippines (as we are currently on holiday). We submitted the reports for the heart and TB, but we’re advised by our agent not to hand over the one for scoliosis as her condition is mild, requiring no treatment, and does not affect her life in anyway. To add further complication however, the medical examiner picked up that my wife had a swollen lymph node in her neck. They haven’t advised a course of action, just stated the Australian Government will review the details and advise if any further information is required. As a preemptive strike, we’re going to the hospital tomorrow to get her lymph node checked out and a biopsy done if necessary. In a nutshell, all outstanding documents should soon be with the Australian Government. However, I’m fully expecting delays due to my wife’s medical history. At no point in this whole process has it been easy!!!

As soon as possible for us, but it all depends on how long it takes to sell our house.

Yes you can live in Adelaide on a 489 visa as the city is classed as regional.

I can relate. I’ve wanted to live in Oz since first visiting in 2005. Pushed the dream aside for many years because of loyalty to family, but there hasn’t been a day gone by that I haven’t thought about emigrating. When our son was born in 2016 my perspective changed and slowly I came to the realisation that Australia was where we should be. In May 2017, I started the process and have struggled to motivate myself for anything that wasn’t to do with Oz since. Like you, I’m ready for a change and looking forward to the challenge of starting from scratch.

@JetBlast Just thinking you may not have heard anything from the CO because you front loaded everything. We have outstanding documents to submit hence initial contact. They could well be reviewing your case as we speak and have no need to liaise with you until a decision is made? Fingers crossed.

I’m sure you will hear something soon as my migration agent said many of their clients are seeing visa grants way ahead of expectations at the moment.

31st October.

I'm not sure really. Unless it's occupation. I haven't been assigned a CO yet and I applied before. There must be some reason. CO assigned today. Request for outstanding health and police checks. It appears they are motoring through applications.