Usmann

2 hours ago, Mohadisa said:

No my DOL is 12th Aug will b 1 yr coming Monday n I m from pakistan

you should receive the interview call soon.

23 hours ago, Usmann said:

Just to update you all my DOL is 23 August 2018.

My wife received an interview call yesterday(No communication/generic email received before this call). They asked usual questions to verify if our relationship is genuine. family/siblings details, my work details and how our relationship got started at first place etc

Furthermore as i have just done Nikkah only, they asked about when we are planning to do the rukhsati and if we can upload any evidence of preparation done in this regards,

At the end Interviewer said if we need any documents we will ask otherwise you can get the decision anytime.

 

Further to my post from yesterday, received an email to provide the following within 28 days

● Evidence of Rukhsati preparations ( e.g. hotel bookings, invitations, receipts of dresses or jewellery purchased etc.)
● A statement stating your future plans as a married couple

Just to update you all my DOL is 23 August 2018.

My wife received an interview call yesterday(No communication/generic email received before this call). They asked usual questions to verify if our relationship is genuine. family/siblings details, my work details and how our relationship got started at first place etc

Furthermore as i have just done Nikkah only, they asked about when we are planning to do the rukhsati and if we can upload any evidence of preparation done in this regards,

At the end Interviewer said if we need any documents we will ask otherwise you can get the decision anytime.

13 hours ago, bhattiali said:

hello everyone 

dol 25 march 2019

got nothing from department yet

in how much time they send an email. ?? 

Bro waiting since August 2018 haven't received any sort of communication yet.. you got a long wait ahead..

On 14/07/2019 at 17:20, Arhu said:

Anyone from Dol september got any generic email or any kind of update

Applied on 23 August 2018.. Still haven't received any sort of communication.. 

Just now, Amjadt said:

I applied on 13 August. 

I emailed them on 12 April for inquiry 

On 16 April I received first generic email.

28 April I submitted it.. still waiting for interview 

ohh ok thanks for the update
What did you inquire with them?

I applied for my wife on 23 August.. Still I haven't received any generic email and status still showing as Initial assessment, anyone in the same boat?

4 hours ago, Mohadisa said:

Kindly if anyone applied in August 2018 contact me 

Thanks 

Hello Mohadisa

I applied on 23 august 2018 for my wife.. I haven't received any generic email yet from the department. on What exact date did you apply in August 2018? 

1 hour ago, Jillani said:

Salam! Can you guys please advise how to get call history? I am using vodafone prepaid service. And also what is the best way to provide whatsapp chat history? Screenshots? 

Salam Jillani
Please contact vodafone they might be able to generate call records for you. I was using postpaid so getting a bill every month but not sure about the prepaid service.
for Whatsapp what i am doing is taking screenshots of each group of calls made on a particular day(click the "i" button next to any call-that shows the number of calls made and duration of each call). Taking them all 1st of every month for previous month and merge them all to one pdf and reduce the size of the file to bring it down under 5 MB and upload the file every month.

I hope it would help.

1 hour ago, arq said:

Hi All,

 

DOL: 22 April 2018 

Generic email: 22 Nov 2018

Visa grant: 17 Dec 2018

No interview

Congrats

Nice to see things are moving forward.

Just wondering if there is any first entry requirement ?

1 hour ago, Raf1 said:

20 Apr 2018 : Applied 309 Online from Pakistan for my wife and Auto Generated email for finger prints and medial received

20 Nov 2018 : Received Generic Email for more docs

26 Nov 2018: few additional docs were provided

Waiting for decision

 

Anyone else in similar timeframe ?

Just wondering what sort of documents have they asked for?

48 minutes ago, PakMel said:

Thanks, yes applicant should arrive before mid march 2019.

Great.. is it aligned with one year from medical date?

1 hour ago, PakMel said:

Alhamdulilah Spouse Visa granted.

Date of Nikkah : 20 feb 2018

DOL : 24 march 2018

generic email : 15 Nov 2018

Visa granted : 19 Nov 2018 (no interview)

Case: Karachi, Pakistan

 

Please note :  Our barat and Valima will be in Dec this year and we clearly mentioned it in the documents and in our relationship story.

Congratulation.. great to see you haven't got any issues with your visa..  just wondering is there any time frame they gave you before you need to make your first entry in Australia?

12 minutes ago, Andy_ said:

So anyone noticed this month's processing timelines update? https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/access-accountability/service-standards/global-visa-citizenship-processing-times

It's down to 14-16 months. I don't wanna say "I told you so" but didn't I?

Yeah its now showing 14-16 months..

20 minutes ago, Andy_ said:

Definitely YES. Every couple spends some time apart for one reason or another - the department doesn't see it negatively. Their only concern is whether you two have been in regular contact during those times apart. As you mention you have evidence of calls/chats for those periods, you have nothing to worry about.

Thank You for the clarification Andy.. I took this question and period of separation in a sense of  "a temporary Break-up period".

8 minutes ago, Breathe said:

Hi Usman,

We recently had our 309 application refused - we had a marriage certificate and nikkah but no rukhsati. They cited lack of rukhsati as a significant factor for being technically married but not genuinely married. On the other hand my husband's brother and sister-in-law had arranged rukhsati before the interview call and were successful. I know a few people have had nikkah only and were successful but I think the safest option is to arrange rukhsati first as I have now heard some other cases where a lack of living together was a basis for refusal. It definitely seems a little simpler than us now waiting a year or more for an appeal. All the best with it. 

Ohhh gosh , i am sorry to hear that your application got refused.. but it seems very illogical when you are legally married and have continuing relationship still they refused the application..
it doesn't make sense they make this "living together" factor as a significant factor and how it could be possible when once person is living in one country and other is living in another how could they possibly live together? 
just a question out of curiosity, did you provide them all the chats/call history when you both were away? and were your relationship was more then 12 months old before you applied the visa?

Can someone please help me with the following question asap?

"Has the applicant lived separately and apart from the sponsor for any periods of time since committing to a shared life together to the exclusion of all others?"

we have been in a long distance relation since start of our commitment but we never broke up.. we never lived together even after our marriage as i had to come back to Australia. So the answer would be "YES" or " NO"??

19 hours ago, Andy_ said:

@Usmann My advice would be to never ever lie about Nikkah/Rukhsati. It is very easy for the department to catch this lie if they have the slightest doubt. I personally know of a couple of cases who lied about their rukhsati and they were caught and their visas were rejected. So please apply based on factual information.

My other advice would be to get the wedding done without waiting for the visa. I know there are cultural and domestic issues with having one's wife living in Pakistan with the in-laws (or maikay) while the husband is overseas. But having a consummated marriage will strengthen your application. Also, it's getting increasingly hard to predict how long the visa process will take so it's probably a good idea to get married on your own terms.

Thank you Andy for your advice.. True , there is no point of lying when your relationship is genuine.

I would try to arrange the reception before we get the visa but i am not sure if its goona be that simple.

6 hours ago, PakMel said:

Hi Usman,

Please visit page 338 of this forum, you will see people have got there visa just on the basis of Nikkah.

Point is that you should not lie.

   Thanks for you reply.. true there is no point of lying when you have a genuine relationship.

On 15/08/2018 at 16:08, Jillani said:

other evidences). Just wondering if declaring nikkah only can effect/delay our application in any way?Anyone who got the visa recently with nikkah only? or had any similar e

On 15/08/2018 at 16:08, Jillani said:

Hi Usman, i recommend you NOT to confuse the immigration regarding nikkah and rukhsati as they process partner visa application according to their criteria which is getting married or be in a defacto relationship for 12 months. Marriage certificate is a proof of marriage. Download partner migration booklet from immigration website and collect all the evidences before lodging your application. 

Hello Jillani

Thank you for the response. Yes you are right , there is no point of getting confused with nikkah and rukhsati. Can you suggest what should we right about nature of household than as we didn't live together obviously it was nikkah only.  

Hello There

I am going to apply for my Partner's visa(309) and we only had done Nikkah. we have planned for the rukhsati next year after/ just before the visa application will be finalised. we have been in the long distance relationship for 4 years before our nikkah(have got the chats and other evidences). Just wondering if declaring nikkah only can effect/delay our application in any way?Anyone who got the visa recently with nikkah only? or had any similar experiences someone wanna share Please?

Thank you

Regards,

Usman