lucylynd

Heading to Melbourne in 4 weeks time!

We got the email this morning. 309/100 granted overnight whilst we were asleep one half an hour after the other. We applied on May 9th via a migration agent with everything uploaded except the medical which was requested a few weeks later. We have heard nothing since then until now. I am british, my husband is an eligible NZ citizen - he lived in oz 1999-2001. We have both lived together in the UK pretty much since then. Married 13 years. 3 kids with dual NZ/UK citizenship also on the visa who were also granted permanent residency last night. Had booked flights this week regardless and I had a 3 month visitor visa. I am due to start work in february and my work there had starting looking into an additional temporary work sponsorship visa to ensure I could start. No need for that now. Slightly in shock but it’s an amazing feeling. Clearly they are suddenly processing their many piles of waiting visas. Hopefully all of you waiting will get the news you want very soon. We didn’t believe it would happen then suddenly it does.

Hi all. I'm new to this forum. I'm English. Husband is a kiwi but is an "eligible NZ citizen" so can sponsor me. We have been married 14 years, have 3 kids, a house and plenty of evidence of our relationship. I have a job to go to near melbourne once the visa is granted. We applied for 309/100 at the beginning of May, with everything uploaded except the medical which they asked for a few weeks later and we had completed by the end of June. Heard nothing since. We had been hoping to go out at the end of the year so the kids could start school with everyone else in January and I was hoping to start work in Feb. When we applied it seemed that the visas were being processed quickly and that leaving in December was realistic but it feels very uncertain now. Frustrating that so many people on so many of the forums who have applied from March onwards have heard nothing. Hopefully we will see a flurry of grants soon!