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  1. CharlotteR
    Hey! My PR was granted today after 12 months and 2 days!!! 5 days after my nomination was approved. Just had half a bottle of champagne haha! No further documents requested; went from "received" this morning to "finalised" at around 5pm. I went through such an emotional roller coaster the past 17 months, realise some of you have been waiting for a lot longer and wish you all the best. I found being part of this forum both tough and very helpful. Tough because it's impossible to find a pattern and you simply don't understand why some people get their PRs faster than others, why your application gets rejected for a missing document and others have a chance to provide missing documents, left with a bitter and frustrating "why them and not me" feeling at times which isn't particularly healthy. But I'm still so grateful for everyone in this forum because the help and support it brought me outweighed the frustrations. And once the initial frustration was gone, I managed to feel joy each time someone got PR and it helped to tell myself that it meant my application was slowly making it closer to the top of the pile! 2 key messages for you: - Don't waste too much time/energy looking for a pattern (even if it's tempting...), be patient and keep faith - Be happy for all the PRs granted and tell yourself that it means yours is 1 application closer to being looked at! Good luck to everyone who's still waiting!!!
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    Ah good to know thanks a lot!
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    Hi everyone, I just heard from my MA that my employer nomination was just approved today (March 13, 2019), they're still processing my visa application. After a first rejection over a year ago for 1 missing document that isn't even relevant to my job and re-applying almost 12 months ago exactly (March 16, 2018), I can't believe something positive has finally happened to me!!! I'll update my signature once my immiaccount is up to date (still showing "received" and no update since 2018 and I'm a little paranoid with all this...). Fingers crossed that my visa application will be approved soon... (there's a big risk they'll ask me to update my medical exams as they expired in September...) Hope everyone gets good news soon!!!
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    Just got an update from my MA: one of my colleagues just got her PR granted yesterday. Here are the details of her application: - Management Consultant (same job, position and company as me) - Direct Entry, 2 applicants, LR country - Nomination and application submitted: 12 January 2018 - PR granted: 6 February 2019 (processing time of approx. 13 months...) My MA believes I'll hear from immigration about my application in 2-3 months (i.e. processing time for me of 13-14 months...) However, I'm hopeful that it could be sooner if the theory about looking at applications by occupation is correct (i.e. if they decided to catch up on Management Consultant applications for instance!)
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    Hi again, just noticed that I'm not in the excel spreadsheet and can't edit it - can someone give me edit rights or add me please? All my details are in my signature. Cheers!
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    My MA told me that it wouldn't work, to not bother trying and just go through him but I just did what you suggested and it worked! Thanks a lot Hex
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    OK that's not as bad as I expected, thanks a lot! I can't access my application online, only my MA can and he tends to never give me any updates unless I ask for them... (he works for a super large company, mine is one of thousands of applications they manage per year) That's the main reason I'm so glad that this forum exists!
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    Hello - where did you see this and what are the new processing times please? When checking online, I'm still seeing 10-14 months for 186 DE... Cheers
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    I work for A.T. Kearney, an American management consulting firm with offices all over the world and thousands of consultants
  10. CharlotteR
    I work for A.T. Kearney, an American management consulting firm with offices all over the world and thousands of consultants
  11. CharlotteR
    Probably but it doesn’t guarantee faster processing of PR applications and may depend on the job/industry: my company is an accredited sponsor who actually needs foreign employees at senior levels to survive (there just aren’t enough Australians with the right level of skills, experience and motivation to join our firm) and we get TSS visas granted for new employees very quickly but I’ve been waiting close to 10 months for my PR, no news...
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    So sorry to hear that... The fact they requested AFP end of Nov is hopefully a good sign, fingers crossed for you! My medical exam expired last September, my MA suggests I don’t renew it until immigration asks me to (to avoid having to do it over and over again if this whole thing takes much longer than expected), clearly no CO has been assigned to my application yet. But it seems that very few March applications have been looked at which contradicts the new processing times... (hence my earlier message)
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    Hello! I realise that processing times are just indicative and members of this forum are a small sample of all applicants, but I don’t have a feeling that 75% of applications are processed in 10 months now: so far I feel that there are very few PRs from March, immigration seems to be still working on February... Has anyone heard of March applications being processed that we wouldn’t know of? I realise I should be patient as it seems that it’s “only” been 9.5 months for me but my first application from 2017 got rejected so I have thrown more money at this than expected and have been waiting a lot longer than it seems... For all of our sakes, I hope immigration will indeed manage to process applications faster as announced end of 2018!
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    This is also a great way to get more money from future applicants who will have to apply multiple times and renew police checks, medicals, etc, who cares if they can’t afford it. It’s so sad...
  15. CharlotteR
    Yes my employer supplied a letter stating genuine need for me in that position, I had 6 years of experience at that position with the same firm in France (transferred to the Sydney office, namely because they desperately needed people with my skills and level of experience). I have an MA which my employer chose from one of the big 4 companies. I was told by the MA that I could either appeal or reapply but not do both at the same time. He also told me that with appealing it can take up to 2 years to get an answer. And it doesn’t guarantee a PR... I had 5 days to make a decision and pay approx. $5,000 all over again for the second application. My company helped me out because they felt partly responsible and I just didn’t have that kind of money at the time...
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