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Hello all, I have a question and I was hoping someone could help me out. I applied for visa 173 offshore on 29 Sep, 2016 and I have been asked to proved more documents in Oct. My question is when visa 173 is granted should I travel to Australia before applying for 143 or is it possible to apply for 143 right away after grant of 173 offshore?

Thank you in advance.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share my timeline. Application for 173 was recieved by immigration on 29 September 2016. We were asked for further documents on Oct 7.

Hi all,

I am wondering when 173 is granted, can we apply for 143 before entering Australia?

Note: I have applied for 173 on Sep/2016 and no updates yet.

21 minutes ago, pmindia said:

We are currently in Australia on a 600 visa. We had applied for a 173 visa and finally got the request for the VAC2 payment. Once we made the VAC2 payment, immigration responded with a request for additional information asking for documents to prove intent to return to home country. Is this normal for anyone currently in Australia? I would have expected that the case officer would reach out asking for travel plans instead.

Have other folks received similar requests?

Congratulations pmindia. I have not been asked this request from immigration yet (still waiting for further docs), but I would send them documents showing that i have some properties (like house) in my home country which proves I have intention to return to my home country. Anyhow I am curious to know what is your visa lodgement date?

On 13/02/2019 at 04:21, Ammy143 said:

yes  my migration agent told me so that thy had client of feb 2015 thy gpt req too 

 dont know exact date

Hi Ammy, you mentioned immigration sent out document request for Feb 2016 applicants (173). Do you have any update from your agent regarding immigration further movements?