SydneyBound

17 minutes ago, karlapatrick said:

Hi there!

Long time lurker on this post. Just wanted to chip in to let you guys know that I just got my visa granted this morning! Both 309 and 100.

Lodged: 1 June 2018

(Police and health documents uploaded within two weeks or so. Everything else front loaded.)

Granted: 12 Nov 2018

So that's about 5 and half months in total. Heard absolutely zilch until this morning but woke up to a great surprise! I started getting excited when I saw a lot of grants appearing in the last couple of weeks. So don't give up hope, people, they're still filtering through obviously :)

I married my Aus-citizen husband at the end of August this year (engaged since Feb 2017) and we've been together for six years now. So I guess a pretty straightforward application compared to some. Booking our flights today and hoping to move at the start of April (originally hoped to move around February but my sister's getting married at the end of March so we'll go straight after that instead!) 

Best of luck to everyone x

Karla

Amazing and congrats. To which part of Oz will you be moving? 

I applied the same week as you, I am hoping that I get the good news soon. Fingers crossed 

13 minutes ago, CEP said:

It’s on to initial assessment. I’ve got butterflies now lol!!

Woo hoo! 

2 minutes ago, CEP said:

Received request for further info today.

police check from U.K. and birth certificate for sponsor

they have provided a link to contact them.... sadly I get a 404 page not found error!

Log on to your application. See what it says. 

15 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Well I’m still waiting, life up in the air, masses of uncertainty, but hey I’m in Dublin with my lovely wife in a crazy bar, and we’re seeing U2 tomorrow night;  things could be worse!

That doesn’t sound so bad, im sat in my place with the flu. So it could be worse. 

56 minutes ago, tsc said:

Hi all.

I received my 309 grant today. A bit disappointed that it wasn’t the 100 as well, but hey I definitely can’t complain.

We hadn’t been together for 3 years at the time of application (22.05.18), however we have been since July, so I was hoping they would take that into account prior to grant. Still very grateful though.

Best of luck to the rest of you, especially the March and April people. 

They are a bit strict in regards to times, which is a bit silly as it would be quite easily possible to work out the actual time of length of relationship. Although you have that 309 which allows you to do all the things you want, so that’s good. Just the future pain of applying for PR. 

Still, big congrats! 

36 minutes ago, ATE said:

Still waiting here. Applied mid may, currently travelling to Melbourne for work. They want the visa by jan 1st or job might go

Damn, sorry to hear that. I think you’ll get it by Jan on current form. I expect mine to be done by then, we’ll I live in hope. 

21 minutes ago, Egorfester said:

We are also waiting for our 309/100 applied end of June. We have had no contact so far, no request for further information. I am hoping to reapply for my normal tourist visa shortly as I will go out for a visit end of December through January and again end of March

18 minutes ago, GB1978 said:

I'm still waiting too! Applied 25th June, front loaded. No contact so far but taking some hope from the recent successes on this thread! Fingers crossed!

I’m 4th June, I preloaded everything in the hope that it would be faster. Turns out I could have taken my time. I keep adding stuff when I think it’s pertinent. 

29 minutes ago, ZoeHoulding said:

Morning,

Me again with probably another silly question!

We are flying out mid January, im hoping our visas will of arrived by then, I was looking at the 600 but noticed our normal tourist visas are valid till end of May. Could we just go over on that or will it of been cancelled by the 309/100 application?

I don’t think the visa is cancelled, you just get notification of when you have to activate the other visa. 

26 minutes ago, Katiebobbles said:

Hey Sydneybound
I'm sure you know but you don't have to fly back to the UK when it's granted. You just have to leave the country...... you could have a weekend in Bali and activate on your way back in. As long as you leave Australia .... sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs

I wish! I am going for month to prep move. I have to be back at work in Jan, so I cannot stay in Oz until I do another 6 months due to contract. I just want to activate the visa in December, which means I don’t have to rush to get there and don’t have to worry about new police checks or medical stuff. Work will not give me anymore time off to fly out, I had to accept a month unpaid leave to get this month.

1 hour ago, Katiebobbles said:

Hey@dondons1uk
Yeh dont worry you are not alone we are having a similar panic. Uploaded additional docs basically straight away then not a peep. My status moved on to Further assesment and now just waiting again.
I am also worrying should I have explained more than what they asked ... I just answered the question in the email. There was a pop up after I pressed the submit button ... now can't remember what it said, did we press the right thing.... back to not knowing.
Just have to stay positive and hope they come back to us soon ..... it's not a pointless post we are all just wanting good news is all ..... fingers crossed we hear soon

Applied in early June and not heard a peep so far, which is a bit rubbish. I’d like to at least have some movement, even if it’s just asking questions, but nothing. I fly out in 3 weeks and hoped to have had the visa to activate it by then, got hopeful when I saw that a lot were being granted. Looks like I shall be going on a tourist visa for the month and have to fly back when I get 309/100 granted as it stands. 

6 minutes ago, ZoeHoulding said:

If I apply for a tourist visa, it wont cancel my 309/100 will it? Im thinking just a standard tourist visa as Im staying positive for the 309/100 to come through xx

 

No, it won’t cancel your 309/100. You’ll have to leave the country and then enter to activate the 309/100 if it’s granted while you’re in OZ.

14 minutes ago, Noodlejaffa said:

Can't believe it! We got our golden email today! PMV 300 granted through London - perfect timing as I fly to Adelaide next Wednesday. Guess I'd better get on with organising our wedding which is happening in 11 weeks time 

I don't think the news has really sunk in yet as I got the email 10 minutes before I started work so quickly spoke to my partner over in Oz then have been flat out since then. Still in shock!

Good luck to you all out there!

Amazing! Looks like they are on a roll at the moment, I’m hoping that it’ll keep going. 

5 minutes ago, Katiebobbles said:

I have just had a request for a statement clarifying something on my husbands side of the application - which we didn't make clear in the initial application and I am now kicking myself! oh isn't hindsight a wonderful thing! - and have finally moved off "Received" onto "Initial Assessment".

After we uploaded the information I then sat staring at the screen as if the case officer was going to be on the other side just waiting for our upload ...... I have now torn myself away from that and onto this forum to stop myself for serial stalking the immi site! All crossed looks like London is on the move ......

At least there is movement. Matter of days!!

This will be me very soon I hope. 

What was it that hat they asked? 

42 minutes ago, BacktoOz83 said:

Hi guys,

We have just had a request for information - police certificates. Ours was front loaded however my husband has a few things on his police record - one of which occurred in Portugal whilst on holiday so they have requested a Portuguese police check and we also submitted a police check for NZ because he knew he had a DUI so they have asked for an up to date NZ police check too. They've also asked for an Aus Police check which makes sense given the circumstances. So we have a bit of work to do to get it all done and submitted within the 28 days but it's positive to know that things are progressing!

Sounds like things are moving along. I’d assume that once you have the info they require you’ll get the visa quite quickly after. 

Do keep us informed.

SB

Big congrats!

Makes me optimistic that I might get it before I go to OZ in December. I think it really does just depend on who you get looking at your application. Obviously some people work faster than others. 

SB

Yup, I’m still on stage 1 and have been for 5 months now. I’m hoping that something will happen by December so I can activate my PR when I go to visit during that time, means I can also start applying for jobs during that month. 

Fingers crossed for all! Oh and keep postin and keep this top.

SB. 

There are jokes in there?

brexit is going to be a disaster, best to jump ship as early as one can. We are considering renting out our place for a while and selling in the future. We’re lucky that we have a flat to move into in Sydney already. 

Im not expecting any movement on the visa for several months minimum at the moment, so carrying on with the London commute and working. 

Hello Katie,

thank you for the welcome, not sure I should now talk to you, as you are Brisbane bound, heard they are all weird up that way. Ha.

I would love to have the visa before Christmas as I can activate it when I spend December in Oz (heading there in E-visa as it stands). I think that’s a bit of a long shot, I’m thinking it’ll be The 12 months at the moment.

Hello all,

I've been lurking for a while trying to get info on expected dates of grant. It’s been a slow process and I nearly had a fit when the timeframe doubled in Aug.

Partner and daughter are both aus citizens, been together over 3 years and applied June 4 2018. Preloaded health and police checks, now it’s a case of waiting for that “received” to change, any form of movement would be nice. 

Anyway, hello to all!