samie97

Hi everyone,

I was recently granted my 309 partner visa, wooooo! I was just wondering what the process is next? 

Do we continue to upload evidence to my application to prove our relationship is ongoing? Or will Immi request information when they require it? 

Also what information are they likely to ask for, so we can make sure we keep any evidence?

Thanks

On 08/06/2019 at 14:12, Nemesis said:

You will have to provide various documents, via your Immiaccount, to show that the relationship is still committed and ongoing. Trust me, there is NOTHING automatic about the grant of a 100. 

Do we upload them at our own free will or do Immi request specific docs further down the line?

21 hours ago, mppc said:

My application has changed from initial assessment to  further assessment - is anyone else at this stage or knows how long it can sit like this before a decision? 

Congratulations @LCRF fantastic news

Ours moved to further assessment after we uploaded our FRI information. Visa grant took about a month from the date we uploaded the RFI

Well guys I can’t believe it! Today the day we thought would never come. Quick check of my emails to end the day and BOOOOM we got our grant! Thanks for keeping us sane through this stressful process and I’m praying all your grants come through quickly! But for now it’s over and out, we are off to Sydney at the beginning of August!

13 hours ago, DPA said:

I can definitely feel your pain on this one, we just recieve a generic response of  'Please note the current waiting times are between 15-27 months'

 

Congrats to all who have recieved their visas! Happy for you all but also a tinge of concern as some applications were sent in Dec/Jan and we applied beginning of November 

We are in the same boat DPA. Applied 15th November, RFI in April which we uploaded on May 1st and heard nothing since. Hopefully we will both hear something this week! 

How is everyone else going with their applications? We had an RFI on the 16th April, got all the information together and uploaded on the 2nd May. Just waiting to hear back now. How long do people typically wait to hear back after they have uploaded RFI information?

17 hours ago, Belfastchild said:

I literally typed an 1 page document and bank statements. A paragraph explaining the household duties like dinner and cleaning etc. Rest was explaining each payment in our bank accounts and referencing to the highlighted bank statements for the year previous to submission date. So rent money transferred to my sister and money to my folks for bills would be a colour. Money for groceries different colour. Other stuff different colour and just explain it. I couldn’t think of anything else but it seemed to be enough. I think they just want to see that everything is equally shared. I uploaded the exact same bank statements into length of de facto also. 

Ok thanks mate, we are just in the process of uploading the RFI stuff now, have pretty much done exactly the same as you!

15 hours ago, Belfastchild said:

Just got my grant letter!!!

 Beyond relieved and excited. Entry by 8th November. Good luck to everyone else still waiting we all know how stressful it is.

Thanks for all the help. You all have helped calm my stress levels ever so slightly. I’ll still check in and see how everyone is getting on.

Congrats Belfast. I know you had an RFI for nature of household and length of defacto, what did you actually include in the RFI?

Thanks

31 minutes ago, Dmb81 said:

Can you upload the sections from your Dad's bank showing the transfer of rent?

Yeah good idea. Thanks! That’s definitely something we can do 

32 minutes ago, Belfastchild said:

we are the same living at my parents. just highlight your grocery shopping etc

Yeah we had actually done that, highlighted where we bought groceries and Netflix subscriptions etc it we will do it again and go into a bit more detail along with a statement.

how long after you uploaded did you get the grant? 

1 minute ago, Belfastchild said:

I got asked the same just a few paragraphs statement and marked bank statements of us paying bills jointly.

We are actually saving up in the UK for when we are back in the Australia so we are staying at my parents to save money so we don’t have a lease or joint bills in our name. 

We did however get my father to write a statement that we have been living with them and that we pay him rent each month.

We have a joint account but not any bills that come out as my parents pay for all the electrics/ water. 

So a little bit stuck as to what do to. Can certainly write another statement regarding our living arrangements but not sure what else to do? Any suggestions? 

Hey guys! 

So today we got an RFI for prof of length of de facto relationship and nature of household! (Not too sure why because we went into so much detail about how/when we met, also proof that we have been living together since the start of our relationship and how we distribute chores around the house)

However that is what they have asked for. Has anyone been asked for this kind of RFI before and what did you do to provide further information? 

Also, what information did everyone write for their nature of household. We thought we went into so much detail writing a 7 page written statement about this but they have asked for more.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

19 hours ago, Jano said:

Hi everyone, my situation is bit complicated and I’m wondering if anyone has encountered the similar scenario and could please provide me with some advice. I was sponsored by my previous partner while we were in a de facto relationship, but our relationship broke down and I’ve withdrawn my partner visa and had applied to revoke the relationship at the Registey Births Death and marriage. I then met my current partner who’s also Australian citizen and we are very committed to each other and decided to apply for 300 perspective marriage visa. As there will most likely  be a new sponsor approval procedure added after 17/04/2019, we are thinking of applying before then to avoid even longer aparting time (long distance relationship is so painful). The only thing is that my previous relationship has not being fully deregistered as there’s a 90 days cool off period after the application to revoke a relationship. I’m not sure whether I can apply for 300 now while awaiting my relationship to be deregistered?

Sounds complicated Jano, maybe speak to a migration agent?

1 minute ago, Jagermeester said:

Thanks! 

We must enter before the 19th of December, but we are hoping on moving somewhere around September - October. In process of securing jobs now.

Nice well congrats again! The process is dragging on now for us, especially as we are ready to make the move straight away as soon as approved (jobs already secured).

Hoping ours is soon also 

2 minutes ago, Jagermeester said:

Another Grant!

 

I've been lurking on this forum for a while now and even though our visa is processed through Berlin, I still wanted to share my news with you all!

Our timeline (i'm the sponsor)

- Applied 25th of November

- Medicals and police checks uploaded along the way

-Grant 11th of April

 

No RFI, no contact, nothing. Straight to a 309 grant.

We are defacto partners (not married, no kids), together for nearly three years now.

Great news! Congratulations! Our circumstances are almost the same as yours, de facto been together 2 and half years.

 When are you planning to head to Australia?

Anyone had any movement today? Seems to be a little quiet

3 hours ago, chad_b said:

Hey all, 

You can chalk another November application up in the 'GRANTED' column! My wife (Spanish) got her golden emails this afternoon to say that both her 309 and 100 visas had been granted. We didn't have any requests for further information, but we were super thorough when we did the original submission, so that seems to have helped. We submitted the application on 11 November 2018 and they've given us until 10 November 2019 to enter the country, so almost a year to the day from when we applied. (The 10 November date doesn't correspond to anything else such as uploading police checks, medical, etc., so I'm not sure what they base this on.)

Thanks so much to everyone for all your support and encouragement in here. Good luck to everyone else who's waiting patiently for their big day. Your time will come!

Huge congrats that is fantastic news! Applied 4 days before us so you’ve given us lots of optimism that our time could be coming! 

@mhcornwall thanks for that, appreciate it. They seem to be on a role at the moment so praying they keep it up

38 minutes ago, Waitingaround said:

@samie97

I was wondering the same but I rang and asked, they said the sponsors application will normally stay as submitted until the main application goes to further assement or even until the main appliction has been approved. I also found this on the Immi site.

Ah okay! Seems like everything is normal for us at the moment then. The whole process is so stressful and confusing never know if something has been done wrong

12 minutes ago, mhcornwall said:

We did the same. My wife (the aussie) had her own immi account and then linked the online 40SP to my application. Then uploaded her ID docs against her account and then everything else against mine. 

 

Still to get the health and police checks done. Not yet received a RFI yet, but would expect that in a couple of months if the current timings continue. 

You guys have put my mind at rest! Yeah seems to be moving quite smoothly at the moment lets keep our fingers crossed. We applied November so hoping to hear something soon ish!

5 minutes ago, mia.oh.my said:

@samie97 We had separate accounts. As the Sponsor, I uploaded the basics required, but all the supportive evidence, we filed under my partners account. IMMI links them together so I wouldn't worry. 

Ah thanks for clarifying that. Yeah we done the same, basics like identity documents on sponsor application and all other evidence on my main application. I was under the impression it was the way they wanted it done haha

8 minutes ago, KitCat said:

Hi @SmileyD- we did the same as Belfast- did everything through my account as the sponsor. We had a RFI for the sponsor birth certificate last week but no other issues (so far)!

Starting to wonder if we done it wrong by my partner having her own Immi account?  

Hopefully us November applicants will be getting grants soon! 

Just out of interest KitCat, was there any indication that the sponsor application had been approved before you got your RFI?

10 minutes ago, Belfastchild said:

 My partner did hers through mine. It connects them up. Had an RFI for police checks for myself but all good on sponsor front so guessing it’s fine.

Nice one Belfast! When did you guys apply?

14 hours ago, SmileyD said:

Hi all,

nice to see some grants. 

I am getting a bit confused about where I should/shouldn’t have submitted my sponsor application. 

My partner (applicant) has his own immi account and we lodged both the applicant AND sponsor through his immi .

is this what others have done and if so does your sponsor application still say submitted? 

 

Hi Smiley,

My partner (sponsor) applied for sponsorship visa through her own Immi account, so we both have separate accounts. That is what was advised on the Immi website. Having said that, we applied in November so things may have changed I'm not sure... 

31 minutes ago, mrDaiwa said:

I'm Sorry, I'm not sure what do you mean, My wife (the sponsor) uploaded her sponsor info and application through my immi account in the same visa application as me, we did not have a separate application for her.

Ah I see. We (like many others) also completed a separate application for the sponsor ( my partner ) through Immi as that’s what it says to do on the website.

Fantastic news for you though you must be delighted it was so quick and stress free!

58 minutes ago, mrDaiwa said:

Hey Everyone,


I was a quiet follower here in the last 8-9 month and even if I wasn’t too active, this forum helped us a lot. I spent 4 months to prepare everything neat before lodgement. I’m Hungarian living in Scotland and my wife is Australian by birth. We had a very strong evidence, been together for 3,5 years and got marriage 2 years ago. No kids.

Here’s our timeline;
Applied on 6th Jan 2019
Medical completed after 3-4 weeks.
All of the Hungarian (original and translated) and UK Police checks for me (applicant) and Australian & UK for my wife (sponsor) all front loaded.
All evidence front loaded in 2 days. (65/100)
No RFI - we just went from lodgement to grant and received the golden email on the 1^stof April.


Still can’t believe it wasn’t even 3 months. 
Good luck to everyone else waiting.

Wow that’s amazing news! We applied middle of November, starting to worry that we done something wrong as haven’t heard a thing yet  

Anyone else that applied in November still waiting? Also, if you did, what is the application status of the sponsors application. Is it still saying ‘submitted’?