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18 minutes ago, boo-yaa said:

We will see what the new Processing Times are when they are released later this week.

If I was to guess, at least for TRT, I'd expect them to remain the same, as still seeing a lot of Feb application not even completed yet. 

Christmas slow down from the previous momentum for sure.

42 minutes ago, Roni S said:

  are you kidding? How's that possible? 

Unless this a wind up (it isn't April fools yet) - Software Engineer is at least on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), this could indeed speed things up. 

Was this the first PR application in your company?

Congrats anyway, lucky guy! 

Just now, millie1871 said:

End to End process, the whole visa! 

I can also vouch for this, my boss who is in the same role, applied in October, approved in January. 186 TRT. 

1 minute ago, galisuman said:

Guys I know this has been asked and discussed before but can some one direct me to information where it say we need to stay with the employer for couple of months once the PR got granted and also kindly let me know if we also need to renew the oversees police clearance if its past 1 year of issue as I have renewed the Australian Police checks but waiting on the oversees as my country police are slow 

There is a written statement in the VISA conditions for 186 TRT which states something along the lines of 'The employer agrees to keep the position open for 2 years, and the employee will remain in the position for 2 years' - however this is not law binding, and really only can come into question if there is proof you planned to leave once it was approved. 

Yes, you need to renew if it's after 1 year, some CO's can be lenient by a few months, but I wouldn't risk waiting, just causes further delays in an already slow process. 

1 hour ago, Hex said:

I agree, there's been too much "coincidence" in occupations for it not to play a role. I'm a strong believer that it plays a role in your application. 

I would say there is a number of High Risk Occupations that are given extra scrutiny - certainly there is faster processing on the point based VISA stream based on occupation, but on the TRT 186 at least, I think it's done in order of application, high risk occupations; Chef, Restaurant Manager, Hairdresser etc taking longer.

20 minutes ago, boo-yaa said:

According to current processing timelines and with other visa grants we should hopefully hear back after the new year...unless we are one of the unlucky ones

You said before the average wait time was around 10 months - I'm now hoping with a further decline of 2 months on the Processing Times, we'll be looking at 8  Fingers crossed. 

A lot of CO staff free'd up with the 457 Applications pretty much finalized. 

2 minutes ago, millie1871 said:

I don't think I want to risk anything, if i dont change my name then i wont need to change my passport and i'm not planning on moving any time soon so i think if i just wait till after PR it will be easier? 

Ahh yer, wait until you've got your PR before you officially change your name, not sure you have to announce you're married.. But again, not sure how they'd know either. 

5 minutes ago, millie1871 said:

OK thank you

But also remember, you must keep them informed with regards to Passport, name and address changes, or your VISA could be rejected. 

I believe they can process this within 5 working days...

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/929.pdf

3 hours ago, millie1871 said:

Hi Guys, 

Applying for a ENS 186 Visa, lodged May 12th

I am due to get married on Feb 18th 2019. 

Has anyone changed their name 1/2 way through the visa application? Or on the basis that its 10-16 months should i just not bother change my name till after its granted?

 

Occupation: Advertising Specialist 
State: NSW
Country: UK
Stream: 186 TRT
Number of applicants: 1
ENS 186 Visa and Nomination applied:  May 2018
 

I changed my address, as per required according to IMI site, is this likely to shift my application to the back of the queue?

If DE has come down that much, maybe TRT can have a single digit 75% wait time

Anyone confirm if the TRT wait time has come down?

The website hasn't been updated yet 

3 minutes ago, galisuman said:

Hi Jenny I wish and pray its good news as I think and from what I am hearing the huge backlog is cleared since 457 Visa has been removed last year so I hope the processing times will be reduced and files will be streamlined so we can hear decisions getting made quicker... fingers crossed 

Will the CO's working on the 457's be re-allocated to 186 / PR VISA's?

We had a 457 completed in our company, and he applied like 2-3 days before the deadline, so I think all applications should almost be finalized, other than the backlog of appeals.

5 minutes ago, CharlotteR said:

Immigration apparently wasn't convinced that my company needed me (which is strange as they'd been accepting PRs for colleagues of mine for years and accepted another 2 this year) - they claimed that they were missing some proof and gave the org chart as an example. They wanted to see which position had been vacant for a while and how I was the only one who could fill that vacancy. This is actually very strange as there are no org charts in consulting (the more staff we have the more work we can sell so the more work we have...) and they had never requested this type of document in the past...

Instead of requesting this "missing document", they rejected the nomination and I had to start from scratch...

That's so rough, I've got a friend who's been contesting her rejection from a 417 WHV to 457 for over 2 years now... 

Fortunately, an org chart was included with my nomination, I've read of a lot rejections because this is missing. 

Hope you're more lucky second time round! 

7 minutes ago, CharlotteR said:

Like all of us here, I would love to understand the logic/pattern but am afraid there isn't really any and we have to accept that it's a fairly random process overall!

I may be a very strange case and immigration may have something against me personally but here's why I don't think there's a real pattern:

- I applied for PR over a year ago from a LR country, with a job on the skilled list which I've been doing for over 7 years, as 1 applicant and sponsored by a company which has had 100% successful PR applications before and even after mine - somehow my nomination got rejected in February 2018 due to a couple of missing document (incl. an org chart, which doesn't even make sense in my profession where we don't actually report to anyone...) - I heard people saying that most rejected PRs concern HR countries, jobs not on the list and/or multiple applicants on 1 application but I'm proof that it's not always true

- My employer has been sponsoring up to 4-5 PRs per year for over 5 years as they really struggle to retain Australians and need immigrants to survive (they exclusively hire Australians and Kiwis as junior consultants but they tend to leave to get an MBA, don't come back so they need immigrants to fill in for the more senior positions in the firm) - 2 of my colleagues who applied in January 2018 got their PRs as follows: 1 was from a LR country and he got his PR in May (after 4 months) and the other is from a HR country, applied with her husband (who didn't have a visa) and got her PR in August (after 7 months)... Clearly immigration doesn't have issues with my employer but for some reason, I've gotten a rejection and have been waiting for close to 9 months since my second application now...

Don't know if this helps in any way but the key message here is to not expect an outcome at a certain time based on a logical pattern which may not exist, just hope for the best and be very patient!

I sincerely hope that we'll all hear good news very soon! 

On what grounds did you get a rejection?

Crazy that there was a few people getting there VISA's in March, when there's still many in Jan  / Feb waiting.

Makes me think, that on the TRT streams at least, with cases where there has been a previous nomination for the same occupation, in the same company, this can help stream line the process for the Department. 

My friend got his 186 TRT last month, applied in Feb, Nomination and VISA approved in the same day, the previous month, his friend after a longer wait got his 186 TRT in the same company, in the same position. Just a thought....

Hi Guys,

Silent reader for a while, please add me;

Occupation: ICT Support Engineer 
State: NSW
Birth Country: England
Stream: 457 - 186 TRT (Grandfathering Arrangement) 
Number of applicants: 1
ENS 186 Visa and Nomination applied:  27/06/2018
IMMI Status: Received

Seems the average wait time is around 7-8 months for most, when I applied (in June) the wait time was 12 months, what is the expectation for June applications?