Munkey1980

So... it’s happened..!!!

Grant letter received first thing this morning!!!!

its been such a long road... first holidaying in Oz in 2008, then again in 2016 sowed the seed..

after a lot of self investigation into visas, going through a state nomination only to have the occupation pulled from their list and trying again with another state and having that declined (and sacking the incompetent MA)

then out of the blue having an unexpected chat with friend of a friend that led to a job offer! That kickstarted the merry-go round of trying to find documents dating back years as evidence, studying for an exam over Xmas period (actually sitting writing an essay to pass a licence test Xmas night) and having my medical on morning of a friends wedding!

just over a year from application start to finish, dept asked for just an updated police check only, (even though medical had expired) and granted!!!

feel a mixture of such massive relief and excitement now and don’t actually know what to do next I’m shaking!!

best wishes everyone, keep the faith

It will def come eventually, it is hard seeing others granted before you who applied later or same occupations, remember why you started this journey and retain that smile  

I will stay active and follow you all with interest.... hope to see you all ”down under!!”

(can someone update spreadsheet, details below)

Been 4 weeks since provided more docs to CO and still further assessment!!!

this is the longest worst part of the wait ever

Additional new police checks uploaded today as requested and status immediately changed to Further assessment!

anyone any idea on wait from here on in..?

thanks 

Woke up this morning to find that status has changed to Initial Assessment with a message asking for renewed UK police certificates only?!

Can get these fairly quickly, does anyone know if once I upload these what happens next? Am I almost approved? Or is it needing more weeks of checking?

Slightly excited now!

updated timeline below...

4 hours ago, @dream_aus said:

Not sure, but to me this seems right. Because I am an electronics and communication engineer and when I applied for skill assessment with ACS, they deducted 4 years of experience. 

I believe skilled experience only counts for points tested visas and not for employer nomination??

Still show as 11-16 months processing on Direct Entry on IMMI...? Weird

4 minutes ago, Frank Stanlington said:

Please update your signature

Done 

Feel like time has stood still! 

11mths and 11days now and still status received

Fingers crossed for news this week!

good luck everyone

On 12/01/2019 at 02:48, Daniel Jia said:

Received email today, accountant category applied on 07 Mar 2018, Nomination and PR approved on 12 Jan 2019.

No further documents asked and direct granted, status changed from Received to Finalised this morning.

Congratulations!! 

Is immi open over the weekend, had assumed mon-fri hours?

1 minute ago, boo-yaa said:

Added. What country are you from?

uk ..... hopefully not for much longer, cant believe shut for Xmas too so frustrating!

On 20/12/2018 at 20:17, Bongo123 said:

Hi all,

I have been a silent reader for some time now but yesterday we finally got the golden email!! 

 

Nom and visa lodged 26/2/18

insurance agent

186 TRT onshore

2 people

from the UK

in Sydney 

Nomination approved 13/12/18

visa approved 20/12/18

 

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! Merry Christmas!!

Omg week before me lodging!! Same occupation! - did you get any contact from immi?

Silent reader here

Please can you add me to the spreadsheet for the below... im hoping am very close now, its killing me!

Direct Entry

Nomination and visa applied for 1st March 2018

Insurance agent

Offshore 

1 person

Status - RECEIVED , No contact as yet