Nichola Gail

21 hours ago, EsBear said:

Can I just ask - anyone who has already been approved- is everyone always submitting the form 80 doc? Is it always necessary or would they only RFI for bits of info they need, if they need it? 

 

We submitted form 80 also, mostly duplicated info but from memory there are some bits about visas and address history that the application didn’t have. 
 

Just a quick update for anyone collecting info, I found out whilst in Bali that I got the 309 and 100 together, which is great. Good luck to everyone still waiting 

Hi all,

I also applied on the 25.2.19 (I don’t think I was ever added to the spreadsheet) and have just woke up in Melbourne to an email asking me to leave Australia for my visa to be granted. Such a huge relief!

Congratulations @Larnie 🥳🥳 I remember a while ago seeing that you applied the same day as me and wondered whether we would get ours together!

 @mjpoplett92 I think the letter from your landlord will be really helpful, and the RFIs have been processed quickly recently so hopefully it won’t take too long from here.

Good luck everyone! 

1 hour ago, SmileyD said:

I think a few extras on here have been granted. Like edinlass, meathlass, Corkie and maricota? 

 

Are these the ones you were thinking were from April/May? The first two applied October and the second two in Jan. Each had an RFI. This latest grant is really exciting because it’s the first time on the forum that someone new (from London/UK) without a previous RFI has had their visa granted since July. Great for us as they should be on to Feb and March soon.

 @mppc  also crossing my fingers that the second round RFIs don’t take as long as the first.

9 hours ago, Marisawright said:

That fits in with what others have said.  It seems that if an application needs any kind of extra work, it gets put to one side while they get on with the huge pile of straightforward ones.

We applied 25th Feb and front loaded everything, along with a couple of others from that time. They ‘shouldn’t’ require anything else from us. Birth certs, ID docs, police checks, medical all done within a month or so of applying. Together nine years and married four.  Once they have got through the last of 2018 and maybe of few more from the ‘processing’ pile I think they’ll get back up to speed working through 2019, Feb onwards.

10 hours ago, Poppysunday said:

Yes from London. It seems as though if you had an RFI and/or didn’t front loads there were big delays. However the few who went though in the spring had no RFI and front loaded so a straight grant. 

I don’t think anyone from London has been granted front the spring. No one after around mid Feb from what I have been following. I know one came through from Sweden but otherwise not aware of any since Feb.

@Emz82 congratulations!!! 🥳 That’s so exciting for you and that they’re picking up ‘new’ applications again! Hopefully @GRS will hear something soon too, if not already (and I’ve missed something).

1 hour ago, Usman Jav said:

I have been requested to provide police clearance certificates of all countries I have spent 2 months or more in last 10 years by Department of Home Affairs.

DOL: March 2019

Request for PCC: 14th Nov 2019

Hi @Usman Jav hopefully there’s not too many? Do you mind me asking where you lodged from? 

7 hours ago, dasuw said:

Raining gold this morning, email received requesting us to depart Australia so that the 309/100 can be granted. Have to be at least out for 5 working days apparently so just busy trying to book as we have to leave no later than 04th December. I think they must be clearing up 2018 now as well so hopefully a few more grants today and next week!

Congratulations!!

9 hours ago, mhcornwall said:

We just got our golden email!!!!!!!

we have been granted both the 309 and the 100 at the same time.

Still cant believe that even the 309 is here, let alone both of them.

Got my fingers crossed for you all, especially those which are waiting a bit longer than most, as it seem they are racing through them now.

 Congratulations! Such great news! 🥳

10 minutes ago, Butterflies1988 said:

Hi all! 309/100 granted this morning !entry by 7/11/2020.  So relieved hope yours all come soon!!

Congratulations! And congrats to everyone who got theirs last week!! 🥳

I moved out here last month and have kept meaning to reply to messages about what visitor visa to use etc but things have been really busy since leaving/arriving. I came on the visa that requires you to leave every three months- optimistic that my visa would come through  and also eager not to spend more money on visas. I’ll also need to go back to the UK to work a month or so if it doesn’t come through by January. 
 

I came on a one way ticket and no issues with border control- they didn’t ask to see savings either but that just might have been luck. 
 

Good luck to everyone still waiting. Except from the Sweden visa it seems that they haven’t processed a ‘new’ visa since July (at least for the people on here). Crossing my fingers that they start picking up new applications soon and that the last couple still pending contact from 2018 are processed ... and then they get back to February where they left. 

Hi all,

Quick question for those of you out on a visiter visa, did you update immi account to say you were going? My initial application submitted in Feb didn’t specify a departure date, I can’t change that now but not sure whether I should upload something to say we are coming out now on a tourist visa, and if so where I would upload that info. Any advice from those of you there would be hugely appreciated- leaving for Melbourne on Saturday morning- though have still be hopeful that a miracle might grant my visa before we go! 

@ES86 have you left and received yours yet? How does that process work? Do they know as soon as you leave the country and you automatically get the grant, or do you have to leave, let them know you’ve left and then wait for it to come though?

Hope everyone is doing well. No new applications have been picked up since July, which is a bit gutting but great that they’ve been working through the ‘processing pile’ for the past few months. Praying they pick up some more applications soon, and more so praying that we don’t get a RFI or I’ll have to come back home to get a bit of work here whilst wait.
 

31 minutes ago, DPA said:

Hi guys! We just got our grant email today! Applied 4 Nov 18, RFI 1st June, RFI2 12th July now grant 11 Sep! 

Hoping everyone else's keeps rolling in now!

Amazing news! Congratulations!

16 hours ago, AH88 said:

Delighted to share the news that our golden email came through today! 309 granted with a year to enter the country. We are beyond happy and I cried a whole lot.

Congrats! Looks like they’re sweeping through the 2018 applications, which is great. Good luck with the move! 

2 hours ago, Jeannie said:

My dog is flying over 10 Sept and I still have heard nothing so I am planning on joining her 21 Sept with or without. will just have to keep leaving every 3 months.

 

@Jeannie this makes me feel better as ours is flying the 9th October and we’re in the same boat- going with or without it!

Fingers crosses for us all the next few weeks 

21 hours ago, AK2910 said:

I received my 309 today!! Good luck everyone!

Congratulations! That’s so exciting!

On 01/09/2019 at 03:57, SarahR said:

Hi All,

Just jumping on this tread.

I applied whilst in Oz on the 23 July 2019 along with police checks, medical done a few days later and on the system a week later.

Immigration are saying that it is going to take 22-28 months!! I have been with my husband for 14 years, married for 5 and have two sons together who have dual citizenship.

I've not heard anything and don't have a case officer yet.

Has anyone out there who applied at the same time as me heard anything yet?

Cheers

Welcome to the thread @SarahR

I applied on 25 Feb and haven’t heard anything. I have a rough list of everyone on the forum- when they applied and when they have had RFIs/grants. Based on my very rough record- everyone after me is still waiting for contact (unless they haven’t updated the thread). Everyone before me has had RFI except for 2 applications made through agents (November and December). I don’t know if it’s different with agents or if this is just a coincidence.

Based on the trend over the past year-two years  you won’t likely get a case officer or contact until at least four months and currently, we are at six+. And the two who applied in 2018 at nine. 

You will have seen the responses already- that the times given are global processing time and UK applications are often being processed within the year. Often six-nine months but of course this isn’t a guarantee and it’s frightening when everything goes so quiet.

However, I understand that your application was submitted in Aus- so you’re in a slightly different boat from most of us, who applied overseas and cannot enter Aus unless on a tourist visa/have no rights to work there / live until the visa is granted. I’m not sure how much your nationality  changes processing times for the onshore visa so might might be worth tracking a forum with other onshore applications to get a better idea of the process over there.

Immigration as a rule won’t entertain enquiries about the application until after the global time scale- unless there are exceptional circumstances in which they might consider expediting your application. I was informed this by the immigration department but how reliable it is and what qualifies as ‘exceptional’ is up for debate.

We are moving to Aus in less than six weeks and hoping we get the grant, but fully prepared to be entering on a tourist visa at this point.

Good luck with your application 

Nic

20 hours ago, mhcornwall said:

When this linked on my account I could then see her name to upload evidence such as ID docs etc 

Thanks for this , we have added evidence for my husband from my end too. We just don’t see the evidence on his side when he logs in. Can your wife see what you uploaded onto your login?

56 minutes ago, EsBear said:

Hello again! How did you complete the form 40SP?

a paper form and then scan/upload or is there an online one?

Everytime my husband tries to print the paper version a few questions are missed off the end!

Just wondering if there are any tips? many thanks and good luck everyone!

Hey,

I think it’s best to do the online form now as I think that the uploaded paper version wasn’t accepted for @ga_brysia last month and they were had a RFI for the online form to be completed.

The sponsor creates their own immi account and supplies the sponsee’s visa reference number then the two accounts should merge I think (although I don’t quite know how this happens/what it looks like as I’m worried ours isn’t quite right). The sponsor then has to complete pretty much all the same things - the sections on the nature of relationship, travel history etc. To be safe we made a copy of the online form that my partner completed and uploaded it as an attachment on my application. 

Hi all, 

I am with all of you, crossing my fingers and checking this forum many times daily and refreshing my emails 08:00-17:00 probably twice an hour. Genuinely thought I would be able to keep it all together but waiting is actually really awful. 

I just wondered if anyone could help with something- I did my application and my partner created an account for the 40SP and added my reference number - so both our online forms have the same reference. His sections for documents to upload were all really different, about military (he’s never been in the military) and some other bits- largely irrelevant- so we uploaded all of his documents on my side of the application under his name there. We thought that the accounts would merge so we could see attachments from both ends, or at the very least see the attachments for him from his login- but we can’t. To be safe we decided to upload a copy of his 40SP as an attachment under my username.  We have left it like that for months but the closer it’s getting the more I’m worrying about it, as someone had an RFI for further info as a ‘copy’ of the 40SP wasn’t sufficient and they were requested to complete the online form. I’m worrying that there might be an error with ours and maybe that’s why it’s not merged properly.

Has anyone else's two accounts merged fully or does it sound similar to what we have with our application? Any advice or info would be really appreciated

1 hour ago, mhcornwall said:

HUGE THANKS!!! you have just eased the worry that we were having.

 

We ultimately thought the worst when it cam through. Even though we can fully piece of together, our minds just went to the worst outcome.

 

Just wondering, how long did your boss take to get approved? My only worry now is that the time to process the RFI will take longer now.

 

Thanks for the names on here. Really appreciated.

 

 

I know it’s a little bitter sweet (seems this whole process is) but really happy that you’re in and being processed now. Hope you get some clarity today re your wife’s certificate

14 hours ago, Slackbladder said:

Hi there,

I'm a sponsor having lived in the UK since 1996 and meeting partner in 1998 and been together ever since.  Applied for spouse visa in April 19 and hopefully completed correctly, however I haven't done an Australian police check for myself as I haven't lived there for such a long time. I left when I was 26 years of age, does the consensus think I should get one done?

  

Hi there

I would say to get your police check, if they want it (which I suspect they would) then it will just delay your processing with a RFI. For the sake of £40 or so I’d say it’s worth just getting it in.

CONGRATS on your visa @07Nov2017 !! I’m  super happy to see something else come through.

Crossing my fingers for everyone who submitted 2018/ January 2019 and is still waiting, the process seems so ambiguous and for life planning and £4000 she’ll out ‘luck of the draw’  just isn’t a nice feeling. I’m still a few weeks away, 25th Feb submitted, so just happy to see things moving for now (but still checking this thread and my emails MANY times a day!). 

23 hours ago, kazronicus said:

Quick question - has anyone uploaded (as a separate document) an additional/longer statement about your life together as a couple, household, finances etc. beyond the 5 boxes that are on the main application form? Just wondered if it is worth doing...

Hi @kazronicus

Congrats on getting your application in and welcome to the wait!

We didn’t upload anything additional, my partner wrote out his sections on the 40sp and we felt that was enough. We just made sure to upload as much evidence that we could to validate what we were claiming - not loads but we have around 10-15 bits of evidence for each of the five sections.

Not sure what everyone else thinks, or if ours is sufficient.. we’re still waiting for ours to be picked up.

13 hours ago, Ticklebug74 said:

We applied early February. No RFI. We did not use an agent and front loaded the application. Fingers crossed for you soon. Not sure if it makes any difference at all (seems to be no rhyme or reason to why some get rfi’s and others granted quicker than those who applied earlier) but we have been together 15 years (all of it living in the UK) married for 11 years and have 3 children. And interestingly, he has a year from today (and not the date of his medical back in March) to enter Australia. He also got both visas granted at the same time.

Great news @Ticklebug74 - how exciting to be taking your whole family back with you! 

On 18/07/2019 at 17:45, Butterflies1988 said:

They come via email but it's my husband's email address as he is the applicant

Ah okay! I thought that must be the case but I thought I check!

3 hours ago, Butterflies1988 said:

They come via email but it's my husband's email address as he is the applicant

Ah okay! I just wanted to double check because I’ve definitely not logged on for a while, I tell myself I’m handling the wait fine by not doing it... but then I check this forum 20 times a day!

4 hours ago, ga_brysia said:

Just got my request for RFI : 'Your sponsor must complete Form 40SP ‘Sponsorship for a partner to migrate to Australia’ online at: https://online.immi.gov.au/lusc/login'

So I guess you cannot attach a copy of it to the main application (as we have done) any more.

We will do it tonight and I hope the grant will be soon!

@ga_brysia great news that you got your RFI! Frustrating that the paper form isn’t acceptable anymore. Was the RFI via email or through the immi account? I keep seeing that everyone checks their account regularly but I only check once a week or so, I thought it would come via email also but maybe not?