Cammy2310

1 minute ago, Ausvisitor said:

If you've signed a contract to use an agent you are probably bound to do all Comms with IMMI through them.

Any advice on how to do it yourself would be counter productive as your agent would then be in their rights to dump you as a client.

Just ask your agent if they think this time period is excessive and when they imagine you will be done. 

They know your case better than anyone and there might be some very good reasons why yours is taking 14 months.

Incidentally 14 months isn't really that far out of normal processing times.

Thanks for replying.

When I've spoken to my agent about the wait, its been a case of "bad luck" and I understand 14 months doesn't seem far out, when people are getting the same visa granted in 3 months, its very annoying. What makes it worse is, my agent advised, its not a complex case

I've used an agent for my visa but I have been waiting nearly 14 months for it, I know processing times are an estimate but I am well over by nearly 4 months. I spoke to another agent who advised me, if i was her client she would be raising this with immi as you can contact them (via email) and explained any mara agent would know how to do this. I spoke to my agent and asked them to do this and they have advised there is no way to contact immi and i have to wait.

Is it possible to email immi and if so, how do you do it?

2 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

If you have the contact details for that boss, can't you contact him yourself and ask him to provide a statement of service or a reference?   

Yeah he wrote me a reference and the duties  I carried out and explained the company no longer exist and they can contact him but i was curious if anyone else had this issue, being asked for proof of work that you haven't claimed points for 

Thanks for replying

This would give me more points however I didn't claim for it as I couldn't get any proof such as payslips etc as its actually more than 10 years ago, not 9 

I have recently moved to Adelaide. The area i'm staying in is nice, close to the beach and schools etc. We have friends who live in Hallett Cove, that seems to be popular with expats with children. Have you looked at any areas?

I've had co contact asking for details of employment that I haven't claimed points for, they asked for payslips etc.

The company no longer exist. I was able to get a bank statement for one of the years they asked for but as it was more than 9 years ago i was unable to get any other documents. I gave them details of my boss at that time who they can contact to confirm I worked there at that time. Would that be enough or could this potentially be an issue even though I didn't claim points for it?