Vinicius

Guys,

I guess things are starting getting back to normal.

Yesterday I got my visa granted as well.

Such a relief, I hope that soon every single one here can experience that feeling

God bless you all

Best of luck

Hi Guys,

Just to share some news,

Today the department of home affairs rang the company I work for to speak with the director.

They wanted to confirm if I have been still working here.

So I would say they are working on something, hope this is a positive outcome but we never know.

Hi guys, 

i heard from my MA that immi department is a chaos due to corona virus, lots of case officer reallocated to urgent cases such as people with visas expiring but can’t leave the country, so they need to act on that.

thats what I’m trying to believe.

Silence is killing me !

How are we going this week guys?

This week my MA contacted me because they were assessing my application. So they requested a few additional documents to the nomination and also some documents to my visa application.

I've sent everything on the same day and now I am just on the painful wait period.

And by the way, the status on the website has not been changed yet

1 hour ago, Hex said:

@Vinicius The status change triggers an email.

The problem lots of people face is that, when you use an MA, that email goes to them and in many cases, it takes the MA sometime to notice and update you on same. 
- I told mine about my approval the next day (meaning they had the email for 24+ hours and only knew about it because of me). 

If you not using an MA, different story (as the email should come directly to you). 

I always monitored my account (tried keeping it to twice a day (morning and evening) as I didn't like relying on MA's. 

True,

Thanks

Hey guys just wondering,

I think most of the people here check the status on the Immi account online several times per day.

When you get the visa granted, do they send an email first and then change the status?

Will they send an email to me or to my MA?

19 minutes ago, andreg said:

Hi Everyone, sharing the good news and my timeline.

Just got my 186 approved this morning! Keep up believing on your case. It's overwhelming, it kills us all inside, anxiety goes through the roof, but eventually it happens.

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186 DE 

Occupation: Production Engineer

Nomination & Visa Applied: 27 Nov 2019

s56 Required additional information for Visa application: 17 Jan 2020

S56 Required additional information for Nomination application: 21 Jan 2020

Additional docs submitted: 10 Feb 2020

Visa & nomination granted (Status FINALISED): 17 Feb 2020

Congrats mate..

Happy for you !!

11 minutes ago, andreg said:

MA prepared a letter explaining that there is no national regulatory body that registers and obligates engineers to be registered if not in QLD. Also, the Bills being discussed in NSW, not yet approved - "Professional Engineers Registration Bill 2019" https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=3657

There is also an article from EA discussing about the topic. We couldn't get any formal letter from EA, as they can't claim a false negative (which means, they can't prove there is no requirement to be registered in NSW, although they know it's not required lol). I spoke with both EA and Board of professionals in QLD asking about the obligation to be registered in NSW and what has been requested in my case, and they were both perplexes.

Good to know,

Keep us posted please..

All the best

9 minutes ago, andreg said:

Thanks mate... 

in regards to the requirement, it's there on the home affairs website, as a generic request: 

Licensing, registration or membership

You must be licensed, registered or a member of a professional body if it is mandatory in the state or territory you intend to work in.

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/employer-nomination-scheme-186/direct-entry-stream#Eligibility

 

But when it comes to Engineers, it's a bit blurry and according to my MA, that'st the very first time she has had such request from a CO and neither of her colleagues faced the same as well.

So What are you providing them now?

7 minutes ago, andreg said:

That's the case, registration is one thing, skill assessment is another one...

According to the National Engineering Registration(NER) scheme from EA, you need at least 5 years exp as a professional engineer to be registered as such. Without the registration, theoretically, you are not "an engineer"... however, this is the law and requested in QLD, as an RPEQ engineer. VIC has recently passed a bill to turn it into law in the state as well - all because of the Opal tower, and others, here in Sydney - but in VIC isn't mandatory, by law, as yet. NSW has 2x Bills being discussed, but none approved as yet - which them implies it's not required.

So, our understanding is that the CO is asking about the NER (or similar, for instance with the board of professional engineers in QLD), which at the moment I don't have and haven't seen anyone, from an engineering background, to be asked to provide for immigration purposes - unless you are located in QLD, then I would say 190 and 186 would definitely require the registration.

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186 DE (I have been previously working with the 485 postgraduate visa for 2ys in this company, MSA positive by EA in Oct 2019, EA membership member grade in Jan 2020)

Occupation: Production Engineer

Applicants: 2 (wife)

Country of Origin: Brazil

Nomination & Visa Applied: 27 Nov 2019

s56 Required additional information for Visa application: 17 Jan 2020

S56 Required additional information for Nomination application: 21 Jan 2020

Additional docs submitted: hopefully today, 07 Feb 2020

Never heard neither seeing this registration before,

My understanding was that skills assessment was sufficient.

I wish you all the best and that thing gets clear pretty soon. 

13 minutes ago, andreg said:

Hi there, another silent reader here to share his timeline, as I am still waiting for an answer.

• My company's turnover is about $1b, not including the other parts of the group.
• s56 Visa request: Evidence of registration/licensing if required --> I am located in NSW, where it's not mandatory to be registered as an engineer
• s56 Nomination request: Contract with mention to min 2 years, genuine letter, detailed position desc (which has already been provided since the first application) and again the evidence for registration/licensing for the employee.

I have got my company to re-do my contract, no big deal. Genuine letter ready and signed off by my general manager (direct boss), position desc is pretty the same (as it's an official 5 pages doc from the company and the doc to explain why the registration isn't required is the same as the one for the visa application.

Unfortunately, it took us a while to put together some docs and we expect to submit them today, 3 weeks after the initial request - extremely anxious on how long it's going to take for the case officer pick up these docs again, considering the initial assessment was quite quick (including Xmas period).

OBS: medical and police checks done in Dec, hence the reason the CO hasn't requested it - that's what I think so.

Best regards, 

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186 DE (I have been previously working with the 485 postgraduate visa for 2ys in this company, MSA positive by EA in Oct 2019, EA membership member grade in Jan 2020)

Occupation: Production Engineer

Nomination & Visa Applied: 27 Nov 2019

s56 Required additional information for Visa application: 17 Jan 2020

S56 Required additional information for Nomination application: 21 Jan 2020

Additional docs submitted: hopefully today, 07 Feb 2020

Hi Mate,

Thanks for sharing.

I've got a very similar profile but I am currently on 482 visa which was approved dec/2018 in less than a month,

When you say registration, what type of registration you are talking about?

Hi guys,

For whoever had the nomination or visa approved and shared with us the timeline,

Are you guys able to also tell us the turn over of the company?

This maybe will help us to understand a little bit more about the waiting time.

Cheers

Good morning

Any good news for anyone in here?

 

 

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10 hours ago, CKim_0629 said:

Guys, another question

I am currently sponsored as a Production Engineer, but my EA outcome was given as an Engineering Technologist.

So now that I am applying for the 186 DE, my MA instructed to make the application as an Engineering Tech.

Has anyone had something similar?

Thank you

10 hours ago, CKim_0629 said:

 

19 minutes ago, Swoop said:

I believe it's from Visa application date, so December. So I guess you would estimate May/June - but the wait times could have changed completely by then.

eg. Last time I applied for a different visa, the wait time was 2 months when I applied, but each month it increased and eventually took 9 months to process.

Thanks for your answer,

I've got nothing to do now but wait.

Good luck to all of you waiting for an answer

51 minutes ago, Swoop said:

I believe it means that, out of all the applications they finalised in the month of December, 90% of the total had been waiting 6 months or fewer, including 75% of the total who had been waiting 5 months or fewer.

10% had been waiting longer than 6 months (ie. 10% had applied during or before June 2019)

But Should I start counting from Oct or Dec?

Yes Nick.

I've already got my Medicare card

Hi All,

I've applied my nomination on the 21/10/2019 and My Visa on the 03/12/2019 Medicals were done on the 17/11/2019.

The question is, the time frame (5 to 6 Months) starts from Oct or Dec?

Also, I truly believe that the size of the company matters at the time of the nomination approval. What is your opinion on this?

Hi All,

I've applied my nomination on the 21/10/2019 and My Visa on the 03/12/2019 Medicals were done on the 17/11/2019.

The question is, the time frame (5 to 6 Months) starts from Oct or Dec?

Also, I truly believe that the size of the company matters at the time of the nomination approval. What is your opinion on this?