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Wow, within an hour, I could only dream of that happening to us. Well. we are back sat waiting for our documents to be assessed so just praying we are on the home straight ans not set for another 3 month wait

Me again So having now submitted answers/documents to our allocated Case Officers 3rd S56, the 3rd one being received literally 48 hours after the 2nd regarding dependency of my child, any want to send me positive vibes that I'm nearing the end of this whole process or could I seriously be now waiting a further few months? Our first S56 was to request Medicals and Police Checks so they have already been submitted? As always, appreciate any thoughts/comments good or bad guys Annette

Thank you to everyone who assisted me on this Post. I do truly appreciate your experiences and replies in helping me with my recent request from the Case Officer. Everything has now been submitted so back to the waiting game for however long that maybe Thank you again

Thank you Alan, most appreciated. I had done exactly that and used a spreadsheet rather than the 1139a form itself. My query lies mainly with the what figures I enter in the Business Ownership section of the 1139a form, do I enter the turnover, value of the business in the Asset Value, then liabilities, what do enter here to create the Nett Asset value? Again I appreciate all the assistance I am getting on here right now, thank you so much

Thank you Steve I truly appreciate your guidance. I have obtained a Surveyors reports by a certified RICS Surveyor for all properties, I'm think now I have included all our properties on the 2018 & 2019 years I'm going to need to include them again so will just attached a manual extension to the 1139a form in order to list all the properties included within the Portfolio? I'm very cheeky to ask, but one more question, on the SALPS form it has a section for "Business Ownership" what figures are needed to be entered in this secton, ie Asset value, liabilities etc? I have already provided our Accounts together with Taxation liabilities paid etc separately? Thank you again for all your super helpful advice

Steve/Ken thank you very much for your replies. I now have a Certificate of Compliance, letter from our Accountants advising of UK Taxation requirements etc, and full signed accounts with HMRC Tax notices included which I'm hoping will be sufficient to comply? The frustrating thing is we turnover in excess of $4 million dollars a year so it's not like we are borderline to the amount required to fulfill the criteria. May I also ask if you could advise me a little further please? I have also now been asked to submit a 1139a form (Asset & Liability) for the 2020 year. In the Real Estate section it only allows for 6 properties to be entered, we own significantly more and I can't locate a continuation sheet on line anywhere, do I simply amalgamate the property liability/Asset Value figures and use a schedule attached to the form to show the properties in question including the Mortgage Statement etc? Thank you in advance, I appreciate your assistance so very much.

Hiya, yes. We're just waiting for the CO to respond. Our Accountants have suggested maybe a compliance certificate to be issued? Just hope they respond before the 28 days as I could be working on getting the books audited now !!

Hello All. We have now had a further S56 from our Case Officer who has advised our "unaudited" accounts are not acceptable and that audited accounts are required. Has anyone else ever received such a request? In the UK companies under a £10 million turnover are never audited, is there a way round this with a "compliance certificate" or something similar? We have looked into having them audited but are looking at thousands of pounds to have this done? I'm really deflated by this, we use a very professional independent accountancy firm and exceed by over £2 million the turnover demands for a 188a Visa. Any reassurance or advise would be welcomed. Thank you

The Business Visa's work a little different in that you send your documents to the business support centre in Adelaide via email you don't upload to your Immiaccount. I have resent them twice now thought just to be sure.

Hey All Just looking for a little thought on my position. We have Business Investment Visas lodged (188a) and back in January was allocated a CO and received a S56 notice requesting us to obtain Medicals and Police Checks. We submitted and completed the same around the 12th February but since then have heard nothing? Any thoughts guys on how long I could be waiting to hear further? I was initially advised within 28 days they would assess my case, then was advised it could be March/April. Just seeking opinions as we really feel our lives are on hold right now having geared up for leaving beginning of March Thank you all

Congratulations yay !!! May I ask how long it took from uploading Medicals/Police Cert to grant? Annette

Hi Asif. Are waiting on a 188a Business Visa too? Annette

Hi Guys. So 8 weeks after uploading Medicals and Police checks after CO contact I'm still sat waiting, is this normal? Should I be concerned? Annette

Yes we have an allocated CO. We lodged back in 2019. I was truly hoping the thought of it being looked at with 28 days upon receipt of medicals/police checks would be correct.

Hello Ronel. Please may I ask from requesting Medicals from your CO how long did it take to be granted your Visa? We were contacted to complete medicals/Police checks and submitted them over on the 8th February, crossing our fingers we hear sometime real soon. Kind regards Annette

Hi Folks. Just looking for a little advice and reassurance. Back in early January we were allocated a CO and Medicals/Police Checks requested. No additional information was requested and we therefore uploaded the certificates and completed the Medicals before the due date being the 8th February 2021. My question is, does anyone have any past experience as to how long we could be waiting to have the Visas granted? I am presuming if they had any additional requirements it would have been included or requested before the S56 to complete Medicals etc.. Thank you in advance all Annette

Thank you Steve. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. i didn't know whether a letter of support from the ACT Government would benefit our application being accelerated, or if ultimately we are just in a long pile of applications which they process regardless in date order? Kindest Regards

Hello Steve, would you happen to know how I can somehow escalate/promote a Visa application to Case Worker Allocation stage? I have a lodged my application with the ACT, however at the point of invitation the time scale was estimated at 18 months, as this has now increased to 36 months it changes our options completely as should we have to wait this long our family situation will be change considerably due then pending examinations and university/college programs being in place etc.. Having spoken to the ACT they are desperate for our type of business NOW, can we get backing from anywhere, can we contact anybody to discuss our situation? Any advice would be apprecaited Thank you

Hello Steve, would you happen to know how I can somehow escalate/promote a Visa application to Case Worker Allocation stage? I have a lodged my application with the ACT, however at the point of invitation the time scale was estimated at 18 months, as this has now increased to 36 months it changes our options completely as should we have to wait this long our family situation will be change considerably due then pending examinations and university/college programs being in place etc.. Having spoken to the ACT they are desperate for our type of business NOW, can we get backing from anywhere, can we contact anybody to discuss our situation? Any advice would be apprecaited Thank you

Thank you Steve. Yes we submitted our full application in May but as yet it's still just showing "received". I was hoping you wasn't going to say another 18 months I guess we just sit and wait this out. Thank you again

Hi Ronel. May i ask, once you were allocated a case worker how long did you visa take to be finalised from that point? We have our State invitation and have submitted our application now in full back in May? Thank you

Hi Steve. May i ask a question? We received our state invites for the ACT back in May but due to COVID our application was halted. I hear things are now begin to move again, is there anyway of requesting for our application to be expedited and allocated a case worker. Once allocated a case worker roughly how long does the process then take? Thank you in advance