CaptainC Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Good to hear there's been some movement. What docs did you need CaptainC? Is it mandatory you have to go to the Aus High Commission in London? I'm in Cyprus with work and not back until October! I was asked for a statutory declaration because I've been unable to get a PCC from Bermuda so they asked me to fill in a stat dec. According to the attorney generals website you must have it certified by a person of professional standing who is Australian and is qualified in Australia.....or an Australian consular officer, hence the trip to Australia House. If there is an embassy or high commission in Cyprus then you may be able to get a stat dec done there. That's if you get asked of course. My situation is unique in the fact that I have never even been to Bermuda...I've only sailed on ships flying their flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Nice one..... hopefully that means you will get a positive result soon.... Thanks, fingers crossed for us all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyteg Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks, fingers crossed for us all! Good to know that there is some progress in your application. It won't be long now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Received an email today to say all my documents were in order but now I have to wait for a waiver because I am unable to provide a Bermuda PCC. I have been advised to contact DIBP if I haven't heard anything back in a month. Sigh...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyteg Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Received an email today to say all my documents were in order but now I have to wait for a waiver because I am unable to provide a Bermuda PCC. I have been advised to contact DIBP if I haven't heard anything back in a month. Sigh...... That is good, but wait is a pain! I haven't got any response yet, I called-up last week and they said it is under verification. Not sure why it is taking so long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm02fly Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I called up the GSM processing centre at 03:30am today, it took 52mins to be answered :SLEEP: First I was told there were no updates, when I asked them for a bit more information I was told it had been assigned to Team 1, but there was no other information about whether it had been looked into by them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommie Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Received an email today to say all my documents were in order but now I have to wait for a waiver because I am unable to provide a Bermuda PCC. I have been advised to contact DIBP if I haven't heard anything back in a month. Sigh...... bugger....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 bugger....... Yep....exactly [emoji30] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aartiarnav Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hi everyone , Chasing this forum from quite some time . good to find updates from all. This is aarti , i had applied for visa 190 on 30 th april 2015 for canberra. CO was appointed on 21/05/2015 but till date recived no updates. please guide how to proceed further .Bit worried:wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aartiarnav Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Called them up finally today morning and VISA recieved just after 15 minutes. Best of luck to remaiming members of the forum . Hope there visa are granted soon.:notworthy::jiggy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Received an email today to say all my documents were in order but now I have to wait for a waiver because I am unable to provide a Bermuda PCC. I have been advised to contact DIBP if I haven't heard anything back in a month. Sigh...... That's good news Captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Called them up finally today morning and VISA recieved just after 15 minutes.Best of luck to remaiming members of the forum . Hope there visa are granted soon.:notworthy::jiggy: Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 That's good news Captain. Yes, it is. Never been impatient in my life before this visa stuff happened, so the extra month is going to be murder! Did you get the other situation we were talking about sorted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) I think, we have uploaded everything now. I'm assuming now if you didn't have an issue with yours then we won't with ours! Got Medicals on Friday. Someone just had their visa granted in 5 weeks [emoji16] Edited July 29, 2015 by CaptainC Deleted external site reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I think, we have uploaded everything now. I'm assuming now if you didn't have an issue with yours then we won't with ours! Got Medicals on Friday. Someone just had their visa granted in 5 weeks [emoji16] That's good, I'm sure you'll have no issues. Yes that happens to a few. I suppose it's just luck of the draw in a lot of cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I hope ours is so quick! I'm so anxious about the whole situation. We want to book flights and holiday lets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I hope ours is so quick! I'm so anxious about the whole situation. We want to book flights and holiday lets! Same!! And, I'm waiting to tell a prospective employer that I have a visa before they advertise the job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 What are you going to do over there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 What are you going to do over there? Same thing, drive ships! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Alan is an electrical project manager and finding something for him b4 we get there is proving difficult [emoji16] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Alan is an electrical project manager and finding something for him b4 we get there is proving difficult [emoji16] Boots on the ground and door knocking is the way to go in Australia, pretty much what it was like in the U.K. before the Internet was invented. Getting you face known and networking is key, in my experience anyway. Before I moved to Oz the first time I must have sent a hundred CV's out and applied for every related job that I could find, and got little or no response from anybody. It was only when I was working on a cruise ship operating in Australia that I started networking a bit more. I've already been to Oz twice this year at my own expense to do a bit of the old door knocking and had an unpaid work trial with two employers. I'm sure that something will come up soon enough, you just have to keep going at it. Edited July 29, 2015 by CaptainC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 We have had one reply but the job was too far south unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 We have had one reply but the job was too far south unfortunately That's always going to be an issue when a job is far from where you'd like to live. Some people just take the (less than ideal) job for the added line on a cv and Aus work experience and then look for work closer to where they want to be as they have a better chance already being in country. Food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanlisa Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yes we thought that but he wanted someone immediately and we weren't ready to move [emoji57] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm02fly Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Direct Grant issued this morning :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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