deesydney Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hi everyone My mum applied for Subclass 103 in late 2012 and her queue date is Jan 2013. At the current rate, the Immi dept states it may well take over 16yrs for her to get a visa. Is that timescale true or fake? Secondly, has anyone had experience in withdrawing 103 application and re-applying for 103/173. Immi dept state if you do this change u will not lose place in queue. What is the basic difference in between 143 and 173 visas. My understanding is $4000 difference between Option-1 143 (Applying straight) versus Option 2 (Applying 173 and then 143 within 2 years). AOS is same in both options. Is there anything else which is different or unique in either case from anyones experience. Thanks D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hi Deesydney We are currently planning to swap from the 103 to the 143 but for other reasons than the length of the queue. Our queue date is August 2013 and looking at the electronic calculator we currently have about 18000 people ahead of us. Earlier this year I tried typing different years into the calculator, going back one year at a time, and it seemed that if our queue date had been August 2008 we would be near the top. I know this is not at all scientific but I am thinking, based on this, that the queue time for a 103 has been more like 7- 10 years rather than 16. We would have been happy to wait it out, had we been sure that we could still pass a medical when the time came, but we have decided we don't want to carry on in this limbo indefinitely so we are going to change our application. Several people have assured me that the time spent waiting on the 103 list is counted if you change to a 143 application. Lets hope so!!!! One thing you should be aware of - you have to pay the first half of the fee over again. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaceboy1 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 If it helps 103 queue dates as of today 24/8/15 29690 13/8/14 20680 13/8/13 18430 13/8/12 14740 12/8/11 11870 13/8/10 7300 13/8/09 2910 13/8/08 390 03/8/07 190 They are mainly working on 08/09 at the moment but the numbers rise drastically as the years go on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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