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[shoegal68]

hi I posted this on the 186 timeline but its a reallt busy thread and i think my post may get lost a little,so i have repeated here i hope that is ok, please advise if not.

 

we are currently on a 457 visa which expires 31/01/16.

 

our nomination was submitted from my husbands employer at beginning of august, at this point we were not worried as nominations were taking 4-5 months to be approved so we would still have a couple of months to submit our visa application, alas immigration seem to be on a long term holiday at the moment we are obviously still waiting now and it is January so need to do something as we are literally running out of time on our 457.

 

we were trying to wait until our nomination was approved to lodge our visa..... but its looking now like we will have to sumbit our visa without nomination been granted so we can obtain a bridging visa, something we didnt really want to do in case for some reason the nomination is declined and we lose all our money. We have paid for the visa process so have savedhard and really dont want to lose our money.

 

our 457 was only granted for a three year period,( i have no idea why before i get questioned) as this has made things really really tight for us. just in case anyone wonders why we have left it so late. we had some personal circumstances that prevented us approaching my husbands employer about permanent residency earlier, until July we were uncertain whether we would need to be heading back to uk. anyway.........

 

 

just a couple f questions re the TRT ens 186 application online.......almost done but a couple of things ....

 

question 11 re skills assessment....asks if my husband has a skills assessment TRT dont need one do they?? so do we just click no on that one? those that are doing temp resident transition, is that what you did??

 

and do we have to fill in form 80, scan and attach as part of our application?

 

regards qualifications, does my husband attach copies of these at end of application process?

 

I have seen someone on the ENS timeline yesterday did a SEPTEMBER nomination and the nomination already been approved..... should my husbands employer be contacting immigration now, I was under the impression that they hadnt even looked at July yet. or is that for nominations and visa applictions submitted together?? argh

 

sorry somany questions and feeling rather stressed out with it all. please if anyone can answer any of these questions i would be so grateful.

[movingback]

I thought all 457 visas were valid for 4 years?

[shoegal68]

no necessarily,

that is the maximum you can get them for. they can be granted for less. no idea why ours has been though as the job my husband has was permanent from the word go.

[MaggieMay24]

If you're applying under TRT (2 years on 457 with your employer in the nominated occupation), then a skills assessment is not required.

Form 80 is up to you as it's not guaranteed to be requested. If you aren't in a rush, you could wait and see if they ask for it. Or if you want to get everything done and dusted, I'd suggest complete it and upload it (which is what I did).

You upload all your documents at the end after you've clicked "submit" and paid the application fee.

Processing time for nominations and applications seems to be about 6 months now, so if his employer lodged the nomination in September, they likely won't hear anything until about March. Fingers crossed they'll hear sooner so you can rest easier.